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2009

November

Joseph Neglia, M.D., co-leader of Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship Research Program, was quoted in the November 1 Pioneer Press front page story, “Surviving cancer – and the cure.”

Brian Van Ness, Ph.D., authored an article about genetics research and individualized treatment published in the November issue of Minnesota Health Care News.

Todd Tuttle, M.D., was quoted in an article on chicagotribune.com about his research finding that more women diagnosed with cancer in one breast are choosing to undergo double mastectomy surgery.

Michael Verneris, M.D., was quoted in news reports by WCCO Radio, docguide.com, bizcommunity.com and news-medical.net about research he led with John Wagner, M.D., that found leukemia patients who receive two units of umbilical cord blood have a reduced risk of relapsing and the disease returning. See news release.

Verneris also was interviewed on the WCCO Radio Middays program by host Susie Jones about chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in conjunction with a news report that basketball great Kareem Abdul Jabbar had been diagnosed with CML.

Christopher Warlick, M.D., was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday program to talk with host Gary Eichten about prostate cancer screening guidelines and issues.

Douglas Yee, M.D., and Tim Emory, M.D., were quoted in a Star Tribune article about mammography and the report issued last week by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that recommended most women should begin regular mammography screening at age 50 instead of 40.

October

Levi Downs, M.D., co-leader of the Women’s Cancer Research Program, was quoted by Reuters news service about the Food and Drug Administration’s approval last week of cervarix, another vaccine for HPV and prevention of cervical cancer.

Kristin Anderson, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Research Program, was quoted in Food Consumer about her study that well-done, burned meat increases risk for pancreatic cancer.

Douglas Yee, M.D., Masonic Cancer Center director, discussed a screening bill co-sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar and other breast cancer issues on WCCO Radio last Wednesday.

Todd Tuttle, M.D., Women's Cancer Research Program, was featured in reports by WCCO-radio, WCCO-TV, and the Star Tribune about his newest research study about more women opting for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and that this surgery is more likely performed by women surgeons. See the news release and listen to a Health Talk & You podcast interview with Tuttle about the research.

September

Michael Verneris, M.D., Transplant Biology and Therapy Research Program, was interviewed by WCCO-TV about his research of the use specialized immune system cells called "natural killer cells" to treat childhood leukemia and other cancers. The story is part of month-long series coordinated by the Children's Cancer Research Fund with WCCO about advances in research and treatment of childhood cancer.

Douglas Yee, M.D., director, was interviewed for the cover story of the September 10 issue of Hem Onc Today, "Experts debate if the cost of end-of-life cancer care is too high."

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the Children's Cancer Research Fund has coordinated with WCCO-TV health reporter Dennis Douda to do a series of reports about advances in research and treatment of childhood cancer. Several cancer center members are featured in these reports, airing during the 5 p.m. newscast every Wednesday in September. Brenda Weigel, M.D., Transplant Biology and Therapy Research Program, was interviewed in the September 2 report about developing treatments for childhood cancer. Last Wednesday, Christopher Moertel, M.D., was featured with a 3-year-old patient with brain cancer who is receiving therapies to overcome the brain blood barrier disorder, and tomorrow at 5 p.m., Daniel Mulrooney, M.D., Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship Research Program, can be seen in a report about the Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic for survivors of childhood cancer, which he directs.

DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D., M.P.H., co-leader, Prevention and Etiology Research Program, was interviewed about her research on tanning beds and skin cancer risk for the Public Health Moment podcast, produced by the School of Public Health.

Jaime Modiano, V.M.D, Ph.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer and Immunology Research Programs, was interviewed about canine cancer treatments for the Genome Barks podcast, produced by the American Kennel Club (AKC) and AKC Canine Health Foundation.

Brian Van Ness, Ph.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Research Program, wrote an article about cancer genetics research and its role in individualized medicine, published in the August issue of Minnesota Physician.

