May 26, 2009 | A first-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring a way to diagnose cancer in its earliest stages is being conducted at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute through a National Cancer Institute grant.

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On Saturday, June 27, the Annual Review in Oncology and ASCO Update symposium will be held at the Dearborn Inn from 8 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. This conference is geared towards physicians, fellows, residents, physician extenders and nurses in the field of oncology. Read the rest of this entry »

Nearly 500 guests attended the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute’s 27th Annual Dinner, Support Our Hometown Team, held recently at Ford Field. More than $640,000 was raised to support cancer research, patient care and education. Read the rest of this entry »

New York - May 18, 2009: A new study published online in Nature Immunology ahead of the June 2009 print issue has found that homologous immunoglobulin (lg) alleles pair up in the nucleus at stages that coincide with V(D)J recombination of the heavy and light chain (Igh and Igk) loci. Researchers led by Jane A. Skok Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at NYU School of Medicine and a member of the NYU Cancer Institute, showed that the V(D)J recombinase, which consists of the RAG1 and RAG2 proteins, mediates this pairing and helps ensure that only one allele undergoes recombination at a time (a process known as allelic exclusion).

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African american women with advanced breast cancer often forego vital treatment

A new study finds that nearly one in four African American women with late stage breast cancer refused chemotherapy and radiation therapy, potentially life saving therapies. Published in the July 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that more efforts are needed to ensure that all women with breast cancer receive appropriate care. Read the rest of this entry »

PITTSBURGH, May 22, 2009 – Merrill Egorin, MD, professor of medicine and pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), has received the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Translational Research Professorship for his work in improving cancer treatments and supporting the next generation of researchers.

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RPCI Researchers Say Boys Need to Be Vaccinated, Too!

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BUFFALO, NY – Donald L. Trump, MD, FACP, President & CEO of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has been elected to membership in the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. He was inducted into the Society on Wednesday, May 20, and recognized during commencement exercises on May 21 in Baltimore, MD.

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Cancer patients in the Southern Tier have significantly easier access to world-class radiation therapy services now that Olean General Hospital, in collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute, has opened the Mildred Milliman Radiation Medicine Center.

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