British Gynaecological 30 January 2012
Dear NCIN Colleagues I am pleased to inform you that the National Cancer Peer Review Programme Report 2010/2011 is now published on CQuINS and the Department of Health website. It may be accessed on the Resources page of CQuINS under Published Reports -> National NCPR Reports www.cquins.nhs.uk/index.php?menu=resources. It may also...
4 October 2011
Dear Colleague, We are conducting a survey amongst UK clinicians who treat women with ovarian cancer as part of a wider study entitled Advanced Ovarian Cancer Treatment and Care Experiences: ADVOCATE. We want to know more about your management of advanced disease (Stages II - IV) and the sorts of...
15 August 2011
What is the COSD? The COSD will be the new national standard for reporting cancer in the NHS in England. It will replace the current National Cancer Dataset and will include the Cancer Registration dataset and additional site specific data items relevant to the different tumour types. It will be...
30 June 2011
British Gynaecological Cancer Society Workshop & Exhibition Stand Where: 8th Annual RCOG Careers Fair, London When: 10 am - 4 pm on Saturday 19 November 2011 I am writing to invite you to participate once again in this enjoyable event as one of our key Specialty Societies for O&G. The...
27 June 2011
Dear Colleagues The BGCS continues to expand and develop and as with many societies the secretariat support requires restructuring. To this end the BGCS has explored all options, and the final decision was to base the BGCS secretariat at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, in Regent's Park, London....
20 June 2011
The PLCO trial of screening for prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancer shows no benefit from ovarian cancer screening. JAMA, 8 June 2011, 305; 2295-2303. The PLCO randomised controlled trial published its follow up data in JAMA. 78, 216 women aged between 55 - 74 years were assigned to annual...
12 May 2011
In January 2012, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology will be publishing a themed issue entitled Developments in gynaecological oncology. This special issue will be edited by BJOG Scientific Editors: Pierre Martin-Hirsch and Raj Naik and Guest Editors: Jonathan Ledermann, Robert E Bristow and Nick Reed. BJOG are...
12 May 2011
The new website was launched at the BGCS conference in Cardiff on Friday 20 May 2011. The old website had not been dynamic or functional for a couple of years and it was decided that the old site should be removed, redesigned and rebuilt. The new website has been designed...
10 May 2011
NICE have recently published a new ovarian cancer guideline Recognition and initial management of ovarian cancer. The full guidelines can be downloaded here Prior to publication, a meeting was held on 15 October 2010 to present the guidance in the draft document to members of the BGCS. Gynaecological oncology, medical...
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