Michael Garwood, Ph.D., Women’s Cancer Research Program, was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio about the August 20 groundbreaking of the 65,000 square-foot expansion of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research. The $53.2 million expansion, which will house one of the world’s largest imaging magnets, is part of the Biomedical Discovery District, a $292 million state-funded investment in biomedical research. Watch a video of the groundbreaking ceremony.

Deepak Kademani, D.M.D., M.D., was quoted in a vitals.com article about his research that found patients with early stage oral tongue carcinoma can go without receiving radiation to the oral cavity without increasing their risk of recurrence. He presented his study July 9 at the 2nd World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology in Toronto.

Christopher Moertel, M.D., was quoted in a story on Duluth’s Fox21-TV about a boy who battled brain cancer at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital.

Irina Stepanov, Ph.D., member of the Hecht Laboratory, was quoted in Time magazine’s wellness blog, Eau Claire’s WEAU.com, and bartlesvillelive.com about her research which found that smokeless tobacco contains as many, and sometimes more, carcinogens than cigarettes.

John Wagner, M.D., co-leader of the Transplant Biology and Therapy Research Program, was quoted in an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about a young girl battling epidermolysis bullosa, a rare, genetic skin disease.

August

Margot Cleary, Ph.D., Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Research Program, was quoted in articles by CanWest News Service, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Ivanhoe Newswire and other media outlets about her recent study that restricting calories may be protective against developing breast cancer. Read more.

DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D., co-leader of the Prevention and Etiology Research Program, was quoted in a Star Tribune article about tanning beds reclassified as carcinogenic to humans.

John Ohlfest, Ph.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer and Tumor Biology and Progression research programs, and G. Elizabeth Pluhar, D.V.M., Ph.D., were featured in news reports by KARE-TV, Minnesota Public Radio, WCCO-TV, and KSTP-TV about the one-year anniversary of the surgery and experimental treatment of Batman the dog for a brain tumor, and about the researchers receiving funding to offer clinical trials to other dogs with brain tumors. Read more.

Cancer center member Wendy Rahn, Ph.D., founder and president, Survivors' Training, was featured in the summer issue of Women & Cancer magazine in an article about the benefits of exercise for cancer survivors. Rahn also was interviewed for a Pioneer Press story about a study published in New England Journal of Medicine on the benefits of weight lifting for women with breast cancer-related lymphedema.

Irina Stepanov, Ph.D., member of the Hecht Laboratory, was quoted in Science Daily about her research findings that a single pinch of smokeless tobacco exposes the user to the same amount of a group of dangerous chemicals as the smoke of five cigarettes. Stepanov reported her findings at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Brian Van Ness, Ph.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Research Program, was quoted in an article about genetics and individualized medicine in Acura’s magazine, Style.

John Wagner, M.D., co-leader of the Transplant Biology and Therapy Research Program, was quoted in a Star Tribune article about the Twin Cities Polo Classic’s support for the Children’s Cancer Research Fund.

Douglas Yee, M.D., director, was a guest on KSTP-TV Twin Cities Live on July 28 to discuss breast cancer in younger women and the education awareness bill being co-sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

Todd Tuttle, M.D., Women's Cancer Research Program, was quoted in Oncology Nursing News about his research finding that more women diagnosed with breast cancer are choosing to have prophylactic mastectomy surgery.

July

Douglas Yee, M.D. , director, Masonic Cancer Center, was quoted in the July 19, 2009 Star Tribune about a breast cancer awareness bill sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar. The bill, intended to fund a public education campaign and research on breast cancer in women younger than 45, has drawn debate among breast cancer organizations and groups.

Logan Spector, Ph.D. , Prevention and Etiology Research Program, was quoted in news reports by WCCO Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, FOX 9 News, Science Daily, and other outlets about research that found childhood cancer risk rises with mother's age. Spector and Kimberly Johnson, Ph.D. , postdoctoral fellow in pediatric epidemiology, led the research team on this study, published in the July issue of Epidemiology.

