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Smilow Cancer Hospital Opens
This past week brought hope and excitement for cancer care at Yale as we celebrated the opening of Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven. The festivities began with the employee celebration on Tuesday afternoon. I was overwhelmed with the response and happy to share the day with the employees of YNHH and YSM. Almost 4,000 people stopped by for a first look at the new hospital and to share the excitement with us.
Wednesday's official dedication was a memorable day in the history of YNHH and YCC. I am grateful for the remarkable support of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Smilow; their transformational gift will impact each and every cancer patient cared for in the new hospital. Following the dedication, we continued the celebration Wednesday evening at Union League Café with many of the donors who gave to the Smilow Cancer Hospital campaign.
The media coverage of the new Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven has brought the excitement to the residents of Connecticut and our surrounding region. We continue to receive wonderful exposure throughout the state and will host FOX News Channel 61 for interviews today and again on Monday morning at 6 AM.
Read the recent press clippings >>
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Notables
Yale Cancer Center Members Participate at ASTRO
Yale Therapeutic Radiology will have a major presence at next week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Lynn Wilson
is the vice chairman of the meeting's scientific program and chairman elect for a three-year term beginning in 2011. In addition,
Dr. Bryan Chang
,
Dr. Dhwani Gandhi
,
Dr. Peter Glazer
, and
Dr. Meena Moran
have all been invited to present their research submissions to attendees.
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Smilow Update
The lower level and first floor of the new cancer hospital are now finished. Patients are currently scheduled for appointments in the radiation oncology suite and will soon be cared for in the new Breast Center on the first floor of the building. Construction continues on the upper levels. The PET scan machines are scheduled for delivery in the coming weeks in preparation for the opening of the diagnostic imaging area in December.
Outside, the final preparations in the healing garden are underway. The benches have been installed and a sun shade trellis is under construction in the corner of the garden. The signage is installed on the facade of the building facing the route 34 connector on one side and downtown New Haven on another, and on the entrance to the building.
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Grant Opportunities
Gates Foundation
Grand Challenges in Global Health
Application Deadline: November 2, 2009
Learn More >>
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Awards
Internal Application Deadline: November 2, 2009
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & Pew Charitable Trusts Health Impact Project Call for Proposals
Application Deadline: open
Web Conference Call for Interested Applicants: November 5, 2009
Learn More >>Yale Center for Clinical Investigation - Community Engagement and Research Core and the NetHaven Practice Based Research Network
(formerly APRNet)
Community-based Research Utilizing the NetHaven Practice Based Research Network
Letter of Intent Deadline: November 6, 2009
NIH Roadmap Initiative Transformative R01 Program
Application Deadline: January 22, 2010
Learn More >>
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Shared Resource Highlight
Pathology Tissue Services
(formerly Critical Technologies for Tissue Services)
Yale Pathology Tissue Services (YPTS) features the following modules: Tissue Procurement and Banking, Research Histology, Tissue Microarray, and Tissue Analysis.
The mission of Yale Pathology Tissue Services is to maximize the distribution of human tissue for research in the context of optimal patient care and safety. The facility has four divisions:
Tissue Procurement and Banking (TPB)
The TPB division of YPTS provides fresh tissue or frozen tissue in accordance with approved standard operating procedures. Tissues from many sources are procured prospectively. There is also a frozen tissue bank with about 5000 tissue samples. All materials are catalogued using the CaTissue software.
Research Histology
The Research Histology division of YPTS provides complete histology services including paraffin embedding and sectioning, frozen sections, routine and special stains, immunostaining, glycomethacrylate plastic services, development of optimized protocols for staining with non-commercial antibodies, antigen recovery techniques, custom fixation, and embedding protocols. The service also provides digital imaging services on the Bioimagene platform and is exploring offering AQUA-based quantitative immunofluorescent analysis services.
Tissue Microarray
The Tissue Microarray division of YPTS produces and analyzes tissue microarrays. This facility enables researchers to analyze several hundred formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue samples within a single paraffin block, providing highly efficient and standardized evaluation and assessment of the samples. Tissue microarrays are in stock or can be made to order.
Tissue Analysis
This core assesses ploidy and cell cycle analysis; immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization; Southern, Western, Northern blotting; PCR, RT-PCR, and quantitative PCR; SSCP; LOH; microsatellite analysis; yeast functional assay of p53; determination of clonality; and detection of circulating tumor cells.
David Rimm, MD, PhD
(203) 737-4204
Learn More >>
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Recent Publications
Pharmacokinetically Guided Dose Adjustment of 5-Fluorouracil: A Rational Approach to Improving Therapeutic Outcomes.
Saif MW, Choma A, Salamone SJ, Chu E.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 Oct 19.
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Contemporary considerations for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in primary ovarian cancer.
Schwartz PE.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2009 Nov;11(6):457-65.
Read More >>
MicroRNAs: tools for cancer diagnostics.
Paranjape T, Slack FJ, Weidhaas JB.
Gut. 2009 Nov;58(11):1546-54.
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Management of cellulitis associated with treatment of breast cancer.
Milgrom S, Higgins SA.
J Support Oncol. 2009 Sep-Oct;7(5):174-6.
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The function, proteolytic processing, and histopathology of Met in cancer.
Hanna JA, Bordeaux J, Rimm DL, Agarwal S.
Adv Cancer Res. 2009;103:1-23.
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Identification of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Prognosis Signatures Using the CTGDR Method.
Ma S, Zhang Y, Huang J, Han X, Holford T, Lan Q, Rothman N, Boyle P, Zheng T.
Bioinformatics. 2009 Oct 22.
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Recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone as an alternative for thyroid hormone withdrawal in thyroid cancer management.
Chen MK, Doddamane I, Cheng DW.
Curr Opin Oncol. 2009 Oct 19.
Read More >>
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Inside Yale Cancer Center
The Cost of Cancer
November's Understanding Cancer Lecture will review the Cost of Cancer. Please print and share this flyer with your patients.
Yale Cancer Center
Grand Rounds
Video presentations from Yale Cancer Center members are now available online.
Learn More >>
Lung Cancer Staging Guide
Courtesy of the Thoracic Oncology Program, review the new lung cancer staging guidelines.
Learn More >>
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Events
November 2; 12:00 PM
Schwartz Center Rounds
YNHH 9th Floor EP Conference Room
Substance Abuse - the Non-Compliant Patient
Learn More >>
November 3; 12:00 PM
Grand Rounds
Brady Auditorium
Using Functional Genomics and Experimental Models to Define Cancer Targets
William C. Hahn, MD, PhD
Yale Cancer Center Pipeline Presentations
The Anlyan Center, N203
OSI Pharmaceuticals
Relay for Life - East Hartford
Pratt & Whitney
November 10; 12:00 PM
Grand Rounds
Brady Auditorium
Cancer Health Disparities - How are we doing in the Elm City?
Andrea Silber, MD
Breast Cancer Disparities and the Changing U.S. Population
Beth Jones, PhD, MPH
Learn More >>
November 10; 6:00 PM
Understanding Cancer Lecture Series
YNHH EP Cafeteria The Cost of Cancer Kathy Walsh
November 10: 6:30 PM
Shoreline Medical Center Lecture Series
YNH Shoreline Medical Center
Why Do Non-Smokers Get Lung Cancer?
Daniel Boffa, MD
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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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