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Nominations Invited for AACR Distinguished Lectureship Funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
aacr.org — “PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research announces a call for nominations for its 2012 Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. The AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities is awarded to an investigator whose novel work has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of cancer health disparities. This work m” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on April 24, 2012 at 7:20 pm By:
Ivan Oransky Doctor and Health Communicator
My guess is that neither @garyschwitzer nor I will be chosen to give this lecture http://t.co/Fwfjq0zK
Tremelimumab Shows Promise in Treatment of Liver Cancer
aacr.org — “Tumor burden reduction and disease stabilization occurred in some cases. Tremelimumab also reduced blood levels of hepatitis C virus. CHICAGO — Tremelimumab treatment stabilized patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma due to chronic hepatitis C infection for more than 12 months, according to data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 - April 4.Researchers evaluated 21 patients treated with tremelimumab intravenously at a dose of 15 mg/kg every 90 days for ab” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on April 3, 2012 at 12:29 am By:
Dr. P. D Tapp Doctor, Health Executive, and PhD
Tremelimumab Shows Promise in Treatment of Liver Cancer: http://t.co/tATE1IqK
Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine in Development Shows Antitumor Effect
aacr.org — “Stem cells had greater effect than differentiated tumor cells in eliciting antitumor immunity in vivo. Antibodies and T cells targeted cancer stem cells in laboratory models. Data could provide a rationale for a new type of immune therapy. PHILADELPHIA — Scientists may have discovered a new paradigm for immunotherapy against cancer by priming antibodies and T cells with cancer stem cells, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Re” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on April 2, 2012 at 7:39 pm By:
Wendy Woodward MDPhD Physician, PhD, Doctor, Oncologist, and Radiation Oncologist
Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine in Development Shows Antitumor Effect: http://t.co/Ka40Ny2v via @AddThis #wwlab
AACR and Landon Foundation Support the Next Generation of Researchers With INNOVATOR Awards
aacr.org — “CHICAGO — The American Association for Cancer Research and the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation will present three INNOVATOR Awards at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 – April 4. The Fifth Annual Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Cancer Prevention Research will be presented to Guang Peng, M.D., Ph.D., at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Fifth Annual Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International Collaboration in Cancer ” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
AACR and Landon Foundation INNOVATOR Awards announced (one for Dr. Peng from MD Anderson): http://t.co/DpPKhJcN via @AddThis
AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Honors Pelayo Correa, M.D., With Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship Award
aacr.org — “CHICAGO — The American Association for Cancer Research and its Minorities in Cancer Research membership group will award Pelayo Correa, M.D., with the Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 – April 4.Correa is the Ann Potter Wilson endowed chair in cancer research, and professor of medicine and pathology in the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. His award present” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 26, 2012 at 5:06 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Honors Pelayo Correa, M.D., With Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship Award: http://t.co/7Un4mkDB via @AddThis
AACR Congratulates Co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer Lisa Paulsen on Receiving the Society of Surgical Oncology's James Ewing Layman Award
aacr.org — “PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research congratulates Lisa Paulsen, president and chief executive officer of the Entertainment Industry Foundation and co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), on receiving the James Ewing Layman Award. The Society of Surgical Oncology is honoring Paulsen with the award for her efforts to eradicate cancer through her leadership of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), especially her major role in establishing Stand Up To Cancer. &l” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 23, 2012 at 9:40 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
Co-founder Stand Up To Cancer Lisa Paulsen on Receiving the Society of Surgical Oncology's James Ewing Layman Award: http://t.co/wZShebq2
AACR Congratulates 35 Recipients of the Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
aacr.org — “CHICAGO — The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 35 recipients will be honored at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 – April 4.The Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards are given to scientists who are working at the level of assistant professor or above at a minority-serving institution and ” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 5:08 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
#AACR Congratulates 35 Recipients of the Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awards: http://t.co/lWACFycI
Research Team Honored for Innovative Science to Advance Cancer Research and Patient Benefit
