New Chairperson appointed

20th August 2020 1:54 PM

Prof. Jean Calleja Agius (https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/jeancallejaagius) from the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta has been appointed as the new chairperson of GYNOCARE COST Action (CA18117)…

Kick-off Management Committee Meeting

26th October 2020 10:00 AM

Online meeting held with the newly appointed Action Leads.

Strategy for Scientific Dissemination

2nd November 2020 10:57 PM

Plan for dissemination of all GYNOCARE outputs

Publication of 1st Collaborative Review Article

27th January 2021 10:42 AM

A landmark paper has been published in collaboration with 29 co-authors hailing from 14 different countries, as part of the GYNOCARE COST Action (CA18117).

New Publication on the role of MicroRNAs in Rare Gynae Cancers

7th April 2021 8:30 AM

Recent research has revealed the enormous promise of miRNAs for improving the diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of all major gynecological cancers.

ITC Conference Grants

23rd April 2021 1:42 PM

Grants are available for participants hailing from ITC countries.

6th Annual Malta Rare Disease Colloquium

28th May 2021 2:00 PM

Action Chairperson invited to give a talk to outline the work of GYNOCARE COST Action.

Research paper on Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Cervix

23rd June 2021 9:00 AM

Adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) is a rare histological subtype of cervical cancer with incidence rate of less than 6 per 100,000.

Review article on Human Choriocarcinoma

24th June 2021 11:43 AM

New paper by Di Fiore, R et al. ‘An Overview of the Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Human Choriocarcinoma’ appears in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

New Publication: Link between LncRNA MORT (ZNF667-AS1) and Gynaecological Cancer

22nd July 2021 1:22 PM

Long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a critical role in tumorigenesis. LncRNAs can be classified into tumor suppressor genes or oncogenes, depending on their function within the cellular context and the…

Virtual Mobility Grants

30th August 2021 4:45 PM

Six new Virtual Mobility grants are now available.

Review article on the Role of Omics in Rare Ovarian Cancers

9th October 2021 11:21 AM

Norwegian MC GYNOCARE COST member publishes new collaborative article

New Publication on the Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Common and Rare Ovarian Cancers

6th November 2021 5:47 AM

Croatian MC GYNOCARE COST members publish collaborative review article

Telemedicine in Rare Gynae Cancers

3rd December 2021 9:58 PM

Collaboration with the University of Bologna

A case of Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumour

10th December 2021 11:12 AM

Genetic Linkage to a Child Born over Seventeen Years Prior, Successfully Treated with Surgery and Pembrolizumab

Brief Report on Gonadoblastoma

3rd March 2022 12:20 PM

Gonadoblastoma is a rare type of tumour which can occur in dysgenetic gonads.

New Call for Virtual Mobility Grants in 2022

25th March 2022 12:27 PM

  GYNOCARE will provide for up to 10 Virtual Mobility (VM) grants under this call. Application deadline is 1st September 2022, but late applications may be considered if there is…

New Call for Short Term Scientific Missions

27th March 2022 1:58 PM

STSMs in 2022

Virtual Biobanking – COSMOS and ROSE

6th April 2022 11:09 PM

Award given for first biobank for tumour tissues

Conference & MC meeting in Malta

18th April 2022 7:17 PM

Save the dates 23 & 24 May 2022

STSM at TU Delft

18th April 2022 8:01 PM

First STSM awarded

World Ovarian Cancer Day

8th May 2022 10:45 PM

Commemorated on the 8th May 2022

New publication on Cervical Cancer Stem Cells

11th May 2022 1:51 PM

The potential of therapeutic targeting of CCSCs

GYNOCARE Reaches for the Moon: Is there a Link between Gynaecological Cancer & Space Travel

5th July 2022 10:19 AM

Extraterrestrial Gynae-Oncology

European Society of Surgical Oncology Webinar on Biobanking

15th July 2022 1:17 PM

Save the date: 21st July 2022

Training School and MC meeting in North Macedonia

23rd July 2022 7:01 PM

Save the dates: 18-20th September 2022

2nd STSM grant Awarded

30th August 2022 11:25 AM

Dr Chiara Tommaro visits lab in the UK

World GO Day 2023

16th September 2022 2:48 PM

20th September is World GO day

Digital Pathology

19th September 2022 11:15 PM

GYNOCARE advances in Digital Pathology

European network of gynaecological pathologists 

20th September 2022 11:12 PM

Foundations set up during the GYNOCARE Training School in Skopje.

