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Pharmacogenomics of Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 49:14


Frank McCormick discusses how each protein is a problem in the use of pharmaceutics to combat cancer and suggests that developing a platform that can be used for anything is the process that will alter the future of cancer treatment. (September 16, 2008)

Hedgehog Signaling and Cancer: New Concepts and Therapeutic Opportunities

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 45:17


Anthony Oro, MD, PhD, discusses how Hedgehog signally is a model for a variety of morphogenetic signals, that taking stem cells to effect wound healing may have an important role in pathogenesis. (September 16, 2008)

Hodgkin's Disease: A Paradigm for Clinical Research

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 48:15


Dr. Saul Rosenberg discusses the history of diagnosis and treatment of Hodgkin's Disease and the remarkable improvement in curability since the 1960's. (September 15, 2008)

Targeted Anticancer Therapies

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 50:09


Stanford's Branimir Sikic discusses the importance of, and offers guidance to achieve the development of personalized medicines that are risk adapted genomic guided therapies which make a major impact on the disease. (September 15, 2008)

Chromosomal Aberrations: Entrees to Core Pathways and Biomarkers in Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 48:51


Dr. Michael Cleary discusses this work on the role of chromosomal aberrations in causing cancer and its implications for cancer treatment. (September 18, 2008)

Gynecologic Cancers: Translational Research Opportunities

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 55:21


Dr. John K. Chan, gyncecologic cancer specialist at the University of California - San Francisco Medical Center, discusses recent advances in the study of gynecologic cancers, focusing on novel therapeutics in ovarian cancer. (September 18, 2009)

Translational Research in Acute Leukemia

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 36:09


Dr. Linda M. Boxer discusses her research on acute leukemia. (September 18, 2008)

Translational Cancer Research in Urological Malignancies

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 30:16


Dr. James Brooks discusses his work on screening for and treatment of prostate cancer. (September 18, 2008)

Imaging of Immune Cell Trafficking Patterns Refines Development of Cell-Based Therapies

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 40:53


Professor Christopher Contag discusses immune cell trafficking patterns as they relate to recognition of minimal residual disease. (September 16, 2008)

Assessing Genetic Risk for Cancer: Stanford Clinical Cancer Genetics Program

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 41:42


Dr. James Ford, Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses possibilities for using genetic testing to predict and manage the risks of certain cancers. (September 17, 2008)

Targeted Therapy and Vaccines for Breast Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 40:10


Dr. Ellie Guardino discusses translational approaches to the development of targeted therapies and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer. (September 18, 2008)

The Ethical Conduct of Research

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 39:56


David Magnus, PhD, of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, discusses the abuse of ethics in scientific research. (September 17, 2008)

Breast Cancer Prevention Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 42:19


Stanford Professor of Medicine, Marcial L. Stefanick, PhD, discusses the history of research in prognosis and prevention of breast cancer and states the importance of healthy lifestyle choices. (September 17, 2008)

Head and Neck Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 28:26


Professor of Radiation Oncology, Quynh-Thu Le, MD, discusses how translational research has improved understanding of HNC pathogenesis and prognosis, prognostication and surveillance for relapse. (September 18, 2008)

Pediatrics Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 46:02


Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD, discusses the distinct biology of osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma and posits that future treatment of these rare diseases will require better biology based therapies. (September 18, 2008)

Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cells

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 57:43


Stanford Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology, Irving Weissman, MD, PhD, explains the results of his research in hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells. (September 15, 2008)

Cancer and Regenerative Medicine

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 45:50


Ronald Levy discusses the parallels between wound repair and regenerative medicine in cancer, and explores strategies to aid regenerative healing, prevent over-scarring, and heal critical sized defects through tissue engineering. (September 16, 2008)

Stem Cell Transplantation and Induction of Tolerance

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 23:30


Samuel Strober discusses several methods and keys to achieving tolerance in transplant patients as a process that takes time before immunosuppressant drugs can be withdrawn. (September 16, 2008)

