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05/26/2015
BOXING LEGEND AND FIVE-TIME HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD EVANDER HOLYFIELD GETS READY TO KNOCK OUT PROSTATE CANCER WITH PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FILMED IN PROVIDENCE
Providence, R.I. (May 26, 2015) – Are you ready to rumble? Coming soon to knock out prostate cancer is boxing legend and five-time heavyweight champion of the world, Evander Holyfield. Since his retirement from boxing in 2011, Holyfield has dedicated his time to philanthropic activities through Team Holyfield, and will be... Read More
The Prostate Cancer Foundation-International Prostate Cancer Dream Team Demonstrates The Value Of Cancer Precision Medicine Strategies
What this means for patients: The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)-sponsored International Prostate Cancer Dream Team has released results from a landmark study that uses gene sequencing technologies to identify the mutations present in tumors from individual prostate cancer patients. These results can be used to match each patient with medicines... Read More
04/20/2015
PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION (PCF) ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL STUPSKI PRIZE IN PROSTATE CANCER COMPUTATIONAL ONCOLOGY
SANTA MONICA, CA April 20, 2015—The Prostate Cancer Foundation(PCF) is pleased to announce the Stupski Prize in Prostate Cancer Computational Oncology, a first-in-field initiative designed to attract novel ideas to the rapidly changing field of large-scale cancer bioinformatics. These solutions will help clinicians and researchers optimize treatment for individual prostate... Read More
04/16/2015
2015 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 2015 AACR Annual Meeting... Read More
03/21/2015
Smoking May Be Linked to Prostate Cancer Return
Mar. 21, 2015 -- Smoking doubles the risk that prostate cancer will return after surgery for the disease, a new study suggests. "This is a new analysis, but it seems to confirm results we have seen in many other types of cancer: Basically, smoking increases the risk of cancer recurrence... Read More
02/24/2015
$3 MILLION AWARDED AS PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES FIRST RESEARCH AWARDS OF 2015
February 24, 2015 -- The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) announces 3 new Challenge Awards to support discoveries for the treatment of lethal prostate cancer. PCF Challenge Awards are multi-year awards supporting cross-disciplinary teams of research scientists. These are the first major awards funded by PCF in 2015. For more information,... Read More
01/14/2015
Prostate Cancer Foundation Announces 6 New Challenge Awards for New Discoveries in Treatment Science
January 14, 2015 -- The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced 6 new Challenge Awards to advance the treatment of lethal prostate cancer. PCF Challenge Awards are multi-year awards supporting cross-disciplinary teams of research scientists. $39 million went toward supporting research programs in 2014. Watch impactful Public Service Announcement on... Read More
09/04/2014
Cancer Survivor, Physician, Radio/TV Personality to Join Prostate Cancer Foundation Board of Directors
Dr. Drew Pinsky's personal battle with prostate cancer inspires him to join forces with PCF September 4, 2014 -- The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) announced that Drew Pinsky, MD has been elected to the Board of Directors. "Drew has valuable experience in internal and addiction medicine," said Jonathan W. Simons,... Read More
08/09/2014
2014 AACR-Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award Recipients
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Awards are awarded to promising young cancer researchers who are the authors of outstanding proffered papers relating to advanced prostate cancer. Izhar S. Batth, B.S. University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio San Antonio, TX, United States Abstract #3315 "RON-mediated hijacking of AR signaling... Read More
07/01/2014
Making Science Real: Scientists moving forward in addressing research integrity; learning from past
Poor scientific reproducibility is a product of poor reagents, sloppiness, selective publishing of data, and on occasion – outright fraud. Drug development will continue to fail if results from published studies cannot be relied upon. How are scientists working to right these wrongs? July 2, 2014 -- Scientific fraud makes... Read More