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Released: 14-Jun-2016 1:05 AM EDT
Fred Hutch Expert Available to Discuss NEJM Article on Biomarker Tests for Molecularly Targeted Therapies
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, an internationally recognized oncologist and health economist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a member of a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), is available to discuss biomarker tests for molecularly targeted therapies. Earlier this month he co-authored a New England Journal of Medicine “Perspective” article summarizing the recommendations for biomarker tests, considered “the key to unlocking precision medicine.” These biomarker tests are very important as more and more tests become available to consumers, and both physicians and patients need to be sure the test they are taking is useful and of value specifically to them.

Released: 25-May-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Expert Available to Discuss New Study About the Future of Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

If you’re seeking an expert to discuss a new study (in Nature) about the future of personalized breast cancer treatment, Dr. Amanda (Mandy) Paulovich, Oncologist and Geneticist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and one of the study’s authors, is available.

Released: 4-Nov-2014 5:10 PM EST
Looking for Great American Smokeout Sources? Fred Hutch Psychologist Jonathan Bricker Can Discuss the Latest Research-Based Smoking Interventions
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Living healthy is hard. Most people who try to change habits, such as smoking, will lapse. But science is giving new hope. Dr. Jonathan Bricker is an internationally recognized scientific leader in a bold approach called acceptance and commitment therapy. A Stanford researcher called his use of the approach “a breakthrough in behavioral research [that] has major public health implications for the major causes of preventable death.”

Released: 28-Aug-2013 1:00 PM EDT
Expert on Prostate Cancer Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Uses Statistical and Computer Modeling for Policy Development
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Dr. Ruth Etzioni, a biostatistician, is a member of the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She focuses on statistical and computer modeling for policy development, with a focus on prostate cancer research. A critical component of this work is the estimation of natural history and progression of disease, which then forms a basis for modeling comparative- and cost-effectiveness of alternative interventions.

Released: 11-May-2011 1:45 PM EDT
HIV/AIDS Experts Available to Comment on Aids@30 Observance
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

HIV/AIDS vaccine experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and vaccine trial participants are available for interviews about the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s announcement of the nation’s first identified HIV infections.

Released: 22-Oct-2010 11:30 AM EDT
10 Tips for Breast Cancer Survivors
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Today’s tip sheet, the fourth and final in the series, is “10 Tips for Breast Cancer Survivors” provided by Karen Syrjala, Ph.D., director of Biobehavioral Sciences and co-director of the Survivorship Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Released: 8-Oct-2010 11:40 AM EDT
10 Tips for Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Today’s tip sheet, the second of four in the series, is “10 Tips for Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection” provided by Constance Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., director of Breast Imaging and medical director of Radiology at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Released: 9-May-2008 1:00 PM EDT
Preventing prostate Cancer and BPH: Prostate-health Expert Available (National Men's Health Week Is June 9-15)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

The risk of the two major prostate diseases, cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), can be reduced by changes in lifestyle, such as avoiding smoking, maintaining a normal weight and eating a healthy diet. Alan Kristal, Dr.P.H., associate head of the Cancer Prevention Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, has conducted many studies that suggest men need not feel helpless against prostate cancer or BPH.


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