Foundation News

The Foundation for Women’s Cacner regrets to announce the passing of the FWC Inaugural Chair, Rodrigue Mortel, MD, who died peacefully in his home on Friday, April 22, 2022, at the age of 88. Dr. Mortel’s official obituary is available online. Dr. Mortel’s impact on the world, through his work in gynecologic oncology, his dedication to … Read More

Talking the talk takes on new urgency this spring as Ginger Gardner, MD, FACOG, a gynecologic oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Chair of the Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC), teams up with Hollywood actress, director and women’s health activist Meagan Good (“Harlem”).   Together, they’re taking on endometrial cancer … Read More

A strategic, science-driven partnership between the Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC) and the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) awarded its first pair of $50,000 annual-research grants to young investigators asking new questions and adopting novel methodologies as they explore how genetic counseling, personal finance, preventive care and other factors affect women facing ovarian cancer diagnoses.  … Read More

PHOENIX—The Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021-22 FWC Research Grants and Awards. This year the FWC awarded a total of 16 awards: fourteen research grants – two being Diversity Inclusion & Health Equity Grants, and two prizes in the amount of nearly $728,500. The FWC Research Grants … Read More

The Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC) offers publications and educational materials for individuals or organizations to use, print and share. We’re happy to release five new references that can help patients understand and navigate a diagnosis for these rare cancers, including information about the cancer, symptoms, screening, treatments and questions to ask. Rare Tumor: Carcinosarcoma … Read More