The Karmanos Cancer Center has led nine Michigan schools through a national pilot program designed to help promote teen smoking prevention and cessation. The program, called A.S.P.I.R.E. (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience), was created by researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas. A.S.P.I.R.E. is an evidence-based, interactive, online program, and is tailored with anti-smoking messages for middle and high school students. The program was pilot tested throughout the U.S. for the 2008-09 school year. Read the rest of this entry »

BUFFALO, NY – The public is invited to “Meet the Docs” at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Amherst Center Open House, located at 100 College Parkway, Amherst, NY, on Tuesday, June 16 from 5 – 7 pm.

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A “guardian angel” hormone produced by fat cells could become a tool to fight breast cancer. Scientists at Emory's Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta have discovered that adiponectin, which is produced by fat cells, can reduce breast cancer cells' ability to migrate and invade other tissues.   

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New York - June 5, 2009: Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, PhD, of the Department of Radiation Oncology and a member of the NYU Cancer Institute, has been selected by NASA to receive a grant to study space radiation effects on humans in space. NASA's $28.4 million dollar investment will fund a Specialized Centers of Research (NSCOR) at NYU Langone Medical Center, led by Barcellos-Hoff, and at Loma Linda University, the University of Texas Medical Branch and Georgetown University on determining space radiation carcinogenesis and central nervous system risks that could pave the way for countermeasures, developed during a five-year award period. This NYU-NSCOR consists of a team of investigators who have complementary skills and who work together to solve a closely focused set of research questions in support of the Space Radiation Program Element within the Human Research Program. The proposals were reviewed by non-NASA scientific and technical experts and selected by NASA.

To learn more, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/acd/hrp_nscor_awards_2009.html

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BUFFALO, NY – As America’s 12 million cancer survivors observe the 22nd annual National Cancer Survivors Day®, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) takes the celebration in an exciting, new direction with the launch of an online cancer survivors community.

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ORLANDO – Scientists from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit presented data demonstrating the feasibility of long-term, low-dose adjuvant chemotherapy, which resulted in fewer tumor recurrences and cancer metastases in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The findings were announced today at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. Read the rest of this entry »

DETROIT – Cancer survivors, their families and caregivers are invited to attend the 5th Annual Survivorship University Celebration of Survivorship event, June 18, presented by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. The celebration recognizes cancer survivors who raise awareness of cancer prevention and help empower lives. The Patricia Milner Sachs Heart of a Survivor Award will be given to an outstanding cancer survivor who exemplifies caring compassion and devotion; someone who goes above and beyond to help other cancer survivors on their journey Read the rest of this entry »

BUFFALO, NY – Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) was honored with the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) 2009 Employer Recognition Award. ONCC recognizes one organization each year for its sustained support of oncology nursing certification.

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1. New Treatment Strategy Enhances Outcome for Lung Cancer