aacr.org — “CHICAGO — The Sixth Annual AACR Team Science Award will be presented to a team of researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden Hospital: Cancer Research U.K. Cancer Therapeutics Unit and Drug Development Unit, during the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 - April 4. The AACR Team Science Award recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary research team for its innovative and meritorious scientific work that has advanced or will likely advance cancer” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 4:26 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
ICR UK Research Team from the Royal Marsden Honored for Innovative Science to Advance Cancer Research: http://t.co/rOv2RQsz
Stephen W. Fesik, Ph.D., Receives Sixth Annual AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research
aacr.org — “CHICAGO — The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize Stephen W. Fesik, Ph.D., with the 2012 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 – April 4.Fesik is the Orrin H. Ingram II chair in cancer research and professor of biochemistry, pharmacology and chemistry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. His lecture, “Drugging the undruggable using fragment-based methods,&rdquo” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 2:46 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
Stephen W. Fesik, Ph.D., Receives Sixth Annual AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research: http://t.co/N5OGmpyN
AACR Welcomes New Members to the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee
aacr.org — “PHILADELPHIA — The members of the American Association for Cancer Research will welcome Charles L. Sawyers, M.D., as president-elect 2012-2013 on Monday, April 2, at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held in Chicago, Ill. from March 31 - April 4. Sawyers is chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Additionally, he is a professor in the Cell and Developmental Biology Program and the Departm” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 20, 2012 at 6:42 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
AACR Welcomes New Members to the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee: http://t.co/ClVeKy4b via @AddThis
Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology
aacr.org — “An Intensive, Workshop on the Latest Developments in Molecular Biology Relevant to Clinical Oncologists pursuing the desire to bridge the gap as physician-scientists July 16-22, 2012Viceroy Snowmass Snowmass Village, Colorado APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 12, 2012(Application available in mid-January) CO-ORGANIZERS: William G. Kaelin Jr., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Suzanne L. Topalian, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD Mark W. Geraci, University of Color” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 19, 2012 at 2:28 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
2012 AACR Aspen workshop on molecular biology in clinical oncology: http://t.co/tJ5YxUtj
AACR CEO Receives Prestigious Research!America Advocacy Award
aacr.org — “PHILADELPHIA — Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the American Association for Cancer Research, will receive Research!America’s 2012 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership. Foti is honored for her national leadership role in science and public policy, and in particular, for her tireless and effective advocacy for federal funding for cancer research and biomedical science during her long tenure as chief executive officer of the A” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 14, 2012 at 7:50 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
AACR CEO (Dr. Foti) Receives Prestigious Research!America Advocacy Award http://t.co/5wJISF3P via @addthis
Survivors & Advocates - AACR
aacr.org — “The AACR collaborates with an extensive list of cancer support and advocacy organizations, government and research institutions, and suggests useful websites for your reference. Find organized lists of groups dedicated to specific types of cancer. Read Cancer Today, a magazine about people and progress in cancer research.” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on March 7, 2012 at 12:33 am By:
Noushin Hart MD Oncologist, Radiation Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
Survivors & Advocates - AACR: http://t.co/Q52Lcb9M via @AddThis
Gene Identified in Increasing Pancreatic Cancer Risk
aacr.org — “PHILADELPHIA — Mutations in the ATM gene may increase the hereditary risk for pancreatic cancer, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.Pancreatic cancer is one of the most morbid cancers, with less than 5 percent of those diagnosed with the disease surviving to five years. Approximately 10 percent of patients come from families with multiple cases of pancreatic cancer. “There was significant reason to belie” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on December 29, 2011 at 2:11 pm By:
Raymond DuBois Physician, Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Health Executive
Gene Identified in Increasing Pancreatic Cancer Risk: http://t.co/xSwOLNb2 via @AddThis
Stand Up To Cancer and Melanoma Research Alliance Announce Dream Team
aacr.org — “PHILADELPHIA — Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) and SU2C’s scientific partner, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), today announced a new Dream Team dedicated to melanoma research. Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D., and Patricia M. LoRusso, D.O., will lead the Dream Team project entitled “Personalized Medicine for Patients with BRAF Wild-Type (BRAFwt) Cancer.” Melanoma of the skin is the fifth most common cancer diagnosed in the United” View full resource at aacr.org
Most Recently Shared on December 14, 2011 at 9:29 pm By:
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Stand Up To Cancer and Melanoma Research Alliance Announce Dream Team. http://t.co/VS9vcVqf
