Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Kara C. Long, MD

M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue, H-1206
New York, NY
USA 10065


Biographical Sketch:
I am a 4th year fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at MSKCC. Additionally, I am pursuing a Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research at Weill-Cornell. I am collaborating with the Dept of Clinical Genetics at MSKCC for my thesis work on hereditary cancer syndromes in BRCA negative women. Recent on-topic publications: Long KC, Kauff ND. Hereditary ovarian cancer: recent molecular insights and their impact on screening strategies. Curr Opin Oncol. 2011."

Papers:
239 - Poster Session A Prognostic significance of the number of postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy cycles for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer 246 - Poster Session A A comparison of primary intraperitoneal chemotherapy to consolidation intraperitoneal chemotherapy in optimally resected advanced ovarian cancer 316 - Poster Session A A comparison of colorimetric versus fluorometric sentinel lymph node mapping during robotic surgery for endometrial cancer 351 - Poster Session B Safety and cost savings of omitting cardiac surveillance during treatment with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in gynecologic oncology survivors