Kristin Anderson, Ph.D. , Prevention and Etiology Research Program, was cited in the Cleveland Plain Dealer about her recent study that consumption of burned meat increases the risk of pancreatic cancer.

Research by Jian-Min Yuan, M.D. , Ph.D. , Prevention and Etiology Research Program, about a byproduct in urine that may help determine a smoker's risk of developing lung cancer, was reported on WSYR-TV, Syracuse, N.Y.

Daniel Weisdorf, M.D. , and Dan Kaufman, M.D. , Ph.D. , both of the Transplant Biology and Therapy Research Program, were quoted in a July 8 Minnesota Daily article about the loosening of federal restrictions on stem cell research.

Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., associate director for cancer control and prevention, was quoted in news reports by WCCO Radio and Pioneer Press about the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act recently signed into law by President Obama. This new law gives the Food and Drug Administration expanded authority over the manufacture, marketing, and sale of tobacco products. Tobacco research conducted by Hatsukami, Stephen Hecht, Ph.D., leader of the Chemoprevention and Carcinogenesis Research Program, and their colleagues helped culminate in the passage of this new federal law. Examples of this research include a paper authored several years ago by Hecht and Hatsukami that found light and ultra-light cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes, and marketing messages that imply otherwise are misleading. More recently, Hatsukami led The Strategic Dialogue on Tobacco Harm Reduction, a group of the nation's leading tobacco control researchers and policy experts who earlier this year called for regulatory control of all tobacco products.

June

Selwyn Vickers, M.D., associate director for translational research, was interviewed in a Minnesota PublicRadio story about a new DNA test for detection of pancreatic and other gastrointestinal cancers.

Jin-Min Yuan, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Program, was quoted in Oncology Nursing News about his research that higher levels of the metabolite NNAL in the urine could help researchers determine why some smokers will develop lung cancers and others will not.

Yong Yeon Cho, Ph.D., and Zigang Dong, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Hormel Institute in Austin and members of the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program, were cited about their research in the Austin Daily Herald.

The cover story of the spring 2009 Medical Bulletin focuses on research collaborations between Masonic Cancer Center, other clinical research areas, and the College of Veterinary Medicine. The story features cancer researchers John Ohlfest, Ph.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer and Tumor Biology and Progression Programs; Liz Pluhar, V.M.D., Ph.D., and Jaime Modiano, V.M.D., Ph.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer and Immunology Programs, as well as Batman, the shepherd-mix dog that successfully underwent surgery performed by Pluhar to remove a brain tumor and then received an experimental treatment developed in the Ohlfest laboratory.

The issue also features cancer research reports involving Timothy Church, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Program; David Largaespada, Ph.D., leader of the Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program; and Daniel Weisdorf, M.D., co-leader of the Transplant Biology and Therapy Program.

The Medical Bulletin is published by Minnesota Medical Foundation.

Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., associate director of cancer prevention and control, was quoted in news reports in the Baltimore Sun, Los Angeles Times, and Natchez (Miss.) Democrat about proposed legislation that will give the Food and Drug Administration new authority over tobacco products. The legislation would allow consumers to know what chemicals and additives cigarettes and other tobacco products contain, and empower FDA to restrict harmful ingredients and stop marketing of "light" cigarettes.

Jian-Min Yuan, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Research Program, was quoted in Canada.com about research he led that found people with high concentrations in their urine of a nicotine byproduct called NNAL had a greater risk of developing lung cancer compared to smokers with lower levels. Yuan presented the findings at the recent annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Masonic Cancer Center was listed in an Idaho Mountain Express article as a recipient of donations for leukemia research from the Danny Thompson Celebrity Golf Tournament in Ketchum, Idaho. Tucker LeBien, Ph.D., associate director for basic research, represents the cancer center at the annual event. 

