April 2007 • Vol 13, Issue 4

Photo by Stephanie Cartier Co-authors Drs. Xiaohong Li (left), Brian Reid and colleagues in the Seattle Barrett's Esophagus Program found that study participants with three or more biomarkers for esophageal cancer who used aspirin or other NSAIDs had a 30 percent risk of developing esophageal cancer after 10 years. Those with the same biomarkers who did not use NSAIDs had a 79 percent cancer risk during that same period.

• On target to halt esophageal cancer
  Aspirin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs significantly reduce esophageal-cancer risk in people with most aggressive form of Barrett's
  
  
• Telling stories of cancer statistics through art
  Native artists, storytellers develop culturally appropriate, non-threatening artistic representations of cancer-risk reduction and screening messages
  
  
• Reducing a weighty prostate-cancer prognosis
  Obesity at the time of prostate-cancer diagnosis dramatically increases the risk of dying from the disease
  
  
• Pancreatic-cancer survival: Clues from a genetic path less taken
  Sunil Hingorani leads study that uncovers genetic sequence responsible for rare form of pancreatic cancer
  
  
• Career Appreciation Honor Roll
  Human Resource's annual recognition for faculty and staff reaching 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 35 years of service as of June 30, 2006
  
  
• A win-win partnership for science
  Undergraduate students bring eager minds to Center labs and gain high-caliber research experience
  
  
• Working solutions for life's challenges
  Employee Assistance Program benefit provides confidential counseling, resources
  
  
• Life through their eyes
  Photographers give Hutch School students new ways to frame life
  
  
• Center's conduit for collaboration in Taiwan
  
  
  

• Science and race documentary concludes April 6
  
  
• Center participates in statewide earthquake drill April 24
  
  
• Science Friday presents "An Inconvenient Truth" April 20
  
  
• Rensselaer president to deliver next Perspectives seminar April 12, Pelton
  
  
• Till wins UW pilot, feasibility grant
  
  
• Gates Foundation funds available for global-health pilot projects
  
  
• Martin elected to transplantation society board
  
  
• Bioethics colloquium May 16 in Pelton
  
  
• Dallas receives grant from National Marrow Donor Program
  
  
• Security seminar April 26: Protecting children online
  
  
• 2007 Travel and Leisure Auction features Cinco de Mayo theme
  
  
• Annual Premier Chefs Dinner May 20 at Grand Hyatt Seattle
  
  
• Nominate a nurse for annual Steinberg scholarship by April 20
  
  
• Subscribe to Center News Weekly listserv to enter raffle for iPod
  
  

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