Thursday, June 6, 2002 • Vol 8, Issue 11

A breast cancer patient hears from her team (from left): Dr. Skyler Lindsley, a University of Washington radiation oncologist; Dr. Georgiana Ellis, a UW medical oncologist, and Dr. Ben Anderson, a UW breast surgeon, at the multi-disciplinary Alliance Breast Cancer Specialty Center. (photo by Gavin Sisk, University of Washington Health Sciences Photography)

• Advancing knowledge as a team
  Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer benefit from careful collaboration of Fred Hutchinson, UW in specialty center housed at Alliance clinic
  
  
• Diversify tactics in the face of danger
  Breast-cancer researchers share a strategy with military experts
  
  
• Keep it simple? No way, say cells
  Hahn seeks to unravel mysteries of how genes get switched on — the process known as transcription
  
  
• In Spanish the word is Salud
  Partnership coordinator for CIS creates six-part radio show that uses novellas, guest experts to reach farm workers with health messages that are ‘culturally relevant’
  
  
• Reaching underserved groups, forging partnerships became Valko’s hallmark
  
  
• Division Notes
  Prostate Cancer Conference; Alliance accreditation; International Conference of Histocompatibility
  

• Center wins pair of 'BEST green' awards from city, chamber
  

Briefs

• U.S. postage rates will rise 7.7 percent on June 30
  
  
• Digging for gold for out-of-town patients
  
  
• Event volunteers needed in June
  
  
• Harp, guitar due for Healing Music
  
  
• AllStar Fitness offers discount
  
  
• Investing seminar June 10, 11
  
  
• Home-buying seminar series offered to faculty, staff this summer
  
  
• Hutch School seeks volunteer tutors
  
  
• B-1/B-2 visitors, F-1/M-1 students affected by new immigration rules
  
  
• Clinical trials featured in summer Quest
  
  
• Center craft fair coming Aug. 2
  
  
• What’s safe, fast and flexible? Direct deposit! Find out more!

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