Endometrial Cancer in Young Women

29th October 2022 4:00 PM

New open access collaborative publication

ITC Grant awarded to Present at the 23rd ESGO Congress in Berlin

30th October 2022 5:45 PM

Dr Milan Paul Kubelac presents at the European Society of Gynae Oncology Meeting

STSM in Naples by Czech Researcher

30th October 2022 6:03 PM

Prof Evzen Amler visits Universita' di Campania, Itay

Virtual Networking Support Strategy Grant Period 3

2nd November 2022 3:07 PM

8 VM grants successfully awarded

Sentinel Lymph Node Status in Patients with Endometrial Cancer

2nd November 2022 5:23 PM

International Collaboration for a New Publication

STSM on Population based biobanking

10th November 2022 11:36 PM

Maltese Researcher hosted at Trinity College Dublin

Proceedings of the GYNOCARE Training School on Pathophysiology of Rare Gynae Cancers

9th December 2022 2:01 PM

Recordings of all the lectures on Pathology of Rare Gynae Cancers

Clinical Trials involving Rare Gynae Cancers

23rd December 2022 4:45 PM

Publication of a Rapid Systematic Review

Cancer of the Cervix in Bulgaria

23rd January 2023 4:11 PM

A new publication following a VM Grant

Biobank Event

5th February 2023 4:10 PM

Webinar on Specific Needs of Cancer Biobanking

Award to GYNOCARE Chairperson

20th February 2023 1:34 PM

Lifetime Achievement Award for Ethics and Professionalism in Medical ResearchThe Chairperson of the GYNOCARE COST Action, Prof. Jean Calleja-Agius, has been presented with the Giovan Giacomo Giordano NIAF Lifetime Achievement…

Proceedings of the GYNOCARE Conference held in Naples

20th February 2023 10:49 PM

GYNOCARE Conference held on the 17th and 18th February 2023

Dissemination in the Balkans

2nd June 2023 1:10 PM

5th MAGO Congress in Ohrid, North Macedonia Prof Jean Calleja Agius and Dr Gemma Gatta have presented the work carried out by the GYNOCARE COST Action during the 5th MAGO Congress…

GYNOCARE Training School in Bulgaria

2nd July 2023 1:16 AM

Training School entitled 'They are rare, but they are here' held in Sofia on the 29th June till 1st July 2023

Proceedings of GYNOCARE Conference in Bulgaria

4th July 2023 9:14 PM

Conference held at Sofia University on the 2nd and 3rd July 2023

STSM by Lithuanian ECI to Italy

20th September 2023 11:00 PM

Barbora Lekešytė,goes to the Vanvitelli University in Naples

Turkish academic visits the University of Malta

25th September 2023 12:05 AM

Dr Sureyya Ozcan Kabasakal visits the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

Training Curriculum in the Diagnosis of Rare Gynaecological Cancers

11th October 2023 11:17 PM

Focus on pathology of rare and uncommon gynae cancers

SOPs involving Biosamples

11th October 2023 11:23 PM

Outcomes of WG2 - Biobanking

Informed consent and data safety regulation

11th October 2023 11:27 PM

Common informed consent and harmonized regulations

Dissemination to Pharma & Biotech industries

11th October 2023 11:40 PM

Compilation of Informative Booklet

Outcome of meetings with Pharma and Biotech SMEs

11th October 2023 11:52 PM

Outcome of Collaborative Meetings

Collaborating Patient Advocacy Groups

12th October 2023 12:02 AM

Empowering patients suffering from rare gynaecological cancers

Special Issue in EJSO

14th October 2023 10:51 AM

Special Collection dedicated to GYNOCARE in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Press Coverage and Public Dissemination

15th October 2023 10:50 AM

Dissemination via international media outlets

Collaborations with other EU funded projects

11th December 2023 10:14 AM

GYNOCARE joins forces with other EU projects

GYNOCARE and Policy Makers

15th December 2023 10:52 AM

Reaching out to politicians and policy makers

GYNOCARE in India

16th December 2023 4:27 PM

Dissemination by Dr. Yashwanth Subbannayya in Manipal and Mangalore, India

Early Career Stage Researchers in GYNOCARE

17th January 2024 6:56 AM

GYNOCARE promotes and supports ECSR

…And That's a Wrap!

10th April 2024 9:25 AM

GYNOCARE COST Action officially ended on the 11th September 2023