Massachusetts General Hospital | Cancer Center

Get to Know

Mara Bloom, JD Executive Director of the Cancer Center

In the Spotlight

The Avon Foundation Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center and the Gillette Center for Breast Cancer

From Bench to Bedside

• The New England Journal of medicine publishes work of Matthew Smith, MD, PhD
• Alice Shaw, MD, PhD, presents promising results of ALK1 clinical trial

Announcements

• The Mass General Cancer Center adds new Center for Psychiatric Oncology and Behavioral Sciences
• Daniel Haber, MD, PhD, Elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) : The Cancer Center's director was among seven Mass General physicians and researchers elected to the IOM for demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
• The V Foundation for Cancer Research awards 2009 translational grants to Alice Shaw, MD, PhD, and Jeffrey Engelman, MD, PhD
• The 2009 Cancer Center new physicians directory will be published soon. If you would like a copy please contact Laurie Covens at lcovens@partners.org

In the News

• Standards of care evolving for uncommon uterine cancer
  Health Day Professional News report on study led by Mass General physician David Boruta
• Cancer care's big leap
  Hospitals and Health Networks quotes Mass General physician Leif Ellisen
• Mother's cancer can infect her fetus
  Science NOW quotes MassGeneral Hospital for Children physician Howard Weinstein
• Research scientists develop bioengineered treatment for targeting pancreatic cancer
  News-Medical.net report on meeting presentation by Mass General physician Claudius Conrad
• One experience: A journalist tells her own story
  Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) profile of breast cancer patient who had reconstructive surgery at Mass General
• Additional evidence regarding the benefit of regular mammograms
  Researchers from the Cancer Center have identified connections between disparities in screening and mortality, highlighting the importance of regular mammograms.
  
• Sequencing tumors to target treatment
  Technology Review quotes Mass General physician Leif Ellisen
• In her words: Diana M. Bunk
  Fall River Herald News: Mass General breast cancer patient recounts her experiences
• Understanding DNA defects is route to better cancer therapy
  The Times (UK) mentions Mass General cancer research project

Around the Network

Newton-Wellesley Hospital opens Cancer Center
Newton-Wellesley Hospital opened The Joan and James Vernon Cancer Center in September. This new $36 million center features Mass General radiation oncology department services among its many treatment options at Newton Wellesley Hospital. For more information: http://www.nwh.org/clinical-centers/vernon-cancer-center/

Development News

the one hundred nominations kickoff for 2010 Nominations are now being accepted for the third annual celebration of the one hundred, a fundraising event for the Cancer Center

Marketing News

	Cancer Center launches new fingerprint ad campaign The Cancer Center Marketing team launched a new ad campaign, highlighting the role of molecular fingerprinting in cancer care
Fall 2009 issue of Synergy published                                Meet the marketing team

Guidelines for Submission to Connections

Submissions to Connections are welcome. Connections is a publication of the Cancer Center Marketing Department. For questions, comments or submissions, please contact: connections@partners.org.