A Note from Nate

Dear Friends of WORD,
As you know, September is both Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. This year the Women’s Oncology Research and Development (WORD) is working hard to build national collaborations and partnerships to further our educational and research goals.

2007 has been an incredible year as it comes to national medial exposure of gynecologic cancer. There was the national consensus on ovarian cancer symptoms that was announced this summer, there was the increased press on cervical cancer and the new HPV vaccine, and thankfully there has been much press on Johanna’s Law and the potential funding of new awareness materials by the federal government. However, with all this press, WORD continues to be concerned that there is not a real increase in new viable research and practical educational resources nor an increase of awareness by women who will be affected by these diseases in years to come.

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Symptoms Education Imperative for Earlier Diagnosis

INDIANAPOLIS, June 13 Women’s Oncology Research & Development is grateful acknowledge that for the first time there is a national consensus on ovarian cancer signs and symptoms being accepted and endorsed by the NIH. Often referred to as the “silent killer” due to the common belief that there are no warning signs or symptoms, ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynecologic cancer.

“We have known that these are the signs and symptoms for years within gynecologic oncology community and we are grateful that this is finally coming to light,” say Dr. Kelly Manahan, WORD’s board president. She continues, “I hope that this continues to increase awareness and save lives. WORD is committed to educating hundreds of thousands of women about ovarian cancer as well as the other gynecologic cancers.”

These symptoms include:
– Bloating
– Pelvic or abdominal pain
– Difficulty eating or feeling full quickly
– Urinary symptoms (urgency or frequency)
Women who have these symptoms almost daily for more than a few weeks should see their doctor, preferably a gynecologist. WORD would also encourage women to go to Women’s Cancer Network to learn more about gynecologic cancers.

That’s Right, WORDONCANCER.ORG is back live. A few months ago we had a server failure and a hard drive failure that scrapped our web site. It is just now that we are getting the time to get our website back on-line and with text. If you have comments or questions, don’t hesitate to contact me at this

There has been quite a bit of national news in Women’s cancer news in the last few months. We have added a “Google News” java link at the bottom of our website, it is always scrolling through the newest news in gynecologic cancers. Please keep up-to-date on this ever chanign field.