More Media Appearances

Dr. Matulonis and Dana-Farber have been part of several recent media articles and television appearances.

Dr. Matulonis was interviewed by NBC News for a recent story about a clinical trial at the University of Pennsylvania that uses a patient's tumor cells to create a personalized vaccine: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/238656/8/New-weapon-against-ovarian-cancer

The New York Times  published an article on March 12, 2013 about a recent study suggesting that a large percentage of women with ovarian cancer are receiving inadequate care. The original article can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/health/ovarian-cancer-study-finds-widespread-flaws-in-treatment.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Dr. Matulonis did several interviews about this study:

• Fox 25 News: http://www.myfoxboston.com/video?clipId=8645450&autostart=true
• The Boston Globe:  http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/03/17/why-most-women-with-ovarian-cancer-get-sub-standard-treatment/u3x0QUpwUhFVKTLtePaPwK/story.html
• WBUR's Common Health Blog: http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2013/03/good-news-ovarian-cancer

What are your thoughts on the recent article and the impact this will have on women being treated for ovarian cancer?

Celebrating Survivorship

Please join us on Saturday May 18, 2013 for Beyond Gynecologic Cancer: Celebrating Survivorship. The program will feature treatment and research updates from Dana-Farber physicians & specialists, including Ursula Matulonis, M.D. & Panos Konstantinopoulos, M.D., PhD.  There will also be a patient panel and complimentary breakfast and lunch.

All of this is free but advance registration is required.  There are two ways to register for this event.

• On the website at: www.dana-farber.org/gynsurvivor
• Call (617) 582-7211

Stay tuned for more on the agenda and additional events that day. We hope to see you there!

Media News

Dr. Matulonis was featured in the Spring 2013 Be Healthy supplement in the The Bay State Banner newspaper. The article focuses on vaccinations being the key to reducing the deadliest strands of the HPV virus.

You can read the article on their website here: http://behealthy.baystatebanner.com/magazine/2013/0411/vaccinations.html