Dendritic Cell Therapy

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 41:16


Dr. Edgar Engelman discusses dendritic cell based immunotherapy, focusing on experimental cancer treatments. (September 16, 2008)

Oncogenes and Cancer: Oncogene Addition, the Achilles Heal of Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 42:59


Dr. Dean Felsher discusses the role of oncogenes in the pathogenesis of cancer, the concept of oncogene addiction, and the therapeutic potential of treatments that inactivate particular oncogenes. (September 15, 2008)

Research in Palliative Care

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 36:58


Dr. James Hallenbeck discusses the history and future of palliative care research and how it overlaps with traditional oncology. (September 21, 2007)

Research at the Clinical Cancer Center

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 47:06


Dr. Steve Leibel discusses what research is and how it is conducted at the Stanford Cancer Center. (September 21, 2007)

Signaling Pathways: Wnt

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 50:07


Dr. Roland Nusse discusses how Wnt protein signaling pathways relate to colon cancer and their importance. (September 21, 2007)

Oncogenes and Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 30:42


Dr. Linda Boxer discusses genetic mutations and how they can potentially activate oncogenes. (September 21, 2007)

The Ethical Conduct of Research

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 44:51


Dr. David Magnus discusses responsible conduct of research and informed consent, the two pillars of research ethics. (September 21, 2007)

Imaging Research in Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 51:17


Dr. Sam Gambhir discusses how molecular imaging technology can be used to help diagnose, detect, and treat cancer. (September 20, 2007)

Anatomic Human Imaging

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 31:58


Dr. Garry Gold discusses the goals and uses of imaging in the medical field. (September 20, 2007)

Decision Analysis: Outcomes Research

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 40:29


Dr. Alan Garber discusses decision and cost-effective analysis in relation to health care. (September 20, 2007)

Mathematical Models of Cancer Screening Outcomes

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 42:05


Dr. Sylvia Plevritis discusses how mathematics can be used to help in cancer screening and the proportion of deaths that are prevented by screening. (September 20, 2007)

The Investigator Initiated Research Trial

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 41:17


Sandra Horning discusses and defines investigator research trials. (September 20, 2007)

Cancer Risk Assessment

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 43:10


Dr. James Ford discusses the process of assessing genetic risk for cancer and the procedures the Stanford Clinical Cancer Genetics Program has implemented. (September 21, 2007)

Signal Transduction: Leukemia

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 33:05


Beverly Mitchell lectures on Leukemia. (September 19, 2007)

Hedgehog Pathway

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 37:36


Philip Beachy lectures on hedgehog pathway, the development signaling pathways, and neoplastic growth. (September 19, 2007)

Cancer Biology

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 45:04


Michael Clearly lectures on abnormal nuclear contants in cancer cells and chromosomal aberrations. (September 19, 2007)

The Academic Research Laboratory - Industry Interaction

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 40:44


Garrison Fathman answers whether adoptive cellular gene therapy will overcome the risks of conventional gene therapy. (September 19, 2007)

Life Science Technology Transfer: Overview and Local Resources

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 47:58


Paul Yock lectures on the process of translating discoveries and local resources. (September 19, 2007)

Cancer Pharmacogenomics

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 41:22


Russ Altman lectures on Pharmacogenetics/ pharamacogenomics and discusses various types of cancer. (September 18, 2007)

How to Publish Scientific Results

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 52:18


Frank Stockdale lectures on publishing scientific results and the importance of scientific writings. (September 19, 2007)

How to Write a Grant Application

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 41:30


Sara L. Tobin discusses how to write a successful grant application. (September 19, 2007)

The NCCC Research Resource

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 49:10


Dee West lectures on the history and benefits of the NCCC. (September 18, 2007)

Psychosocial Research with Cancer Patients

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 52:51


Dr. David Spiegel discusses the emotional and psychological stressors of fighting cancer and other diseases. (September 21, 2008)

Development of Small Molecules for Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 48:43


Paul Wender lectures on his life lessons and the development of small molecules for cancer. (September 18, 2007)

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