WATCH: ACS grantee studies herpes virus

Eain A. Murphy, PhD, Assistant Staff, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Molecular Genetics, focuses his studies on the herpes virus and bone marrow transplant research.

WATCH: ACS grantee’s research reaches Latinas

Deborah O. Erwin, PhD, Professor, Health Research Inc., Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Health Disparities, studies behavioral research. Her particular interest is community based participatory research in minority communities to increase cancer screenings. Dr. Erwin’s ACS funded research, Esperanza y Vida (Hope and Life), involves investigating breast and cervical cancer intervention for Latinas.

Well Known Athlete Helps Society

Long distance runner and professional triathlete, Desiree Ficker, enrolled in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) on March 5 in memory of her mother who died of colon cancer in 2009. Desiree has many athletic titles to her name including a second place win at the Ironman Kailua-Kona in Hawaii in 2006. Her [...]

Report Says New Evidence Could Tip the Balance in Aspirin Cancer Prevention Care

A new report by American Cancer Society scientists says new data showing aspirin’s potential role in reducing the risk of cancer death bring us considerably closer to the time when cancer prevention can be included in clinical guidelines for the use of aspirin in preventative care. The report, published early online in Nature Reviews Clinical [...]

April 2012: Inaugural Texas Minority Cancer Awareness Month

On March 28, at the Texas Capitol, legislative staff attended a briefing on the impact of cancer on minorities in Texas. The event was a kickoff for the inaugural Texas Minority Cancer Awareness Month in April, and high lighted the disparities in cancer survival for minorities and encouraged legislators and their staffs to reach out [...]

WATCH: ACS grantee links obesity and colorectal cancer

Heather Bittner-Fagan, MD, Director of Health Services Research, Christiana Care Health Services, Family and Community Medicine, discusses her research which focuses on obesity and colorectal cancer screening behavior. Her research also involves interventional studies which look at ways to improve colorectal cancer screening in primary care practices.