Scientists and patient advocates have largely overlapping agendas, but, ultimately, their agendas diverge, said Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, the organization that ushered in a new era in the politics of cancer research and delivery of care.
Kevan Shokat, a professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at UC San Francisco, has won the second annual Stephenson Global Prize for research in pancreatic cancer.
