http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog Information for Research Advocacy Network Members Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:19:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Friday, September 24th, CancerCare will present a free, telephone workshop entitled, The Important Role of Clinical Trials. For more information go to: www.cancercare.org/connect or http://www.cancercare.org/get_help/tew_details.php?tew=medical_092410. http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=38 SAN ANTONIO, March 4, 2010—The Redes En Acción  research team unveiled a new video at its recent 10th Annual National Steering Committee Meeting highlighting the cancer control and prevention activities of the initiative conducted by the National Network Center and its five regional sites (San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, Miami ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=37 Horizon Oncology, Hoosier Oncology Group and Community Cancer Network will present the First Annual Hope Conference at the Historic Lahr Atrium, 115 N. 6th Street, Lafayette, IN from 7-8:30 pm.  Reserve your seat by calling 765-446-5220.  There is no charge to attend and dessert and coffee will be served.  Dr. ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=35 The ASCO Cancer Foundation is proud to present a complimentary (registration required), interactive, public forum about breast cancer that will bring leading national breast cancer experts to the Bay area. The event will be Wednesday, October 7, 2009 6:00 to 8:00 PM PT at:  San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=34 The Center for Mind-Body Medicine is pleased to announce CancerGuides ® II, June 11 - 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. This is an in-depth training program in cutting-edge integrative cancer care, combining inspiring and informative plenary sessions with two-hour breakout workshops on specific modalities of cancer care.  Full and partial scholarships are available. ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=32 Are you a research advocate or know someone who would like to: Have a greater understanding of the concepts that contribute to the development of personalized medicine- genomics, proteomics, biomarkers? Be able to relate these concepts ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=31 You are cordially invited to join Dr. Paul Haluska in a teleconference for an update on and to discuss your questions/comments about the North Central Cancer Treatment Group Trial N0733 for HER2 positive breast cancer patients who have had their cancer back or grow through first line treatment with ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=28 The Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation recently published the Hot Topics webcast from the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Click here to view the online webcast. Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation distributes scholarships to patient advocates nationwide ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=26 News from the ASCO GU Symposium, February 24, 2009 * The development of a personalized risk assessment tool that combines prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test results with additional prostate cancer risk factors to more accurately predict a man’s future risk of developing prostate cancer, compared with PSA test results alone * A study ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=25 Studies highlighted in ASCO press release from the GI Symposium in January * An economic analysis showing that routine testing for KRAS gene mutations in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer could save the U.S. health system up to $604 million per year in the cost of the drug cetuximab (Erbitux). Recent ... http://www.researchadvocacy.org/blog/?p=24