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Lone Cancer Survivor Begins 1,700 Mile Paddle for Two Million Men Battling Prostate Cancer
High-School Instructor and Kayaker from Massachusetts Departs Chicago on 54-day Awareness Trek
CHICAGO, IL, June 14, 2008 — Nine months a year Skip Ciccarelli, a 60-year-old survivor of prostate cancer, is a high school carpentry instructor at Shawsheen Technical High School in the Boston suburb of Billerica. This morning he became the champion of two million American men battling prostate cancer. Setting out on a 54-day, 1,700 mile kayak trek that will take him from the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago to the Hudson River in New York City, Ciccarelli is determined to raise awareness for one of the most prevalent forms of cancer, second only to melanomas.
Prostate Cancer Foundation Announces New Internet and E-mail Addresses
SANTA MONICA, CA, June 5, 2008 — The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), the world's leading philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research, has announced a new World Wide Web address, www.pcf.org.
Prostate Cancer Foundation Grants More than $19 Million to Cancer Research Programs
2008 Challenge Awards Go to Eight Research Programs to Drive Scientific Discovery and Battle Prostate Cancer
SANTA MONICA, CA, June 4, 2008—The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has committed more than $19 million in new research funding for scientific investigations focused on discovering new treatments for recurrent prostate cancer. A total of eight programs representing 18 leading research institutions and 36 researchers were selected as part of the foundation's 2008 Challenge Awards. The funded programs will receive the first of three annual payments, ranging between $500,000 and $1.0 million per program, this week.
Prostate Cancer Foundation Partners with AACR to Recognize Promising Young Cancer Researchers
Awardees Honored at AACR Annual Meeting 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 24, 2008 – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation, creating the AACR-Prostate Cancer Foundation Recognition Awards for Research Excellence. Recently given at the AACR Annual Meeting 2008, the awards provide financial support for early-career scientists to travel to AACR scientific meetings to present exceptional proffered papers in the field of translational prostate cancer research.
Safeway Inc. and the Prostate Cancer Foundation to Fund Landmark Prostate Cancer Research Collaboration
S.T.A.R. Program Brings Together Researchers from North America's Leading Prostate Cancer Centers
WASHINGTON, DC, November 15, 2007 – Safeway Inc. and the Prostate Cancer Foundation today announced they will collectively donate $6 million to fund the S.T.A.R. Program (for Special Team Amplification of Research), an innovative research initiative focused on exploring the role of targeted heat in cancer therapy to treat prostate cancer, as well as other research strategies.
Leading Researchers to Reveal Comprehensive Dos and Don'ts for Prostate Cancer
Avoiding Prostate Cancer and Living Better after Diagnosis Subject of "Lifestyle" Panel
LAKE TAHOE, CA, October 13, 2007 – Lake Tahoe, CA, October 13, 2007–Today at the Prostate Cancer Foundation's Annual Scientific Retreat, researchers will share new findings on how eating common foods such as tomatoes and fish, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding meats cooked at high temperatures may help prevent prostate cancer, and help men live healthier and longer after diagnosis. One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, and an estimated 218,890 cases will occur in The United States this year.
David H. Koch – Prostate Cancer Foundation Nano-Medicine Gift Announced
$5 Million Award Creates Collaborative Team Across Four Leading Research Institutions
LAKE TAHOE, CA, October 12, 2007 – One of the largest-ever individual donations for prostate cancer research will unite researchers across institutions and disciplines in the field of nanotechnology. This research team, created by the Prostate Cancer Foundation, will seek to develop a novel nano-medicine that can be given intravenously and delivered directly to targeted prostate tumors. The five million dollar gift by philanthropist and business leader David H. Koch was announced at the Foundation's Annual Scientific Retreat.
New Molecules Discovered that Block Cancer Cells from Modifying Cell DNA
LAKE TAHOE, CA, October 11, 2007 – Researchers have discovered new small molecules that may prevent prostate cancer cells from turning off normal genes in a process that transforms normal cells into cancer cells. This significant discovery in the field of epigenetics has immediate implications in the development of new diagnostic tests and cancer medications. The findings were presented today at the Prostate Cancer Foundation's annual Scientific Retreat. Funding for the research was provided by the Prostate Cancer Foundation, as well as from the National Cancer Institute and the Avon Foundation.
New Research May Show Why Some Prostate Cancer Recurs After Treatment
Cancer Cells Contain Building Blocks for Cancer "Fuel"
LAKE TAHOE, CA, October 11, 2007 – Cancer researchers have long worked to understand why some prostate cancers recur after the use of therapies designed to stop the production of testosterone and other androgens that fuel cancer cell growth. New research has now detected that androgen-synthesizing proteins are present within cancer cells, which suggests that cancer cells may develop the capacity to produce their own androgens.
New Genetic Cause Identified in Prostate Cancer Development
Research Studies Funded by Prostate Cancer Foundation Help Find a Master "On" Switch for Prostate Cancer
SANTA MONICA, Calif., August 6, 2007 – Data from a new study implicates a specific genetic change as an underlying cause of prostate cancer development, according to a report published August 1, 2007, in Nature. The finding revealed that prostate cancer really is a set of different cancers that are "turned on" by a common "master switch" gene.
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