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Cancer Center Update
September 6, 2005
Cancer Center Update is sent to Cancer Center members and staff every Tuesday at 10 a.m. To submit an item for publication, send the information to Sandi Sherman by noon the Friday before publication.
In This Issue:
Professional Education and Seminars
Grant Information & Announcements
CANCER CENTER RECEIVES HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER DONATION
The Masonic Cancer Center received a donation of $100,000 from the Twin Cities-based Hope Chest for Breast Cancer. The funds are earmarked for the expansion of the Masonic Cancer Center’s breast cancer education and treatment programs for recent immigrants and lower-income women in the Twin Cities metro area.
Marva Bohen, director of Education and Outreach for the Masonic Cancer Center says work will be done in collaboration “with the Minnesota Outreach Coalition and local health agencies to determine the best ways to communicate with women in the various ethnic groups, and then sponsor awareness programs and produce educational materials that are in languages most used by the women identified and are sensitive to their cultural values.”
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION DIVISION SEMINAR
Thursday, September 8, 9:00 a.m., 450 CCRB
“Novel Approaches for Hsp90 Inhibition in Breast Cancer”
David Potter, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty candidate
Dr. Potter is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana Cancer Research Institute
CANCER U: ASK THE EXPERTS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON LIVING AFTER CANCER, SEPT. 17
Cancer Center members Julie Ross, Ph.D., and Daniel Mulrooney, M.D., will discuss some of the common problems cancer survivors encounter at the next Cancer U: Ask The Experts program on living after cancer. Ross leads the Masonic Cancer Center 's Prevention and Etiology Program, and Mulrooney sees patients in the Long Term Follow-up Clinic.The outreach education program will be held 9-11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, in the Ski-U-Mah Room at the McNamara Alumni Center . There is no charge for the program, but pre-registration is requested. For more information and to make reservations, call the Masonic Cancer Center information line: 1-888-CANCERMN.
TOBACCO CONTROL IN MINNESOTA: WHAT WORKS?
A state-wide symposium sponsored by the Minnesota Partnership for Action against Tobacco (MPAAT) will take place on Thursday, September 22, 2005 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The symposium will highlight MPAAT’s QUITPLAN stop-smoking services, independent evaluation findings from MPAAT programs and discussion on how research can be translated into effective stop-smoking interventions. The keynote speaker is Matthew Myers, president and CEO of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
For more information or to register, go to http://www.mpaat.org and click on the link under “MPAAT to Hold Symposium and Conference,” or contact Ann St. Claire at 952-767-1416 or astclaire@mpaat.org.
No grant announcements were submitted this week.
To view all grants available through the Masonic Cancer Center, visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/grantopp.html
TTURC COURSE LECTURE
Friday, September 9, 2005, 11:00-11:50 a.m., 450 CCRB
Mechanisms of addiction; pharmacokinetics is what really matters
Paul Pentel, M.D., Medicine & Pharmacology
For a complete schedule of course lectures visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/TTURCLectures.html
CARCINOGENESIS AND CHEMOPREVENTION PROGRAM & TRANSDISCIPLINARY TOBACCO USE RESEARCH CENTER
Friday, September 9, 2005, 12:00 Noon, 450 CCRB
Nicotine: Not a Carcinogen, But Maybe an Effector of Carcinogen Activation
Sharon Murphy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
For a complete schedule of the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program monthly meetings visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/carcinogen.html
For a complete schedule of Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center seminars visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/tturclec.html
BMT CONFERENCE
Monday, September 5, 2005
Cancer Pain Management
Mark Leenay, MD, MS, Medical Director, Transitions and Life Choices, Palliative Care and Hospice for Fairview Health Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Minnesota
“TARGETING CARCINOGENESIS” COURSE TO BE HELD IN ROCHESTER, MN OCTOBER 6-7, 2005
The Mayo School of Continuing Medical Education and Hormel Institute/University of Minnesota will be jointly sponsoring an upcoming CME course, entitled "Targeting Carcinogenesis", which will be held in Rochester, MN on October 6-7, 2005. The course faculty includes 25 nationally- and internationally-renowned experts in cancer-related research. Course registrations and abstract submissions can be made on-line through the Mayo CME website. (http://www.hi.umn.edu/symposium.html).
ATTENTION BENEFITS ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES: UPLAN MEDICAL OPTIONS ARE CHANGING FOR 2006.
Employee Benefits is sponsoring informational sessions on your new UPlan medical options for 2006. Medica and HealthPartners will be the medical plan administrators for 2006 and will provide a comparable range of plan types from which to choose. Plan options from Medica will be the new low-cost plans throughout the state. RxAmerica will provide the prescription drug coverage for all the plan options. Because the plan options and low-cost plans are new for 2006, you must make an online election during Open Enrollment in order to have medical coverage for the 2006 plan year. The schedule for informational sessions can be viewed at http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/eb/uplan/openenroll/forums.html . Plan representatives from Medica, HealthPartners, and RxAmerica will be on hand to answer your questions. Delta Dental and HealthPartners Dental will also be represented at the sessions.
CHILDREN’S CANCER RESEARCH FUND (CCRF) ANNOUNCES DAWN OF A DREAM BENEFIT
The annual Children’s Cancer Research Fund’s Dawn of a Dream benefit is scheduled for Saturday, November 5, 2005 at the Depot in Minneapolis from 6:00 p.m. — 12:00 a.m. The featured entertainer for this year’s silver anniversary gala is Kenny Loggins. KS95 Morning Show hosts Cheryl Kaye and Greg Thunder will emcee the night. The CCRF has announced that one goal of the benefit is to raise $90,000 to completely outfit a lab for a new faculty member at the Masonic Cancer Center.
Advanced tickets for the event are on sale now at www.childrenscancer.org, or by calling the office at 952-893-9355. Individual ticket prices are $250 or $500 for premier seating. Table Sponsorships are also available starting at $5,000 (10 tickets).