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05/15/2018
VA Healthcare System Successfully Reduces ‘Rush to Treatment’ Rates for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer, Study Shows
May 15, 2018 - Record numbers of American veterans diagnosed with nonaggressive prostate cancer are heeding the advice of international medical experts and opting out of immediate surgery or radiation to treat their cancer. Instead, according to a study led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine, Perlmutter Cancer Center,... Read More
04/12/2018
2018 AACR-Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award Recipients
Mark P. Labrecque, PhD University of Washington, Seattle, WA Abstract # 1092 Defining the molecular phenotypes of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer sensitive to FGF pathway inhibition M. P. Labrecque1, L. G. Brown1, I. M. Coleman2, L. D. True1, L. Kollath1, B. Lakely1, Y. C. Yang2, H. M. Nguyen1, E. Corey1,... Read More
02/12/2018
Blood Profiling Atlas in Cancer Consortium (BloodPAC) Announces Milestone in Accelerating Development of Liquid Biopsy for Cancer: Initial Release of Open Data
CHICAGO – Exactly one year after its establishment as an independent non-profit, The Blood Profiling Atlas in Cancer Consortium (BloodPAC) announced the public release and accessibility of an initial dataset. The dataset resides in the BloodPAC Data Commons and was developed to deepen the understanding of an individual patient’s cancer... Read More
01/17/2018
Cleveland Clinic researchers find new gene variant linked to deadly prostate cancer
Jan. 17 2018, Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic researchers have confirmed for the first time a mechanistic link between the gene HSD17B4 and deadly, treatment-resistant prostate cancer. The research, led by Nima Sharifi, M.D., Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Department of Cancer Biology, shows that men who lack a certain subtype of... Read More
03/29/2017
2017 AACR-Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award Recipients
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Awards recognize promising young cancer researchers presenting outstanding proffered papers relating to advanced prostate cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting. The Prostate Cancer Foundation is one of 18 organizations sponsoring this highly competitive awards program in conjunction with the AACR.... Read More
11/29/2016
VA Partners with Prostate Cancer Foundation to Expand Clinical Research
https://vimeo.com/737338762/0ec24693c4 WASHINGTON – As a national leader in oncology advancement and as the largest integrated healthcare system in the nation, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced an important and substantial partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) to prevent, screen and promote research to speed the development of... Read More
08/30/2016
The Prostate Cancer Foundation’s 2016 Coffey-Holden Prostate Cancer Academy Meeting Accelerates Advances In The Understanding And Treatment Of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has a legacy of not only funding the most impactful research in prostate cancer, but also creating new infrastructures, global knowledge networks, and research initiatives that support and accelerate prostate cancer research towards better treatment for advanced prostate cancer patients. For the past four years,... Read More
04/15/2016
2016 AACR-Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award Recipients
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Awards recognize promising young cancer researchers presenting outstanding proffered papers relating to advanced prostate cancer at the AACR Annual Meeting. The Prostate Cancer Foundation is one of 13 organizations sponsoring this highly competitive awards program in conjunction with the AACR. The 2016 AACR Annual Meeting... Read More