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| | On Friday, Oct. 22, students, faculty, and staff are invited to help kick off 2O36, Emory's campaign focused on investing in people for the benefit of people. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., stop by the Quad to explore interactive domes, enjoy free food and giveaways, and hear from leaders in the Emory community. | | Learn More |
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| |  | | Treating precursor lesions reduces cancer risk for people with HIV | Researchers from the Anal Cancer/HSIL Outcomes Research (ANCHOR) study (Emory PI: Lisa Flowers, MD, MPH) have found that treating precursor anal cancer lesions can significantly reduce the risk of progression to anal cancer among people living with HIV. The national phase III clinical trial was halted due to the therapy’s high success rates.
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| | |  | | Sloan receives new R01 for glioblastoma study | Steven Sloan, MD, PhD, has received an R01 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study developmental drivers of glioblastoma and to identify new ways to mitigate this highly aggressive type of adult brain tumor. The five-year grant, "Shared mechanisms of astrocyte maturation in development and glioblastoma," includes co-investigator Victor Corces, PhD.
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| |  | | Faculty honored during SOM Recognitions Week | Dozens of Winship members are among those who will be recognized during Emory University School of Medicine’s Faculty Recognitions Week, Oct. 18-23. Each day this week, faculty members will be honored for accomplishments and excellence in patient care, research, and education.
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| |  | | | Winship is committed to accelerating the testing of new cancer treatments through clinical research. The following physicians have enrolled the most patients onto NCI National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) studies at each Winship study site during the last six months (pictured clockwise from top left): Drs. Neela Natarajan (Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital); Kimberly Hoang (Clifton); Jay Shelton (Grady); and Soumon Rudra, William Stokes, Nabil Saba, and Dong Shin (Midtown). | | About Winship Clinical Trials |
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| |  | | UGA-Winship Virtual Summit set for Oct. 29 | The half-day UGA-Winship Virtual Summit on Oct. 29 will highlight innovative cancer research from the University of Georgia and Winship. The summit is open to all and free to attend. (Image of lung cancer metastasis courtesy of Scott Wilkinson and Adam Marcus via NCI.)
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| | |  | | Webinar: The Next Frontier in Health Equity | Emory University School of Medicine will host a webinar, "The Next Frontier in Health Equity with Guest Speaker Sylvie Leotin," on Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. Leotin is CEO of Equify Health and is collaborating with Keerthi Gogineni, MD, MS, on a grant to address cancer health disparities.
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| | Below are four selected Winship publications out of 59 published over the past week: |
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| | Zhou C, Ramalingam SS, Kim TM, Kim SW, Yang JC, Riely GJ, Mekhail T, Nguyen D, Garcia Campelo MR, Felip E, Vincent S, Jin S, Griffin C, Bunn V, Lin J, Lin HM, Mehta M, Jänne PA. Treatment Outcomes and Safety of Mobocertinib in Platinum-Pretreated Patients With EGFR Exon 20 Insertion-Positive Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase 1/2 Open-label Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology. 2021; :e214761. PubMed PMID: 34647988. | | View in PubMed |
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| | Machairas N, Raptis DA, Velázquez PS, Sauvanet A, Rueda de Leon A, Oba A, Koerkamp BG, Lovasik B, Chan C, Yeo CJ, Bassi C, Ferrone CR, Kooby D, Moskal D, Tamburrino D, Yoon DS, Barroso E, de Santibañes E, Kauffmann EF, Vigia E, Robin F, Casciani F, Burdío F, Belfiori G, Malleo G, Lavu H, Hartog H, Hwang HK, Han HS, Marques HP, Poves I, Domínguez-Rosado I, Park JS, Lillemoe KD, Roberts K, Sulpice L, Besselink MG, Abuawwad M, Del Chiaro M, de Santibañes M, Falconi M, D'Silva M, Silva M, Hilal MA, Qadan M, Sell NM, Beghdadi N, Napoli N, Busch ORC, Mazza O, Muiesan P, Müller PC, Ravikumar R, Schulick R, Powell-Brett S, Abbas SH, Mackay TM, Stoop TF, Gallagher TK, Boggi U, van Eijck C, Clavien PA, Conlon KCP, Fusai GK. The Impact of Neoadjuvant Treatment on Survival in Patients Undergoing Pancreatoduodenectomy with Concomitant Portomesenteric Venous Resection: An International Multicenter Analysis. Annals of Surgery. 2021; 274(5):721-728. PubMed PMID: 34353988. | | View in PubMed |
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| | Hess CB, Eng TY, Nasti TH, Dhere VR, Kleber TJ, Switchenko JM, Weinberg BD, Rouphael N, Tian S, Rudra S, Taverna LS, Perez Daisson A, Ahmed R, Khan MK. Whole-Lung Low-Dose Radiation Therapy (LD-RT) for Non-Intubated Oxygen-Dependent Patients with COVID-19-Related Pneumonia Receiving Dexamethasone and/or Remdesevir. Radiotherapy and Oncology: journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34653525. | | View in PubMed |
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| | Chen Z, Yu D, Owonikoko TK, Ramalingam SS, Sun SY. Induction of SREBP1 degradation coupled with suppression of SREBP1-mediated lipogenesis impacts the response of EGFR mutant NSCLC cells to osimertinib. Oncogene. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34635799. | | View in PubMed |
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| | A selection of media stories and news coverage for Winship Cancer Institute. |
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