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2007 News Releases & Announcements
- Dec. 7: African Americans may experience higher nicotine levels per cigarette
- Dec. 7: Women with diabetes are 1.5 times more likely to develop colorectal cancer
- Dec. 5: U of M researchers find morphine plus celecoxib may provide better cancer pain control
- Nov. 30: Population Sciences accomplishments highlighted in Cancer Center Recognition Program; Villalta, Spector receive Recognition Awards
- Nov. 20: Cancer Center researchers present at annual ASH meeting
- Nov. 9: Cancer Center researchers to present at annual AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research conference
- Nov. 2: U of M appoints Clohisy as head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Oct. 31: Cancer Center receives $50,000 from Hyundai's Hope On Wheels campaign
- Oct. 29: Ross testifies in support of Childhood Cancer Research Network before U.S. Senate committee
- Oct. 22: U of M researchers find women with breast cancer having surgery that might be unnecessary
- Oct. 16: U of M discovery breaks down resistance of pancreatic cancer cells to therapy
- Oct. 15: U of M researchers develop method that allows more cancer patients to receive transplants
- Oct. 1: A drink a day may bring the doctor your way: U researchers comment on a recent study linking alcohol to breast cancer
- Sept. 12: Tribal leaders, health professionals unite to examine the unequal burden of colorectal cancer among American Indians in Minnesota
- Sept. 5: U of M begins nation's first clinical trial using specialized immune cells from cord blood in leukemia treatment
- Aug. 9: Smokeless tobacco more effective than cigarettes for delivering dangerous carcinogens into the body, researchers say
- July 10: U of M researcher awarded American Cancer Society grant to study link between environmental chemicals and bladder cancer
- July 9: Cancer Center receives $45,000 for breast cancer research from women's hockey tournament
- June 18: Garwood receives 2007 Gold Medal Award from International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- June 10: Yee delivers 'State of the Cancer Center' speech
- June 8: Study: Cord blood comparable to matched bone marrow
- June 6: Cancer Center establishing John H. Kersey Chair in Cancer Leadership
- June 5: Ramakrishnan receives Cancurables grant
- June 5: Cancer Center researchers receive Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance awards
- May 21: U of M will lead national research study on causes of bone cancer in children
- May 9: Support the Minnesota Biomedical Sciences Research Facilities Authority
- May 1: Welcome reception speech by new Cancer Center Director Douglas Yee, M.D.
- April 18: Cancer Center research presented at annual AACR meeting
- April 2: Cancer U: Ask the Experts series begins April 12
- March 29: ACS recommends MRIs for some at high risk for breast cancer
- March 20: U of M's Douglas Yee named new director of Cancer Center
- Feb. 2: Lazovich to chair Minnesota Cancer Alliance in 2008
- Jan. 17: Help make Minnesota's public spaces smoke free
- Jan. 11: January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Media Contact: Mary Lawson, Public Relations Director, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 612-624-6165, 612-363-6971 (cell), mlawson@umn.edu.