| |  | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the expanded use of osimertinib, a lung cancer drug tested at Winship as part of a national trial led by Winship Deputy Director Suresh Ramalingam, MD. "The approval of osimertinib (Tagrisso) represents a major advance in the treatment of patients with EGFR mutation and a significant change in the treatment paradigm," said Ramalingam. | | Read More |
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| |  | | Cooper Receives Japan Prize | Winship member Max Cooper, MD and fellow laureates were honored at the Japan Prize award presentation ceremony in Tokyo last week. The ceremony was attended by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Photo credit: Japan Prize Foundation.
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| | |  | | Saba Presents Immunotherapy Research in Saudi Arabia | Winship oncologist Nabil Saba, MD presented at the 4th Annual Symposium on New Frontiers in Immuno-Oncology Apr. 14 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saba discussed advances for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
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| |  | | | This week we take you behind the scenes of what will be the new Winship Phase I Clinical Trials Unit, which is expected to open by the end of the year. It's starting out as a big, unfinished space in the Emory University Hospital Tower. Nurses, clinicians, patients, and administrators planned out how the new unit should look and then an entire cardboard model of their plan was built. Here they are making suggestions for improved designs after touring the model. | | More Photos |
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| |  | | Final Call: Breast Cancer "Shark Tank" Funding | The 3rd Annual Glenn Family Breast Center Retreat on May 11 will award up to $50,000 for the top investigator-initiated study presented during a Shark Tank-style competition. Submit your intent to compete by Apr. 24. Pictured: 2017 Shark Tank judges Drs. Mia Gaudet, R. Donald Harvey, Michael Lowe, Hui-Kuo Shu, and Bassel El-Rayes.
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| | |  | | Winship Celebrates National Administrative Professionals Day on Apr. 25 | Administrative professionals are an integral part of Winship. Winship celebrates their important work during National Administrative Professionals Day on Apr. 25. Pictured: administrative professionals in the Vaughn-Jordan Healing Garden on Winship's Clifton Campus.
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| |  | Winship Advisory Board Visits Emory Proton Therapy Center | | Winship Advisory Board members toured the new Emory Proton Therapy Center on Apr. 17. The state-of-the-art facility is set to open later this year. Pictured: Winship Advisory Board members take a look inside one of the unfinished patient treatment rooms. | | Learn More about the Emory Proton Therapy Center |
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| |  | | Centers for Disease Control: Networking2Save - CDC's National Network Approach to Preventing and Controlling Tobacco-related Cancers in Special Populations (Due: Jun. 18, 2018)
Department of Defense: Ovarian Cancer Investigator-Initiated Research Awards (Due: Aug. 22, 2018) |
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| | | Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research (Nominations Due: Jun. 29, 2018)
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer: 'A' Awards and Reach Grants (Due: May 21, 2018) |
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