Joe Neglia, M.D., co-leader of the Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship Research Program, was interviewed on WCCO Radio and quoted in various news outlets about the 13-year-old Minnesota boy diagnosed with lymphoma, who attempted to avoid chemotherapy treatment.

Kristin Anderson, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Research Program, was featured in Axcess News, Vancouver Sun, and Green Valley (Ariz.) News regarding her study that consumption of burned and charred meat increases the risk of pancreatic cancer. She presented the findings of this study at the recent annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

May

Dan Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., Transplant Biology and Therapy Program, was quoted in news reports by WCCO Radio, FOX 9 News, KARE-TV, the Minnesota Independent and the Minnesota Daily about his research that proved the potency of tumor killing cells made from human embryonic stem cells. Read more.

Peter Lee, M.D., was quoted about melanoma and Melanoma Monday screening in the Minnesota Daily.

April

Jian-Min Yuan, Ph.D., M.D., Prevention and Etiology Program, was quoted by Reuters, National Public Radio, Bloomberg News, HealthDay, Forbes.com, Science News and Science Daily, MSNBC about his research study that found people with high amounts in their urine of NNAL, a nicotine byproduct, had double the risk of developing lung cancer compared to smokers with lower amounts. When cotinine, another nicotine byproduct, was factored in, the smokers had nearly a nine times greater risk of getting lung cancer compared to smokers with lower levels of the two compounds. Yuan reported his findings Sunday at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research in Denver. Read more.

Selwyn Vickers, M.D., associate director of translational research and Tumor Biology and Progression Program member, was featured in a KSTP-TV news report Friday about pancreatic cancer research and treatment. The story, "U recruits top docs to battle pancreatic cancer," also includes comments from a patient treated at the University.

Todd Tuttle, M.D., Women's Cancer Program, was quoted in news reports by United Press International, Medscape Oncology, and The Medical Observer in Sydney, Australia, about his study that more women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ are opting for double mastectomy surgery.

Logan Spector, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Program, was quoted in a news story in Science about newborn blood screening programs and growing public concern regarding researchers' access to the samples and informed consent issues.

Arkadiusz Dudek, M.D., Ph.D., Tumor Biology and Progression Program, was quoted in news reports by WCCO-Radio, KSTP-TV, and KSAX-TV in Willmar, Minn., about a new drug for advanced kidney cancer tested in clinical trials at the Masonic Cancer Center.

Todd Tuttle, M.D., Women's Cancer Program, was quoted in a Washington Post article about his research finding that more women diagnosed with cancer in one breast are choosing to also have the healthy breast surgically removed. Tuttle also was quoted in news reports about his most recent study that more women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, an early stage breast cancer, are opting for mastectomy surgery. These news reports included Star Tribune, WCCO Radio, FOX 9, Science Daily, AHN/CNN, and WNEM TV in Saginaw, Michigan.

Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Program, is featured in the cover story of Twin Cities Business, April issue, about the "Fantastic Four: University of Minnesota researchers whose work will change our lives." The story highlights the work of Hatsukami on testing a vaccine for nicotine addiction; Doris Taylor, M.D., on creating a live, beating heart in a laboratory; Karen Ashe, M.D., Ph.D., on finding and blocking a genetic trigger for Alzheimer's; and Meri Firpo, Ph.D., on using stem cells to create diabetes therapies.

Joseph Neglia, M.D., and Daniel Mulrooney, M.D., Prevention and Etiology Program, were quoted in Monday's Minnesota Daily front page story about the fourth annual survivorship educational conference and the Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic for survivors of childhood and young adult cancers. Approximately 200 survivors and their families attended the conference held April 4 at the McNamara Alumni Center. Mulrooney also was interviewed about the conference and cancer survivorship on WCCO Radio's Mondale & Jones program last week. The conference is presented in partnership with Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Physicians Masonic Cancer Clinic, University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Children's Cancer Research Fund, and the National Children's Cancer Society. KARE TV sports director and cancer survivor Randy Shaver was the guest speaker.

