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Bryce Werner, center, poses with his family during the recent Pediatric and Wildtype GIST Clinic, which took place at the NIH Clinical Center. GIST stands for gastrointestinal stromal tumor, a rare form of cancer. The annual event brings together patients, clinicians, research scientists, and advocates from across the country. Patients can meet with specialists, sometimes for the first time. The clinic program also provides storage for GIST tumor samples that can then be accessed by researchers around the world to try to learn more about the disease. “We came to get, but also to give,” said Tiffany Werner, Bryce’s mother. “To get information but also to give—to help current and future patients. We’re just thankful for everyone here and everything they do.” You can read more about the clinic here: https://ccr.cancer.gov/news/article/center-for-cancer-research-hosts-10th-annual-gist-clinic #NCI #NIH #GIST #childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #NCICenterforCancerResearch #CCR #cancerresearch #cancersurvivors
Update: This image shows the Cleveland Museum of Art. Patients in Ohio can join NCI-sponsored clinical trials at many locations. For information about #clinicaltrials or cancer, please contact us at https://www.cancer.gov/contact or 1-800-4-CANCER The photo is in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons #NCI #NIH #nciishere -------------------------------- Happy Friday! Here is the latest entry in our "Where's the National Cancer Institute?" #quiz. Can you name this location? If so, please reply in the comments. We’ll follow the winner and post a caption over the weekend. #nciishere
Repost of @stjuderesearch: Under the leadership of St. Jude computational biologists and pathologists, a national consortium has performed genome-wide analysis of 264 patients with T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). While about 90 percent of children with ALL can be cured with chemotherapy and other treatments, a significant percentage, including those with T-ALL, relapse. The new study revealed 106 “driver genes,” whose mutations trigger T-ALL. Significantly, half these genes were unknown before the study. The new detailed knowledge of the genomic landscape of T-ALL gives researchers a view of such “constellations” of mutations, improving our understanding of the subtypes of the cancer and how best to treat them. The collaborative study included data from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, the Children’s Oncology Group and the National Cancer Institute’s Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate Effective Treatments initiative. The study constitutes the largest number of T-ALL patients ever studied in such genetic detail. Photo by St. Jude Biomedical Communications. #stjuderesearch #stjude #childhoodcancer #cancer #pedonc #oncology #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #cancersurvival #SurvOnc #science #research #Memphis #hospital #childrenshospital #childhoodcancerawareness #leukemia #computationalbiology #pathology #genome #genes #NatureGenetics #ChildrensOncologyGroup @wustl_official @nationalcancerinstitute
In the United States, cancer death rates are higher in rural areas than in urban areas. And although #cancer deaths rates are decreasing in #rural areas, they are doing so more slowly than they are in #urban areas, new research suggests. Writing on our Cancer Currents blog, NCI's Dr. Robert Croyle describes some next steps for improving cancer control in rural communities: https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/rural-cancer-disparities-next-steps The photo is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. #NCI #NIH #USDA #cancercontrol #disparities #cancerresearch #healthdisparities
Update: Congratulations to @king_swahili for winning the quiz! In the background is a replica of the #Parthenon, which was built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition. Patients in #Nashville can join NCI-sponsored clinical trials at many locations, including the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. For information about #clinicaltrials or cancer, please contact us at https://www.cancer.gov/contact or 1-800-4-CANCER Photo: nashville.gov #NCI #NIH #NCIisHere --------------------------------- Happy Friday! Here is the latest entry in our "Where's the National Cancer Institute?" #quiz. Can you name this location? If so, please reply in the comments. We’ll follow the winner and post a caption over the weekend. #nciishere
"We have interns!" The Food and Drug Administration's Oncology Center of Excellence tweeted this afternoon. These young women, who are in the Oncology Center of Excellence Summer Scholars Program, visited the National Cancer Institute to learn about clinical trials and drug development. Summer Scholars is a pilot program that provides learning opportunities to public high school students and survivors of childhood cancer. #NCI #FDA #NIH #FDAOncologyCenterofExcellence #cancerresearch #drugdevelopment #clinicaltrials #summerscholars #FDAOncology #survivorship #childhoodcancer
Gold nanoparticles have properties that make them attractive for use in cancer research. These particles, for example, are not toxic; they can carry a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic agents; and they are #small enough to reach targets in the body that other delivery systems can’t. This dark-field image shows the delivery of gold #nanoparticles (yellow dots) into parts of #cells known as the cytosol. The image is by Veronika Sapozhnikova and Konstantin Sokolov of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rebecca Richards-Kortum of Rice University. It is available here: https://visualsonline.cancer.gov/details.cfm?imageid=11263 #NCI #NIH #basicresearch #science #cancerresearch #small #nano #nanotechnology @riceuniversity @mdandersoncancercenter #cancercloseup
Happy #4thofJuly! Science can resemble fireworks, as this image of a human natural killer cell illustrates. Natural killer cells help fight infection and disease. To celebrate the #Fourth, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins tweeted this colorized #scanning #electron #micrograph from the NIH Image Gallery on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/29209231252 #NCI #NIH #science #research
Repost @purduebiomakers We were very inspired by the talk given by the Director of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Lowy, yesterday about the current endeavors in and funding of #cancer #research by the @nationalcancerinstitute We hope that, as young people from non traditional backgrounds, we will be able to bring innovative ideas and perspectives to the field. #Purdue #Biomakers #iGEM2017#summer #EZBreathey #synbio
Update: Congratulations to @danielsonephotography for winning the quiz! This image shows the Statue of Liberty's tablet of law and robe. Patients in New York and New Jersey can join NCI-sponsored clinical trials at many locations. For information about #clinicaltrials or cancer, please contact us at https://www.cancer.gov/contact or 1-800-4-CANCER The image, by the National Park Service, is in the public domain. Happy Fourth of July, everyone! #NCI #NIH --------------------------------- Happy Friday! Here is the latest entry in our "Where's the National Cancer Institute?" #quiz. Can you name this location? If so, please reply in the comments. We’ll follow the winner and post a caption over the weekend. #nciishere
Today, NCI's Genomic Data Commons introduced a collection of new tools that will allow users to interact intuitively with GDC data and promote the development of a true #cancer #genomics knowledge base. The collection is named DAVE for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Exploration tools. The hashtag is #surfwithDAVE. Please feel free to check the tools out here: https://gdc.cancer.gov/analyze-data/gdc-dave-tools #NCI #NIH #genomicdatacommons #data #innovation #datavisualization #cancerresearch #ncigdc
The NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) is central to NCI's efforts to reduce the unequal burden of cancer in our society. The Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) program offers training and career development opportunities to enhance and increase #diversity in the cancer and cancer health disparities research workforce. Today, CRCHD is hosting Celebrating 21 Years of the CURE Program by recognizing an exemplary group of current and former CURE scholars, mentors, and champions. You can watch the celebration live at 9 a.m. ET (06/27) here: https://videocast.nih.gov/live.asp?live=24796 #NCI #NIH #CURE21 #cancerresearch #healthdisparities
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