| Yale Cancer Center's Annual Scientific Retreat
I am eagerly looking forward to our retreat on Monday. We will have updates from several of our most accomplished programs and will outline some initial plans to enhance our clinical trials operations.
EMR Selection
We are making progress on selecting an electronic medical record for outpatient cancer care. This record will allow us to be paper free once it is up and running. Chemotherapy ordering will be a critical safety feature of this product. In addition to being an important patient safety initiative, the new EMR will be a key aid in streamlining clinical and translational research.
Presentation Templates
The Cancer Center includes a remarkable group of clinicians, scientists, and investigators. It is essential that we get the word out to the public and our colleagues at national meetings that we are all members of an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center. An important part of this is that we all use the YCC and Smilow Cancer Hospital slide decks whenever possible at local, national, and international meetings. These are ideal for academic or patient lectures.
Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
I had a terrific meeting with Jon Soderstrom from the Office of Cooperative Research. We are committed to working together to streamline the process for approving and activating MTAs for Cancer Center researchers. If you are having difficulty with this process please let either Jon or me know and we will work together to solve this.
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Smilow Update
There are 380 construction workers currently working on the completion of Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven. 99% of the building's exterior is finished along with 95% of the roof. Inside, the team is busy hanging sheetrock on floors LL, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 14. 50% of the lobby area is completed. Outside the building, the river is running in the healing garden and all of the trees are planted. The sidewalks and
planters are also being installed.
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Each year we welcome cancer survivors and their families to commemorate Cancer Survivors Day with us and to learn more about the survivorship resources available at Yale Cancer Center. Many patients find this day extra special when they see their physicians and nurses celebrating with them. Please plan to attend on June 3rd.
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Newly Opened Clinical Trial
Multiple Myeloma
HIC 0712003357
A Phase I/II Trial of Combination of Autologous Mature Dendritic Cells Pulsed with a-Galactosyl Ceramide (a-GalCer; KRN7000) and Lenalidomide (Revlimid, LEN)
in Myeloma
Principal Investigator: Madhav Dhodapkar, MD
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Recent Publications
Genetic Polymorphisms in Nitric Oxide Synthase Genes Modify the Relationship between Vegetable and Fruit Intake and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Han X, Zheng T, Lan Q, Zhang Y, Kilfoy BA, Qin Q, Rothman N, Zahm SH, Holford TR, Leaderer B, Zhang Y.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev.
2009 May;18(5):1429-38.
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The mir-34 microRNA is required for the DNA damage response in vivo in C. elegans and in vitro in human breast cancer cells.
Kato M, Paranjape T, Ullrich R, Nallur S, Gillespie E, Keane K, Esquela-Kerscher A, Weidhaas JB, Slack FJ.
Oncogene. 2009 May 4.
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Successful desensitization with cetuximab after an infusion reaction to panitumumab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Saif MW, Syrigos KI, Hotchkiss S, Shanley J, Grasso J, Ferencz TM, Syrigos K, Shah MM.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2009 May 5.
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Ovarian preservation and staging in reproductive-age endometrial cancer patients.
Richter CE, Qian B, Martel M, Yu H, Azodi M, Rutherford TJ, Schwartz PE.
Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Apr 30.
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Patient Perspectives Regarding the Value of Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma/Mycosis Fungoides: A Pilot Study.
Yu JB, Khan AM, Jones GW, Reavely MM, Wilson LD.
Am J Clin Oncol. 2009 Mar 20.
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| Events
May 18, 2009; 9:00 AM
Yale Cancer Center's Annual Scientific Retreat
Water's Edge Resort
Paula.omara@yale.edu
May 19; 8:30 AMYale Cancer Center Grand Rounds
Fitkin Amphitheater
Genes, Vaccines and Immune Checkpoints: An All Out Attack on Pancreatic Cancer
Elizabeth M. Jaffe, MD
May 21; 9:00 AMTherapeutic Radiology Grand Rounds
Hunter Conference Room
WWW 201
Novel Therapies for Locally Advanced & Metastatic
Thyroid Cancer
Julie Sosa, MD
May 21; 6:00 PMBreast Cancer: Imaging Strategies to Protect Yourself Liane Philpotts, MD
Guilford Free Library
Sponsored by the Yale-New Haven Hospital Auxiliary
June 3; 10 AMCancer Survivors Day Yale's West Campus
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Submissions
Please submit your recent publication and grant announcements to:
Renee Gaudette
Director, Public Affairs and Marketing
renee.gaudette@yale.edu
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