Beyond NGS: Bionano Genome Mapping Reveals Structural Variation in Human Cancer and Genetic Disease
NC
Sven Bocklandt, PhD, Sr. Application Specialist, Bionano Genomics
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Medical and Surgical Oncology Lecture: New Options for Immunotherapy – Where We Are and Where We’re Going
NC
Please join the UNC Cancer Network for an online telehealth lecture with Benjamin Vincent, MD. Vincent will discuss new options for the use of immunotherapy in the field of oncology. Medical and Surgical Oncology lectures offer CNE, ASRT, and CME continuing education credit (upon approval) for eligible participants. We invite anyone interested to view our lectures. Lectures are viewable online via GoToWebinar or by participating in the lecture at one of our designated viewing sites. Please contact us for more information about GoToWebinar registration or to be connected with a site coordinator near you.
Corona Cares Supports the N.C. Cancer Hospital
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Throughout the month of August, Constellation Brands and all Corona wholesalers across the state have committed 25 cents of every case of Corona Extra and Corona Light sold and 100 percent of the donations from paper lime purchases to the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
RN and Allied Health Lecture: Pesticide Protective Behavior in Agriculture – A Cancer Prevention Strategy
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Please join the UNC Cancer Network for an online telehealth lecture with AnnMarie Walton, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN, CHES. Research indicates that individuals in the agricultural industry who come in to contact with certain pesticides have an increased risk of developing leukemia and other cancers. This lecture will review a study done to understand which pesticide protective behaviors, mandated to be taught by the Worker Protection Standard, farmworkers actually practice. It will also provide insights into clinical considerations in caring for this patient population. RN and Allied Health lectures offer CNE and ASRT continuing education credit for eligible participants. We invite anyone interested to view our lectures. Lectures are viewable online via GoToWebinar or by participating in the lecture at one of our designated viewing sites. Please contact us for more information about GoToWebinar registration or to be connected with a site coordinator near you.
Bcl-2 proteins and fine tuning sensitivity to apoptosis
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Andrew Gilmore, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, Member, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Pl 3-Kinase and Cancer Metabolism
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Lewis Cantley, PhD, Meyer Director, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Professor of Cancer Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Medical and Surgical Oncology Lecture: Renal Cell Carcinoma – Past, Present, and Future
NC
Please join the UNC Cancer Network for an online telehealth lecture with Tracy Rose, MD, MPH. This lecture will provide an overview of the epidemiology of kidney cancer and provide information on recent advances in treatment. Medical and Surgical Oncology lectures offer CNE, ASRT, and CME continuing education credit (upon approval) for eligible participants. We invite anyone interested to view our lectures. Lectures are viewable online via GoToWebinar or by participating in the lecture at one of our designated viewing sites. Please contact us for more information about GoToWebinar registration or to be connected with a site coordinator near you.
Establishing a Clinical Genomics Program at an Academic Medical Center
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Jason Merker, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Co-Director, Stanford Medicine Clinical Genomics Program
Low-cost disposable point-of-care bioanalytical devices based on porous materials for detection of pathogens
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Paul Yager, PhD, Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
RN and Allied Health Lecture: Management of Malignant Pain in the Era of an Opioid Epidemic
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Please join the UNC Cancer Network for an online telehealth lecture with Meredith D. Keisler, PharmD, BCOP, CPP. It is estimated that over 50 percent of cancer patients will experience pain associated with their diagnosis, many of whom will require opioid therapy. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, opioids, prescription and illicit, are the main driver of drug overdose deaths in the US. Between 2014-2015, there was a 14.5 percent increase in drug overdose death rates in North Carolina. This lecture will discuss management of pain in an oncology setting while considering risk factors for opioid abuse and addiction. RN and Allied Health lectures offer CNE and ASRT continuing education credit (upon approval) for eligible participants. We invite anyone interested to view our lectures. Lectures are viewable online via GoToWebinar or by participating in the lecture at one of our designated viewing sites. Please contact us for more information about GoToWebinar registration or to be connected with a site coordinator near you.