Thursday, June 17, 2004 • Vol 10, Issue 12

Dr. Peggy Porter compares breast-cancer tumor growth rates with pathology colleagues Drs. Xiaopu Yuan and Ming Gang Lin. A Fred Hutchinson analysis found that tumors from African-American women tend to contain abnormal amounts of cell-cycle regulatory proteins. Photo by Todd McNaught

• Disparities in tumor biology
  Research on aggressive growth of breast-cancer tumors in African-American women could lead to new strategies to prevent and treat the disease
  
  
• Searching for hidden chinks in the immune system’s armor
  Keith Jerome’s research on virus-infected cells yields insight on ways viruses and cancer escape capture from the body’s immune system
  
  
• Study breaks link between pot smoking and oral cancer
  Researchers counter previous reports and find no association between marijuana use and incidence of oral cancer
  
  
• Tools for prostate-cancer recovery
  Psychologist Sylvie Aubin works with Alliance prostate-cancer specialist to develop strategies for coping with challenging side effects of treatment
  
  
• EnCOMPASSing diverse needs
  Cim Edelstein supports a wide range of scientific studies, strategies, statistics
  
  

• Goodbye to one of a kind
  Here since center’s inception, Jeanne-Marie Smith retires from her long career of ‘good work’ at the end of this month
  
  
• Amazing afterlife for center computers
  Armed with will and technological know-how, you too can recycle old center computers to needy countries and communities
  
  

• Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance salutes Saltchuk Resources, Inc.; raises more than $1 million
  
  
• Use post office box for center’s mailing address
  
  
• Support Hutch School at Usborne book fair June 28-29
  
  
• Beard receives gene-therapy award
  
  
• Abstract submission deadline extended to July 1 for Rivkin Center ovarian-cancer symposium
  
  
• Annual Hazard Exposure Assessment (HEA) updates due
  
  
• Career-building skills workshops for postdocs, students
  
  
• Human-research subjects classes offered in August, November
  
  
• Collaborative Data Services (CDS) Brown-bag seminars
  
  
• Seattle Cancer Care Alliance seeks donated magazines for patient waiting areas
  
  
• 100 volunteers needed for Aug. 13 Catch a Cure for Cancer Radiothon
  
  

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