November 2007 • Vol 13, Issue 11

Center News File Photo Dr. Ross Prentice and colleagues analyzed data from the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Randomized Controlled Trial to see if the changes in the women's diets, which may reduce the risk of breast and colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women, also reduce risk of ovarian cancer and other invasive cancers.

• Cutting fat may reduce risk of ovarian cancer
  Ross Prentice's analysis of WHI dietary modification trial gleans additional data on invasive cancers
  
  
• Measuring the molecular mechanisms linking diet and prostate cancer
  Researchers find DNA-microarray technology can effectively measure impact of low-fat, low-carb diet on gene expression in prostate tissue
  
  
• Blocking cancer growth from within
  Research team presents plausible explanation and mechanism of action that may reveal why some prostate cancers recur after treatment
  
  
• PSA velocity: Useful in cancer screening?
  Ruth Etzioni and colleagues question whether PSA velocity adds information in the early detection of prostate cancer
  
  
• Improving outcomes, reducing costs
  Q&A with Lee Hartwell about the new Phoenix-based Partnership for Personalized Medicine
  
  
• 'Doing something good for a living'
  MaryJoy Lopez has seen the good, the sad and the fulfilled promise of bone-marrow transplants; and she's glad she's here
  
  
• Occupations and rheumatoid arthritis
  Study finds occupational exposures may be linked to death from autoimmune disease
  
  
• Move that mail
  An extreme makeover took place so seamlessly this fall you may not have noticed; that was the whole idea
  
  
• What's right with this picture?
  The technician is properly wearing personal protective equipment in the lab to minimize the risk of skin contact with hazardous materials
  
  
• Wild weather happens
  With a warmer, wetter-than-normal winter forecast, keep the hotline number handy
  
  
• Genome scan yields AS discovery
  Lon Cardon study reveals two genes linked to disabling arthritis; also confirms association of two genes implicated in Graves' disease
  
  

• Hutch High still seeks volunteers for Nov. 15 science symposium
  
  
• Nov. 16 Science Friday features PBS videos on Center history
  
  
• Ulrich Mueller heads Industry Relations and Technology Transfer
  
  
• Your car alarm may hold the 'key' to personal safety
  
  
• Award-winning journalist joins communications team
  
  
• Safeway president receives Thomas Medal
  
  
• Ten finalists vie for 2007 Hutch Award
  
  
• Basic Sciences Division's Maxine Linial named AAAS Fellow
  
  
• Lee joins ASH leadership team
  
  
• Smith receives SpinOdyssey grant for breast-cancer research
  
  

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