Cancer Prognostic Resources website launched
This website was created to help healthcare professionals choose among available interactive cancer prognostic tools, which may support communication and understanding about cancer prognosis. Interactive cancer prognostic tools use an algorithm to calculate likely cancer-related outcomes based on a patient's characteristics.
This website allows physicians to search for cancer prognostic tools in three ways: viewing all the tools on a table, comparing all tools based on a cancer site, or searching for specific tools based on criteria. There are currently 22 tools available on the website. One ...
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - December 4, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Announcements Source Type: news
Seminars in Oncology: "Cancer Initiation and Maintenance Mechanisms"
Guest Speaker: Scott Lowe, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
4PM
Jimmy Fund Auditorium (35 Binney Street - Boston)
Hosted by: Anthony Letai, MD, PhD
617-582-7646 (Source: DF/HCC: Latest News)
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - November 26, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Announcements Source Type: news
SAVE THE DATE: The Healthcare Quality and Equity Forum
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - November 7, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
Seminars in Oncology: "Positive and Negative Selection in Cancer Genomes"
Speaker: Rameen Beroukhim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 4PM
Jimmy Fund Auditorium
Hosted by: Myles Brown, MD
(617) 582-7646 (Source: DF/HCC: Latest News)
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - November 6, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Announcements Source Type: news
Seminars in Oncology: "Telomeres and the Challenges to Chromosome Integrity"
Guest Speaker: Julie Cooper, PhD
Head, Telomere Biology Section
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 4PM
Jimmy Fund Auditorium (35 Binney Street) (Source: DF/HCC: Latest News)
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - October 24, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Announcements Source Type: news
2013-2014 Excellence in Mentoring Award Nominations
Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School
2013-2014 EXCELLENCE IN MENTORING AWARD NOMINATIONS
Deadline: Friday, September 27, 2013
EXTENDED Deadline: Friday, October 11, 2013
The Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School is requesting nominations for the 2013-2014 Excellence in Mentoring Awards.
Harvard Medical School established the Excellence in Mentoring Awards to recognize the value of quality mentoring relationships and the impact they have on professional development and career advancement in basic/clinical medicine, research, teac...
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - October 3, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
DF/HCC Brief Update Series: What's Up in Cancer Epidemiology
Organized by the Population Science programs at DF/HCC (Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Cancer Epidemiology, Outcomes Research, and Cancer Risk and Disparities), "What's up in Cancer Epidemiology" is the first in the newly-created Brief Updates Series.
The event will be held on October 3 @ 3-5pm at the Smith Family Room (Dana 1620). A reception will follow.
Register Here
The Brief Updates Series is aimed at highlighting innovative work being done in the Population Science programs and building new opportunities for multidisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations. This first event will focus o...
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - September 13, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Announcements Source Type: news
Webinar: How to Talk with Patients about Registries and Tissue Banking: Best Practices, Policies and Procedures
Enhancing Access to Cancer Clinical Trials: What Will it Take? Policy Webinar Series Presents... Follow Us on Twitter @ENACCT How to Talk with Patients about Registries and Tissue Banking: Best Practices, Policies and Procedures Description Patients may have fears and misconceptions about taking part in cancer clinical trials that involve tissue-banking or joining registries. This webinar will describe approaches for communicating with patients about these forms of research participation. Objectives Consider common patient challenges and concerns ...
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - September 12, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
Biology of Breast Cancer
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - September 10, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Dialogue on Race, Justice, and Public Health
September 12, 2013 - 6:00 -7:30 pm
Kresge G-1 - 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Reception to follow outside of Kresge G-1
Opening Remarks: Dr. Lisa Coleman Chief Diversity Officer, Harvard University Panel featuring: Dr. David Williams, Professor of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Chandra Jackson, Yerby Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition; and Zinzi Bailey, Doctoral Candidate, Social and Behavioral Sciences Open discussion moderated by Dr. Robert Blendon, Senior Associate Dean for Policy Translation and Leadership Development, Professor of Public Health and Health Policy and Political An...
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - September 9, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
Seminar: What is quality of life and how do we measure it?
<p><STRONG>U54 Population Research Seminar Series</STRONG> presents:</p>
<p>"What is quality of life and how do we measure it?"</p>
<p>Presenter: Eve Wittenberg, PhD</p>
<p>Date: September 4th, 2013</p>
<p>Time: Noon - 1pm</p>
<p>Location: Yawkey 308</p>
<p>Register at: <a href="http://www.u54seminar.com" external="1">www.u54seminar.com</a></p>
<p>*A light lunch will be served</p> (Source: DF/HCC: Latest News)
Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - August 20, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Announcements Source Type: news
Join the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials' Collaborative Learning Network
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - August 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
Request for applications: Patient Navigation in Cancer Treatment Clinical Trials
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - August 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
Funding opportunity announcement: NIMHD Basic and Applied Biomedical Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01)
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - August 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
Funding opportunity announcement: NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01)
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - August 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: IECD Source Type: news
