Arizona Cancer Center to form Pan-Pacific Skin Cancer Consortium
Researchers from Australia will join forces with colleagues at the Arizona Cancer Center to jointly develop skin cancer prevention and treatment strategies.
Dr. Bookman named GOG ovarian committee chair
Michael A. Bookman, MD, section chief of Hematology/Oncology at the Arizona Cancer Center, has been appointed to chair the Ovarian Committee of the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG).
Gastrointestinal Cancer Program leaders announced
Thomas Doetschman, PhD, and Tomislav Dragovich, MD, PhD, have been named co-leaders of the Arizona Cancer Center’s Gastrointestinal Cancer research program.
Taming inflammation to shrink tumors
Emmanuelle J. Meuillet, PhD, aims to understand the role of inflammation in colon carcinogenesis and to develop a novel targeted therapy to treat it. A five-year, $1,784,878 grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund her research.
Breast cancer decision-making film's English premiere scheduled for Oct. 30
The community is invited to the pink carpet premiere of Woman to Woman: Let’s Talk about Breast Cancer / Mujer a Mujer: Una Conversación Sobre Cáncer de Seno, a documentary funded by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Southern Arizona. Both premieres, the Spanish version on Aug. 28 and the English version on Oct. 30, will be held at 2 p.m. in DuVal Auditorium at University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. The premieres are free and open to the public.
Arizona Cancer Center researcher awarded patent for breakthrough breast cancer drug
Joyce A. Schroeder, PhD, an Arizona Cancer Center member, has been awarded a US patent for a first-in-class breast cancer treatment.
Radiation Oncology welcomes three faculty members
Three new faculty members have joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the UA College of Medicine and the Arizona Cancer Center.
Drug study opens for women at risk for breast cancer
The University of Arizona Cancer Center is opening a study of a drug that may help prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at risk for developing breast cancer.
Researcher to address World Cancer Congress
Arizona Cancer Center researcher Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD, will address data collection methods at the World Cancer Congress in Shenzhen, China.
Arizona Cancer Center researcher receives $1.8 million to develop novel colon cancer targeted therapy
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $1,784,878 grant to an Arizona Cancer Center researcher to study the role of inflammation in colon carcinogenesis and to develop a new targeted therapy to treat colon cancer.
UA-developed afamelanotide shows promise in rare skin disorder
A synthetic hormone developed at the University of Arizona has been shown to offer relief for a rare skin disease in international clinical studies.
AZCC physicians participate in lymphoma forum
Arizona Cancer Center physicians Margaret Miller, MD, and Thomas Miller, MD, will participate in the 15th annual North American Educational Forum on Lymphoma in September.
