Introduction: the 12th Biennial Rivkin Center Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium

Nita J Maihle; Douglas A Levine; Kiran Dhillon; Deborah Kay Armstrong

doi:10.1136/ijgc-2019-000522

Introduction: the 12th Biennial Rivkin Center Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium

Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2019 Aug;29(Suppl 2):s1. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000522.

Authors

Nita J Maihle¹, Douglas A Levine², Kiran Dhillon³, Deborah Kay Armstrong⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
² NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA.
³ Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer, Seattle, Washington, USA kiran.dhillon@swedish.org.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 31462540
DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000522

Abstract

In September 2018, the 12th Biennial Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium was presented by the Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer and the American Association for Cancer Research, in Seattle, WA, USA. The 2018 Symposium focused on four broad areas of research: Detection and Prevention of Ovarian Cancer, Genomics and Molecular Mechanisms of Ovarian Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment and Immunology of Ovarian Cancer, and Novel Therapeutics: Response and Resistance of Ovarian Cancer. In addition, a special panel on the 'Role of Advocates in Ovarian Cancer Research' was featured.

Keywords: AACR; ovarian cancer; research; rivkin center.

Publication types

Congress
Introductory Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics
Ovarian Neoplasms / immunology
Ovarian Neoplasms / therapy*