IJGC conversations

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The International Journal of Gynecological Cancer (IJGC) conversations is a podcast that brings you the latest insights into gynecologic malignancies. Tune in to engaging conversations with leading experts as they explore innovative and timely topics shaping the field. Hosted by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez and special guests, each episode offers a dynamic and educational experience designed for clinicians, researchers, and anyone passionate about advancing gynecologic cancer care. Subscribe today or stream on your favorite podcast platform. IJGC - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-gynecological-cancer - proudly serves as the official journal of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society and the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology.

  1. 3D AGO

    Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Mortality in Low- vs High-Volume Centers

    In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Alex Melamed to discuss Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Mortality in Low- vs High-Volume Centers. Alex Melamed, MD, MPH, is a gynecologic oncologist and clinical outcomes researcher in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mass General Hospital and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He co-directs the Inference Lab in MGH's Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Melamed's research focuses on applying methods that provide meaningful insights from observational data. In particular, his work explores how focusing on temporal and spatial variation in clinical practice can help to uncover how health care affects patient outcomes. Some of his research focuses on increasing understanding of how surgical care affects the lives of cancer patients. Dr. Melamed is an associate editor of the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.

    42 min

  2. FEB 2

    Mirvetuximab in Low-Grade Ovarian Cancer with Alessandro D. Santin

    In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Alessandro D. Santin to discuss Mirvetuximab in Low-Grade Ovarian Cancer.   Dr. Alessandro D. Santin, a native of Italy, graduated with honors from the University of Brescia, Italy and received his postgraduate training in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the same University. He served a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California, Irvine and an International Fellowship in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Santin joined the faculty in the Section of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale University as Professor as of July 2008. Dr. Santin has more than 400 original research and peer-reviewed publications including multiple review articles and book chapters and he has written extensively on various topics, including cancer of the ovary, endometrium and cervix as well as on tumor immunology and immunotherapy. Dr. Santin's clinical interests include the use of immunotherapy in ovarian, cervical and endometrial carcinoma patients with disease resistant/refractory to standard treatment, therapeutic vaccines against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infected genital tumors, and the development of personalized treatment modalities including monoclonal antibodies and antibody-drug-conjugates (ADC) against chemotherapy resistant gynecologic tumors.

    39 min

  3. JAN 26

    ICG Angiography for Bowel Anastomosis Evaluation with Stephanie Gill

    In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Stephanie Gill to discuss ICG Angiography for Bowel Anastomosis Evaluation.   Stephanie J. Gill, MD, FRCSC, MSc, MScHSE, is a second-year Gynecologic Oncology Fellow at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, with clinical appointments at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the Odette Cancer Centre. She holds two Master’s degrees in Medical Sciences—focused on biostatistics and epidemiology—and Health Sciences Education, with a particular interest in robotic surgery training and competency-based assessment. Her research interests include surgical innovation and enhanced recovery after surgery, outcomes in rare gynecologic malignancies such as vulvar cancer and gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, and quality improvement in gynecologic oncology.

    38 min

  4. JAN 19

    ESMO 2025 Highlights: Top Studies In Gynecologic Oncology with Mariana Scaranti

    In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Mariana Scaranti to discuss ESMO 2025 Highlights: Top Studies In Gynecologic Oncology.   Mariana Scaranti, MD, is a Brazilian medical oncologist dedicated to gynecologic oncology. She practices at Hospital 9 de Julho in São Paulo and is the National Lead for Gynecologic Oncology at Rede Américas, Brazil. She serves as Research Director of Grupo EVA, the Brazilian Gynecologic Oncology Group, and is a member of the Gynecologic Tumors Committee of the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology (SBOC). She previously trained as a fellow at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London