March

Dan Mulrooney, M.D., Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship Program, will be the guest on WCCO Radio's Mondale & Jones program tomorrow, April 1. Mulrooney will be interviewed by host Susie Jones from 9:20 to 10 a.m. about childhood cancer survivorship and the annual survivorship educational conference on Saturday, April 4. To listen to the interview, tune in to 830AM or visit the WCCO Radio Web site.

Joel Slaton, M.D., Tumor Biology and Progression Program, was quoted on MinnPost.com about a New England Journal of Medicine article on the finding that annual screenings for prostate cancer do not result in fewer deaths from the disease.

Timothy Church, Ph.D., Prevention and Etiology Program, was quoted in the Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, WCCO Radio, KMSP-TV and KSTP-TV about findings of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial that annual screenings for prostate cancer do not equal fewer deaths from the disease. The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Church is the principal investigator for the University of Minnesota's PLCO trial site, which enrolled 17,099 men, making it the largest of 10 sites in the United States. He also is a co-author on the NEJM article. Read more.

David Largaespada, Ph.D., leader of the Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Research Program, postdoctoral fellows Timothy Starr, Ph.D., and Vincent Keng, Ph.D., were quoted in the Pioneer Press and KARE-11 News about their discovery of 32 new genes linked to colorectal and liver cancers using the Sleeping Beauty method. Starr led the research on the colorectal cancer genes, published in Science, and Keng was the lead investigator on the liver cancer genes, published in Nature Biotechnology. Largaespada was the senior scientist on both studies. He also was quoted in news reports by WCCO Radio.

Douglas Yee, M.D., and Jaime Modiano, V.M.D., Ph.D., were quoted in The Cancer Letter about the collaboration between the Masonic Cancer Center and the College of Veterinary Medicine to establish the Animal Cancer Care and Research program for research in comparative oncology to benefit companion animals and people with cancer.

Rahel Ghebre, M.D., Women's Cancer Research Program, was featured in Accelerate, the newsletter of the Office of Clinical Research at the University of Minnesota. Ghebre is a scholar in the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program.

Douglas Yee, M.D., director, co-leader of the Women's Cancer Research Program, talked with Governor Tim Pawlenty about cancer and the research done at the Masonic Cancer Center on the WCCO radio program Midday Live, March 2. Yee also commented in a WCCO Radio news report about a British study that found that even one glass of any type of alcoholic drink per day increases the risk of cancer for women.

Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., associate director of cancer prevention and control, was quoted in reports by U.S. News & World Report, HealthDay News Service, Minnesota Daily, WCCO Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, and Winston-Salem Journal about the conclusions of the Strategic Dialogue on Tobacco Harm Reduction panel she co-led that called for tougher regulations on smoking and tobacco use. She also was interview on WCCO Radio's Mondale & Jones program.

Robert Madoff, M.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program, was quoted in a Reuters Health news report about study results showing that in patients with operable rectal cancer, a short course of preoperative radiotherapy can reduce local recurrence. Madoff wrote the editorial that accompanied the article published in the British journal The Lancet.

February

David Largaespada, Ph.D., leader of the Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program, was quoted in the article "Mapping with Mice" in the February issue of The Scientist.

Douglas Yee, M.D., director, and Todd Tuttle, M.D., members of the Women's Cancer Research Program, were quoted in a Minnesota Daily article about why women diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast choose to also have the other breast surgically removed.

Arkadiusz Dudek, M.D., member of the Tumor Biology and Progression Program, was quoted by Reuters Health about his research finding that the sequence of administration of the small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors, sunitinib and sorafenib, may influence outcome of treatment in patients with advanced renal cell cancer. The study was published in the January 1 issue of Cancer.

