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The Huffington Post on the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Segment
Posted by Stacy Tsai">Stacy Tsai on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 20:39 | Cancer Reports
Ali Ansary, the Co-founder of SeventyK, tells about the rise of a new cancer segment - the adolescents and young adults (AYAs), those aged 15 to 39, in The Huffington Post. Unlike pediatric or geriatric cancer survival rates which have changed for the better, the survival rates of AYAs have not changed for the past two decades.
The Cancer Genome Atlas
Posted by Stacy Tsai">Stacy Tsai on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 13:57 | Cancer Reports
Javed Khan, M.D. is a molecular biologist at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) working on the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project. A focus has been placed on pediatric cancer because the number of mutations leading to cancers in children is much less than in the cancers occuring in adults. The project attempts to sequence the genome of tumors from hundreds of children with cancer to identify the genetic changes from children without cancer. With these genetic changes identified and characterized, clinicians may be able to prescribe appropriate treatments to combat specific cancers.
American Association for Cancer Research Releases Landmark Cancer Progress Report
Posted by Stacy Tsai">Stacy Tsai on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 23:37 | Cancer Reports
Download the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Cancer Progress Report 2011 here. Read the press release here.

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