Aggressive, deadly and often misdiagnosed, inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of primary breast cancer, often striking women in their prime and causing death within 18 to 24 months. Now, scientists from The Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center have identified a key gene-eIF4G1-that is overexpressed in the majority of cases of IBC, allowing cells to form highly mobile clusters that are responsible for the rapid metastasis that makes IBC such an effective killer.

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The Michigan Tobacco Quitline has been reopened by the Michigan Department of Community Health after a temporary shutdown. The tobacco quitline offers free telephone counseling as well as patches, gum, or lozenges to people interested in quitting smoking or chewing tobacco use. If interested, please contact 1-800-480-QUIT or visit www.michigan.gov/tobacco. Read the rest of this entry »

PITTSBURGH, PA and JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, June 15, 2009 – The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the Gamida Cell – Teva Joint Venture announced today that the Institute has joined an elite group of cancer centers in Europe, the United States and Israel that are now enrolling patients to participate in the ExCell research study.

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PITTSBURGH, June 15, 2009 – A new technique known as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is safe for patients with recurrent head and neck cancers and may improve their quality of life, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). Results of the phase I study were reported today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.

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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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