OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS!
Welcome to the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry (Registry), located at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.
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About Us
We are an international registry of families with two or more relatives with ovarian cancer. In addition to ovarian cancer research, the Registry offers an 1-800-OVARIAN Hotline, Newsletter, and ovarian cancer informational pamphlets. Our Ovarian Hotline is answered by trained cancer information specialist.
The Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry is pursuing research as to causes of familial ovarian cancer. Our goals are to identify new genes associated with familial ovarian cancer, thereby improving genetic and psychosocial counseling for individuals and families and to characterize lifestyle choices (i.e., oral contraceptive use, hormone replacement therapy, number of pregnancies) that reduce ovarian cancer risk in women who may be more susceptible to the disease. We hope to acquire information that will lead to better methods for detecting ovarian cancer, for reliable predictive testing for cancer predisposition and ultimately, preventing the disease in future generations. We are collecting family histories, medical records and biosamples (blood) from ovarian cancer patients and their family members.
This website currently provides information and links on ovarian cancer in general, and familial ovarian cancer in particular. You can access the various resources available using the menu options on the left-hand side of this page.
We ask that you please assist us in our research efforts by joining the Registry today.
The Registry is funded through research grants and donations from people like you who want to help us in our research project and educate women about the symptoms of ovarian cancer and the need for early detection.