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I'm pleased to announce that in the next few weeks a new giving program will launch to support our combined efforts at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital have joined forces to create
Momentum Fund , which will provide essential funding for breakthrough cancer research and compassionate patient care by combining the gifts of many donors. This support will be critical to ensure that new research can be pursued without delay, promising treatments are aggressively developed, and patient care is continuously enhanced.
I invite you all to help launch this important collaboration by running with me in the Annual Labor Day New Haven Road Race. Let's run together in running t-shirts with our Momentum Fund logo, which are available to each of you for $25. Register to run online
For your Momentum Fund shirt contact: Sue Frankenbach
Mark Faries Joins Yale Cancer Center
Please join me in welcoming Mark Faries, MD, FACS to Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. Mark joins us as an Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and specializes in the surgical treatment of melanoma. He brings extensive experience in tumor immunology and melanoma metastases, adding to the strength of the translational research in melanoma currently underway at Yale Cancer Center through the SPORE in Skin Cancer.
Liver Cancer Research at Yale
Yale Cancer Center is hosting a workshop on Friday, November 19th for clinicians and researchers studying liver cancer to present their ideas and research outcomes, and to begin a successful collaboration for research partnerships. I invited you to participate in this meeting and to submit a topic for presentation and discussion to Mario Strazzabosco. The deadline for title submission is August 15th.
YCC Strategic Planning
Members of Yale Cancer Center's senior leadership team recently spent two days working on a strategic plan for our Center to help drive our success over the next three years. We continue to work on the plan and hope to have a finalized version, including a mission and vision statement, goals, and prioritized initiatives to share with the Yale Cancer Center membership in the coming months. This plan will map out our work for the next several years and help to guarantee we achieve our goals. Thank you to the faculty and staff who have participated and dedicated their time to ensure the success of this process.
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The following nursing leadership appointments have been made at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven:
Monica Fradkin, RN MPH was appointed to the position of
Oncology Nursing Education Coordinator and is responsible for oversight and allocation of educational resources across Smilow Cancer Hospital in support of our nursing staff.
Bill Hofmann, RN MS was appointed to the newly created position of
Patient Service Manager , Ambulatory Nursing Operations. In this position, Bill has oversight of nursing practice in our Ambulatory care clinics and work closely with Michelle Wilson to ensure high quality and efficient outpatient services for our patients, faculty, and staff
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Lisa Truini-Pittman RN MPH was appointed to the position of
Smilow Quality and Safety Coordinator . In this role, Lisa assists the administrative and clinical leadership in advancing the Quality and Safety priorities of Smilow Cancer Hospital.
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Thank you to those of you who attended the Smilow Cancer Hospital Town Hall last Wednesday. We are happy to report that our inpatient patient satisfaction scores are in the 99th percentile. This is a strong reflection of the dedication and hard work of each member of our staff and faculty over the last eight months during the transition to the new facility.
The building is over 90% occupied and the final surgical specialty suites will be ready for use later this fall. We have successfully recruited several leading members of the clinical and administrative staff over the last several months and will continue our recruitment efforts into 2011. In addition, improving clinical trial accruals will be a main clinical priority for the next several years.
We urge each member of the Smilow Cancer Hospital staff to bring any ideas or concerns they have to the appropriate clinical program leaders for discussion during our regular Clinical Leadership Panel meetings. Thank you all for your continued efforts to ensure our patients receive the best clinical care.
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Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Young Investigator Award
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. funds research aimed at furthering the development of cell and gene therapy approaches to the treatment of cancer. To this end, ACGT offers its
Young Investigator Award to qualified scientists at the Tenure Track Assistant Professor level.
Candidates for a
Young Investigator Award must hold an MD, MPH, PhD, or equivalent degree, and be an Assistant Professor within five years of their initial appointment to this rank at the time of award activation.
Abstract Deadline: August 16, 2010
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The ASCO Cancer Foundation Improving Cancer Care Grant, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure
The
Improving Cancer Care Grant will provide funding for research studies that implement and evaluate new ways to solve major problems in quality of, access to, and delivery of health care. Proposals must be focused on developing solutions to current problems, not just describing disparities in care that currently exist. Project Proposals must be research-focused, with specific aims and hypotheses, not a request for support of a program. Proposals are not required to focus on breast cancer, but the study findings must have general applicability to breast cancer care.