Masonic Cancer Center researchers Michael Garwood, Ph.D., Douglas Yee, M.D., and Patrick Bolan, Ph.D., Women's Cancer Research Program; Scott Dehm, Ph.D., Tumor Biology and Progression Program, Dan Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., Transplant Biology and Therapy Program, and David Perdue, M.D., were mentioned in various articles published in the winter issue of the Medical Bulletin, published by the University of Minnesota Medical School. Garwood is quoted in an article about the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for clinical diagnoses. A sidebar on using MRI for evaluating breast tumors quotes Bolan and mentions Yee and Garwood. Dehm is featured as the recipient of a Young Investigator Award for 2008 from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Kaufman is noted in the magazine as project leader of a $100,000 Grand Challenges Exploration grant awarded to the University of Minnesota by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a global health research project that will explore the use of new stem cell-based therapies to fight the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Perdue is quoted about a study of cancer rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Read more.

January

The Masonic Cancer Center was cited in a January 27 Wall Street Journal article about research that shows smokeless tobacco products are not harmless.

Todd Tuttle, M.D., Women's Cancer Program, was quoted in Houston Chronicle and Medical News Today articles about a recent study that identified markers that may predict who would and would not benefit from preventive mastectomies. Tuttle was the author of a 2007 study that reported a sharp increase in such surgery. Tuttle and Beth Virnig, Ph.D., co-leader, Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship Program, were also quoted in a cover story in HemOnc Today about the physician's role in the decision-making process for preventive mastectomies.

Daniel Saltzman, M.D., Ph.D., and Ed Greeno, M.D., were quoted in the January 27 Minnesota Daily about a new clinical trial that will use a genetically altered strain of salmonella as a method to treat gastrointestinal cancer.

James McCarthy, Ph.D., Tumor Biology and Progression Program leader, was quoted in an article on the death of prostate cancer pioneer Donald Gleason, M.D., in the January 19 issue of the Minnesota Daily. The article also includes information about research led by McCarthy to identify new tumor targets that can be used to stop the growth and spread of prostate cancer.

Levi Downs, M.D., co-leader of the Women's Cancer Research Program, authored the article "Cervical Cancer: what have we learned about the HPV vaccine?" published in the January 2009 issue of Minnesota Healthcare News.

Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., associate director of population sciences, was quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article on the safety of "smokeless" substitutes for cigarettes.

Masonic Cancer Center members named 'Top Doctors'
Patricia Judson, M.D., Women's Cancer Research Program, is featured for her work in gynecologic oncology on the cover and article in the January 2009 "Top Doctors" issue of Mpls.St. Paul Magazine . The following additional cancer center members were among the 70 University of Minnesota Medical Center physicians listed: Peter Argenta, M.D., Linda Carson, M.D., Denis Clohisy, M.D., Kathryn Dusenbery, M.D., Melissa Geller, M.D., Edward Greeno, M.D., Richard King, M.D., Ph.D., Michael Maddaus, M.D., Robert Madoff, M.D., Joseph Neglia, M.D., M.P.H., Mark Reding, M.D., David Rothenberger, M.D., Daniel Saltzman, M.D., Ph.D., F. Glen Seidel, M.D., and Gregory Vercellotti, M.D.

Selwyn Vickers, M.D.,associate director of translational research, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times news story about Apple computer founder Steve Jobs, who is a survivor of pancreatic cancer.

Douglas Yee, M.D., director and co-leader, Women's Cancer Research Program, was cited in the December 12, 2008 issue of The Cancer Letter regarding his appointment to the John H. Kersey Chair in Cancer Research.

Ed Greeno, M.D., was quoted in news reports about colorectal cancer on Duluth radio stations KDAL and WDSM on December 17, 2008.

Ashish Kumar, M.D., Ph.D., Genetic Mechanisms of Research Program, was interviewed on KTLK and WCCO radio about his discovery that a gene involved in infant leukemia is also associated with glioblastoma. This study was selected for a "Best of ASH" presentation. Read more.