The latest news and events from the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium.

Big Ten CRC News & Events
April 2017


Across the Consortium:   Current Edition   *   Awareness Month Feature:   Colorectal Cancer
Study tests CDK, AR inhibitors in AR+ TNBC

A new Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium study, led by Ruth O'Regan, MD, of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, is taking aim at androgen receptor positive triple negative breast cancer.

Pembrolizumab, Imprime PGG in NSCLC study

A Big Ten CRC study led by Lawrence Feldman, MD, of the University of Illinois Cancer Center, is testing pembrolizumab with Imprime PGG for metastatic non-small lung cancer patients whose tumors progressed during or after treatment with first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

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Big Ten CRC meetings at ASCO

The Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium will host meetings for the Big Ten CRC Foundation, Cancer Center Directors, Steering Committee, and Clinical Trial Working Groups during ASCO 2017.

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Member Feature
  • Get to know: Mark Stein, MD (pictured left)
  • Perspectives: Steven K. Libutti, MD, FACS (pictured right), director, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University; senior vice president of oncology services for RWJBarnabas Health.
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University of Illinois Cancer Center
Member Feature
  • Get to know: Lawrence Feldman, MD (pictured left)
  • Perspectives: Robert Winn, MD (pictured right), director, University of Illinois Cancer Center; associate vice chancellor for community based practice
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