Paul Calabresi Memorial Lecture: “Working together to end cancer as we know it”
Yale Cancer Center will host the annual Paul Calabresi Memorial Lecture virtually on Nov. 2 at noon EST, featuring Ned Sharpless, director of NCI.
Sharpless will present on “Working together to end cancer as we know it” in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act. Sharpless will share updates and future directives of NCI and discuss initiatives and collaborations between NCI and NCI-designated cancer centers.
Hosted by Roy S. Herbst, chief of medical oncology at Yale Cancer Center, the annual Calabresi Lectureship honors Dr. Calabresi’s legacy as an internationally recognized pioneer in the clinical pharmacology of anticancer agents.
Dr. Calabresi was the first chief of medical oncology in the country in 1963 (then called chief of clinical pharmacology and chemotherapy) while at Yale School of Medicine, before transitioning his career to Brown University in 1968 for the remainder of his career.
Spotlight article
Stanley Reimann: How One Man Saved a Research Institute
By Fox Chase Cancer Center | Oct. 28, 2021
Stanley Reimann was just one man, but in September 1930 he faced the daunting task of sustaining a fledgling research institute, which had started in 1921 in a makeshift lab above a hospital morgue, dedicated to unraveling the causes of cancer.
As the country descended into the grip of the Great Depression, the Lankenau Hospital Research Institute—later to become the research enterprise of Fox Chase Cancer Center—was coming into trouble of its own.
Funds from the estate of benefactor Rodman Wanamaker, who had died in 1928, had run dry, and fundraising efforts by Reimann, the institute’s founding director, had so far met with frustration.
Quote of the week
I spend a good bit of my time trying to wheedle, coax and threaten some of the funds of plutocrats into our coffers for research
Stanley Reimann
Advocacy
- Thirty-five years of advocating for cancer survivors
By National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship | Oct. 27, 2021 - ASCO Affiliate Health Member Peg Ford: A Journey from Patient to Patient Advocate
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By ASCO | Oct. 26, 2021 - Risk Assessment Program Turns 30: Fox Chase Program Helps People Understand Genetic Risks for Cancer
By Fox Chase Cancer Center | Oct. 25, 2021
Recent contributions
- Emil J Freireich: The man who cured childhood leukemia
By MD Anderson Cancer Center | Oct. 27, 2021 - Visionary Leadership: A Reflection on Dr. Allen S. Lichter’s Tenure as ASCO CEO
By ASCO | Oct. 27, 2021 - A. Lindo Patterson: Pioneer and Mentor
By Fox Chase Cancer Center | Oct. 26, 2021 - Risk Assessment Program Turns 30: Fox Chase Program Helps People Understand Genetic Risks for Cancer
By Fox Chase Cancer Center | Oct. 25, 2021
This column features the latest posts to the Cancer History Project by our growing list of contributors.
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