Committee on Women's Cancer

This committee delineates and promotes primary prevention (vaccination), screening, diagnosis, staging, treatment and palliative care of gynecological cancers (cervical, endometrial, ovarian, vaginal, vulvar) through staging and other guidelines, advocacy, education, research and capacity building. It collaborates with the Committee on Well Woman Health and Care to frame screening strategies for other cancers, including breast. 

Committee Objectives

• Review and revise staging for all gynaecological cancers as advancing research and practice dictates, with special attention to endometrial cancer.
• Expand collaboration with global and regional organisations (including the World Health Organization [WHO] and other international women’s cancer organisations and groups) to promote education regarding gynaecological cancers, with a particular focus on symposia, presentations and publications regarding cervical cancer elimination, palliative care, and endometrial cancer treatment and staging.
• Oversee and assist the Pilot Project to Eliminate Cervical Cancer and support local and global collaboration to achieve WHO objectives.
• Ongoing publication of guidance and staging for all aspects of gynaecologic cancer management.
• Advocacy and development of innovative methods for ensuring access to staging and other materials in all resource settings.

Committee Members

Chair

Professor Barbara Schmalfeldt - Germany

Past Chair

Professor Sarikapan Wilailak - Thailand

Members

Dr Ka Yu Tse – Hong Kong
Dr Eva Chalas – United States
Dr Angelica Viviana Fletcher Prieto – Colombia
Dr Nozomu Yanaihara – Japan
Dr Kenneth Ruzindana – Rwanda
Professor Christina Fotopoulou – United Kingdom

WATOG representative

Dr Munachiso Iheme Ndukwe – Czech Republic

Associate Members

Professor Alexander Olawaiye – United States
Professor Jalid Sehouli – Germany
Professor Ting-Chang Chang – China
Professor Nicole Concin – Austria

Subcommittee on Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (GTN)

Professor Hextan YS Ngan, Sub-committee Chair
Professor Sarikapan Wilailak
Professor Michael Seckl
Dr Neil Horowitz
Dr Andrea Garrett
Dr Antonio Braga
Dr PK Sekharan
Professor Nozomu Yanaihara
Dr Susanne Fridsten
Professor Annie NY Cheung

Subcommittee on Endometrial Cancer

Professor Alex Olawaiye, Sub-committee Chair
Dr Xavier Matias-Guiu, Sub-committee Vice Chair
Associate Professor Ane Gerda Eriksson
Professor Christina Fotopoulou
Dr Brian Rous
Professor Gabriella Macchia
Professor Philip Ip
Dr Takako Kiyokawa
Dr Glauco Baiocchi
Dr David Mutch
Dr Nadeem Abu-Rustum
Dr Sushil Beriwal
Professor Isaac Adewole
Professor Pei Hui
Professor Andreas Obemair
Professor Sarikapan Wilailak
Professor Barbara Schmalfeldt