    33 min

  5. JAN 12

    ESGO-ESTRO-ESP 2025 Endometrial Cancer Guidelines with Nicole Concin

    In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Nicole Concin to discuss ESGO-ESTRO-ESP 2025 Endometrial Cancer Guidelines.   Professor Concin serves as the Chair of the Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology and as Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Medical University of Vienna. She is President of the Austrian Network of Gynaecologic Oncology (AGO Austria), Executive Committee member of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), immediate Past-President of the ESGO, Board of Directors member of GCIG Gynaecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG), education faculty member for gynaecological cancer of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and Board member of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Committee on Women’s Cancer. Professor Concin’s clinical, research and teaching focus is gynaecological oncology. She has led multiple translational and clinical research projects worldwide and provided her expertise in >100 international clinical trials in gynaecological oncology, several of which she served as Principal or Global Coordinating Investigator. She has authored >150 research articles inhighly ranked peer-reviewed Journals. Her most cited article is the European multidisciplinary guidelines for the management of patients with endometrial carcinoma (Concin N. et al, IJGC Dec 2020; >1300 citations). In recognition of Professor Concin’s ability and achievements, she has received multiple grants and awards including the award of the Austrian Society for Cancer Aid, i.e. the Univ. Prof. DDr. Karl Fellinger Award. Her recent article in Lancet Oncology, “ESGO–ESTRO–ESP guidelines for the management of patients with endometrial carcinoma: Update 2025,” presents the latest revision of the guidelines, building upon the previous version published in 2021.

    47 min

  6. JAN 5

    ctDNA & diagnosis of ovarian cancer with Cristina Taliento and Giuseppe Vizzielli

    In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Drs. Cristina Taliento and Giuseppe Vizzielli to discuss ctDNA & diagnosis of ovarian cancer.   Cristina Taliento is a gynecologist and PhD candidate in a joint PhD program at the University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy, and KU Leuven, Belgium, associated with the International Ovarian Tumour Analysis (IOTA) Group. She completed a Research Fellowship at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. She recently started her Fellowship Training in Gynecologic Oncology at the University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany. Her PhD research focuses on clinical and translational studies in the diagnosis and management of adnexal tumors, with a particular interest in circulating tumor DNA in ovarian cancer.   Giuseppe Vizzielli is an associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the Department of Medicine, University of Udine, and Chief of the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at University Hospital of Udine, Italy. He completed his Ph.D. studies in molecular pathology in gynaecological oncology at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma. He is a member of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) and a member of the Italian Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (SEGI), affiliated with the ESGE. He was the principal investigator of the national research project,  Longitudinal genomic and transcriptomic analysis on ovarian cancer organoids. He serves as an official reviewer of many indexed international journals as well as Lancet Oncology, the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, the European Journal of Surgical Oncology, World Journal of Surgical Oncology, European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and BMC Cancer, and he is an associate editor of BMC Cancer, Cancers and the World Journal of Surgical Oncology. His recent publication in IJGC focuses on Circulating tumor DNA in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

    39 min

  7. 12/30/2025

    IJGC conversations 2025 December Editor's Choice

    In this episode of the IJGC conversations 2025 December Editor's Choice, Editorial Fellow Itziar Villagrá, Joannie Neveu, and Mathilde Del discusses the contents of the 2025 December issue of IJGC.

    12 min

  8. 12/08/2025

    Revisited: ESGO/INCIP 2025 Guidelines for Cancer in Pregnancy with Frédéric Amant

    In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Frédéric Amant to discuss ESGO/INCIP 2025 Guidelines for Cancer in Pregnancy.   Frédéric Amant (MD, PhD) received his medical degree from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium in 1992, completed his specialty training as an obstetrician/gynecologist in 1998 and his subspecialty training in gynecologic oncology in 2000. He defended his thesis on uterine sarcomas in 2002 at the KU Leuven. He is specialist at the UZ Leuven in Belgium. He is professor at the KU Leuven in Belgium and at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and honorary professor at the university of Pretoria, South Africa. Since 2024 he is council member of the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology. Frédéric Amant heads the Gynecologic Oncology research section at the University of Leuven, Belgium and at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. In 2005 he founded the “International Network on Cancer, Infertility and Pregnancy” (INCIP)(www.cancerinpregnancy.org), and chairs this network up till now. Since 2014, INCIP also registers young women who aim to preserve their fertility. In 2021 he launched the Advisory Board Cancer Infertility Pregnancy (ABCIP) under the umbrella of INCIP. In addition, Frédéric Amant founded Trace, the tumor xenograft platform at the KU Leuven and the Fund for Innovative Research at the KU Leuven. He co-founded ENITEC, the European Network on Individualized Treatment of Endometrial Cancer. Since 2024 he is member of the research council at the KU Leuven.

    41 min
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The International Journal of Gynecological Cancer (IJGC) conversations is a podcast that brings you the latest insights into gynecologic malignancies. Tune in to engaging conversations with leading experts as they explore innovative and timely topics shaping the field. Hosted by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez and special guests, each episode offers a dynamic and educational experience designed for clinicians, researchers, and anyone passionate about advancing gynecologic cancer care. Subscribe today or stream on your favorite podcast platform. IJGC - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-gynecological-cancer - proudly serves as the official journal of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society and the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology.

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