A required letter of intent is due September 1, 2010.
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Newly Opened Clinical Trial
HIC 100400675
Principal Investigator: Susan Higgins, MD
Evaluation and Treatment of Subclinical Lymphedema in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Breast Cancer
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Recent Publications
The double-helix derailed: the story of the BRCA patent.
Matloff ET, Brierley KL.
Lancet. 2010 Jul 31;376(9738):314-5.
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Adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: Evidence and analysis.
Raldow A, Hamstra DA, Kim SN, Yu JB.
Cancer Treat Rev. 2010 Jul 26.
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A novel technique for nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction in patients with macromastia.
Broer N, Narayan D, Lannin D, Grube B.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Aug;126(2):89e-92e.
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Myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 15 diagnostically challenging cases.
Buza N, Zekry N, Charpin C, Tavassoli FA.
Virchows Arch. 2010 Jul 24.
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Quantitative relationship between guanine O(6)-alkyl lesions produced by Onrigin and tumor resistance by O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase.
Ishiguro K, Zhu YL, Shyam K, Penketh PG, Baumann RP, Sartorelli AC.
Biochem Pharmacol. 2010 Jul 21.
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DCB-3503, a tylophorine analog, inhibits protein synthesis through a novel mechanism.
Wang Y, Gao W, Svitkin YV, Chen AP, Cheng YC.
PLoS One. 2010 Jul 15;5(7):e11607.
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Weight, Physical Activity, Diet, and Prognosis in Breast and Gynecologic Cancers.
McTiernan A, Irwin M, Vongruenigen V.
J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jul 19.
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Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin carboxy-terminal fragment is a novel tumor-homing peptide for human ovarian cancer.
Cocco E, Casagrande F, Bellone S, Richter CE, Bellone M, Todeschini P, Holmberg JC, Fu HH, Montagna MK, Mor G, Schwartz PE, Arin-Silasi D, Azoudi M, Rutherford TJ, Abu-Khalaf M, Pecorelli S, Santin AD.
BMC Cancer. 2010 Jul 2;10:349.
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Cancer Boutique Open at Smilow!
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Hosted by Ellen Matloff, listen to the latest interview with Laura.
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Yale Cancer Center Grand Rounds
Video presentations from Yale Cancer Center members are now available online.
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DirectConnect Archives
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Events
August 7; 9:00 AM
Hope is Coming 5k
West Haven High School
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August 8; 6:00 PM
Yale Cancer Center Answers
WNPR 90.5
Palliative Care
Lawrence Solomon, MD and Leslie Blatt, APRN
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August 9; 7:30 AM
Thoracic Tumor Board
WWW 201
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August 9; 3:30 PM
Head and Neck Tumor Board
ENT Conference Room
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August 10; 8:30 AM
Lymphoma/Stem Cell Meeting
WWW 201
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August 10; 4:00 PM
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board
WWW 201
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August 10; 4:00 PM
Gynecologic Oncology Conference
621 EP 2nd Floor
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August 11; 4:00 PM
Epigenetics Interest Group Meeting
BML 137
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August 11; 4:30 PM
Family Caregiver Support Group
Smilow Cancer Hospital
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August 11; 4:30 PM
Breast Tumor Board
WWW 201
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August 12; 7:30 AM
Melanoma Tumor Board
WWW 208
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August 12; 4:00 PM
Pediatric Tumor Board
646 EP 2nd Floor
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August 13; 1:00 PM
Neuro-Oncology Tumor Board
WWW 201
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August 13; 3:00 PM
Hematology/Leukemia Tumor Board
WWW 201
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August 15; 6:00 PM
Yale Cancer Center Answers
WNPR 90.5
Cardiac Side Effects of Chemotherapy
Raymond Russell, MD and
Kerry Russell, MD
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Submissions
Please submit your recent publication and grant announcements to:
Renee Gaudette
Director, Public Affairs and Marketing
renee.gaudette@yale.edu
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