Your guide to the latest Cancer Center news and information: February 1, 2010
Upcoming Events
- February 2: "New Advances in Ovarian Cancer Research"
Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, 7:30 am, Yawkey Center 7th Floor, Room 7980 - February 2: MGH Melanoma Lecture Series - Simches Conference Center, Room 3110, Jennifer Wargo, MD, Assistant in Surgery, "Immunotherapy for Melanoma: Updates and New Directions"
- February 4: Grand Rounds: "Rising PSA after Prior Local Treatment for Prostate Cancer," Matthew Smith, MD, PhD (CPC), 12:00 noon, Simches 3110 Conference Room
- February 4: Avon Walk Introduction Meeting
- February 18: Grand Rounds: "Emerging Products and the AZ/MGH Partnership," Gregory Curt, MD
- March 6: CME: "Hot Topics in Oncology Care - A Program for the Advanced Practice Clinician"
- March 10-14: NCCN Annual Conference, Hollywood, FL
- March 20: CME: "Update on Management of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies"
- March 25: Robotic Surgery Conference
- March 27: CME : "Hepatocellular Carcinoma - New trends and Contemporary Management"
- May 1: SAVE THE DATE! - Cancer Survivor's Day. More information to follow in next issue of Connections
- May 15: CME: "Current Practices and Controversies in Thoracic Malignancy"
- May 15-16: SAVE THE DATE! - Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Boston, MA
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In the Spotlight
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From Bench to Bedside
- Combination therapy may benefit patients with specific genetic subtype of non-small cell lung cancer
Announcements
- Cancer Center staff joins in Haiti aid efforts
- New physicians brochure published
- New dietician joins Cancer Center
- Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center honor Jensie Shipley
In the News
- Women who become menopausal after breast cancer diagnosis benefit from extended AI treatment
Cancer Watch – Features study by Mass General physician Paul Goss - Study findings from Harvard University provide new insights into breast cancer
NewsRx - features Mass General study published in Genes and Development - Coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Leo Cheng Scanner helps doctors pinpoint prostate cancer
- Protein may be new target for obesity, diabetes therapies
Science News coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Raul Mostoslavsky - Study findings from Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Pathology provide new insights into gastric cancer
NewsRx - features study from Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Pathology - Resources few, urgency constant for N.E. trauma doctors in Haiti
Boston Globe quotes Mass General physician Annekathryn Goodman - Therapy Targets Resistant Lung Cancer
Ivanhoe Newschannel coverage of study by Mass General and Dana-Farber researchers - Doctors take issue with new mammogram guidelines
Swampscott Reporter quotes MGH/NSMC physician Claudia Reynders - Sister & I cancelled our weddings to pay for my cancer treatment
The Sun (U.K.) article on patient who received proton therapy at Mass General Cancer Center
- Rebuilding after breast cancer
Ivanhoe Newschannel quotes Mass General physician Amy Colwell - Amgen cancer push on bone drug may key stock turnaround in 2010
Bloomberg News quotes Mass General physician Matthew Smith - Study weighs comparative effectiveness of low-risk prostate cancer treatments
NCI Cancer Bulletin coverage of report from Mass General -based Institute for Clinical and Economic Review - Surviving stomach cancer
CBS News Online video report on family treated at Mass General, includes comments from Mass General physician John Mullen - What's the next big thing
Medpage Today quotes Mass General physician Leif Ellisen - ICER Report suggests similar levels of effectiveness among management and treatment options for low-risk prostate cancer
Summary report incorporates findings from three separate appraisals of six treatment options
New scan may help find aggressive prostate tumors
New test may locate tumor position in the prostate
New scanning method detects prostate cancers
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