http://www.cancer.duke.edu/ The Promise of Research - The Power of Healing Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:49:21 -0500 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ XOOPS News webmaster@canctr.mc.duke.edu webmaster@canctr.mc.duke.edu en http://www.cancer.duke.edu/images/logo.gif http://www.cancer.duke.edu/ 144 44 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=226 Andrew Armstrong, MD, has received a Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program Physician Research Training Award for $685,172 from July 1, 2010 to June 30 2015. The funds will be used to study circulating tumor cell biology in men with advanced prostate cancer and is in collaboration with Dan George, MD, Phillip Febbo, MD, Simon Gregory, PhD, and Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:31:56 -0500 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=226 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=225 The National Brain Tumor Society presented its first "Founders Award for Research Excellence" jointly to The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Group, and The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Duke University Medical Center Group, respectively. The award recognized their ground-breaking work in the major collective advancement in the genomic analysis of gliomas. The Duke group includes Darell Bigner, MD, PhD; Hai Yan, MD, PhD; Roger McLendon, MD; B. Ahmed Rasheed, PhD; and Stephen Keir, DrPH, MPH. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:35 -0500 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=225 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=224 Lee W. Jones, PhD, has been appointed as the first Scientific Director of the Duke Center for Cancer Survivorship (DCCS). Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:39:55 -0500 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=224 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=223 Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:25 -0500 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=223 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=222 October 21, 2009--Cancer Center member Huntington Willard, PhD, will receive 2009 William Allan Award from the American Society of Human Genetics. The society is the primary professional membership organization for human genetics specialists worldwide, representing nearly 8,000 researchers, academicians, clinicians, genetic counselors, nurses and others with a special interest in this area. The Allan Award recognizes substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics, carried out over a lifetime of scientific inquiry and productivity. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:35:05 -0400 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=222 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=221 Duke University Medical Center and National Cancer Institute scientists have discovered that a novel genetic alteration – a second copy of an entire gene – is a cause of familial chordoma, an uncommon form of cancer arising in bones and frequently affecting the nervous system. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=221 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=220 Two Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have won prestigious National Institutes of Health Director's awards to pursue novel research. Tannishtha Reya, PhD, an associate professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, has won an NIH Director's Pioneer Award and Michel Bagnat, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology, won an NIH Director's New Innovator Award. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:19:39 -0400 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=220 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=219 A moderate amount of exercise most days of the week may contribute to a lower risk of prostate cancer, and lower grade tumors among those men who are diagnosed with the disease following biopsy, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the Durham Veterans Affairs Hospital. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=219 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=218 Judd Moul, MD, was recently appointed to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) representing the American Urological Association. The AJCC was established in 1959 to formulate and publish systems of classification of cancer, including staging and end results reporting, which will be acceptable to and used by the medical profession for selecting the most effective treatment, determining prognosis, and continuing evaluation of cancer control measures. The AJCC is comprised of six founding organizations, four sponsoring organizations, and eleven liaison organizations. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:03:37 -0400 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=218 http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=217 September 2, 2009--S. David Hsu, MD, PhD, and Anil Potti, MD, have received a translational grant from The V Foundation for their research on "Development of a paraffin-based assay to predict patients with early stage colorectal cancer at high risk for recurrence." The award is for $600,000 over three years. 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