Clinical Trial Working Groups
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Goal for 2014: One concept from each institution. To date, we've received concepts from 10 institutions! The 15 concepts in the current BTCRC pipeline are outlined below.
Genitourinary
- Approved LOI: Renal cell carcinoma (Illinois)
- Concept: Prostate (Indiana)
- Co-chairs: Mark Stein (Rutgers), Ajjai Alva (Michigan)
- Next call: Friday, Nov. 7 at 9:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. CT
Thoracic
- Concepts:
- Non-small cell lung cancer (Indiana)
- Esophageal (Indiana)
- Non-small cell lung cancer (Michigan)
- Small cell lung cancer (Nebraska)
- Concept in process (not yet presented to CTWG): Non-small cell lung cancer with brain mets (Minnesota)
- Co-chairs: Arkadiusz Dudek (Illinois), Nasser Hanna (Indiana)
- Next call: Thursday, Oct. 9 at
3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT
Gastrointestinal
- Approved LOI: Hepatocellular (Indiana)
- Concepts:
- Esophageal (Iowa)
- Colorectal (Wisconsin)
- Neuroendocrine tumors (Indiana)
- Rectal (Rutgers)
- Co-chairs: Al B. Benson III (Northwestern), Salma Jabbour (Rutgers)
- Next call: Thursday, Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. CT
Breast
- Concepts:
- First line triple negative metastatic breast cancer (Penn State)
- Triple negative metastatic breast cancer (Rutgers)
- ER+ and/or PR+ and HER2- breast cancer (Illinois)
- Co-chairs: Deborah Toppmeyer (Rutgers), Kari Wisinski (Wisconsin)
- Next call: Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT
Gynecologic
- Initial invitations were sent out September 9. Please respond as soon as possible so the kick-off call can be scheduled.
Melanoma/Generalized Skin Cancer
- Initial invitations will be sent soon! Please respond as soon as possible so the kick-off call can be scheduled.
- Concept in process (not yet presented to CTWG): Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
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 Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a position he has served in interim since January. Dr. Platanias joined Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2002 as the cancer center's first deputy director and as a professor of oncology in Medicine-Hematology/Oncology. Read more.
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 The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska recently named Apar Kishor Ganti, MD, as the institution's representative on the BTCRC steering committee. Dr. Ganti is associate professor of oncology-hematology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. See Dr. Ganti's bio.
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BTCRC administrative headquarters continues our Q&A series covering topics of interest to our member institutions. This month, we address project management. Read our Q&A here.
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 Learn about the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, our featured member for October, in this conversation with Director Timothy Ratliff, PhD.
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- BTCRC meeting for Big Ten cancer center directors and administrators during the 2014 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting on Monday, Oct. 27, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. CT, at the Westin Chicago River North (Grant Lincoln Park Room), 320 N. Dearborn Street in Chicago. Appetizers and beverages will be provided. RSVP to Georgia Gould at [email protected] or call 317-643-5842, ext. 10.
- Thoracic Working Group meeting at the 2014 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology on Thursday, Oct. 30, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. CT at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. Conference room TBD.
- Breast Working Group meeting at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Thursday, Dec. 11, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. CT. Meeting location TBD.
- GI Working Group meeting at the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Jan. 15-17, 2015, in San Francisco. Meeting date, time, and location TBD.
- GU Working Group meeting at the 2015 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Feb. 26-28, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. Meeting date, time, and location TBD.
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Teaming up to fight cancer
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