By Denis Wirtz and colleagues. Fresh from Cancer Research Communications press! Showing how cancer cell generated EVs respond to altering #ECM mechanics (variations on #TME niches) to promote metastatic breast cancer dissemination

Improving Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer in High-Risk Patients - ASCO Post.
Important study by PRECEDE Consortium.See if you should be screened. precedestudy.org ⁦Diane Simeone⁩ ⁦UC San Diego Health⁩ ascopost.com/news/april-202…

The perfect bag does exist! #lcsm #endcancer #AcademicTwitter #GirlPower #Science

You're invited to join us at Together Facing Melanoma and Skin Cancer, a free educational workshop happening on May 8, 2024. The program will feature a panel of Fox Chase clinicians discussing promising treatments for melanoma and skin cancer: bit.ly/442FGDU

Congratulations to my colleague and friend Lucia Borriello who was awarded a PA Breast Cancer Coalition award. Her research will definitely make an impact to improve the life and outcomes of breast cancer patients. Go on, Lucia!

Many congratulations to Fox Chase Cancer Center's Dr. Camille Ragin for winning the Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Award! Read more: bit.ly/3UhLCpg AACR camille ragin

It’s the one big nationwide annual fund raising event for pancreatic cancer research and education. Unlike many diseases, we don’t have a lot of survivors able to advocate for themselves- Betty is one of the special few. Donate what you can.

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The 3 hardest things to learn as a scientist:
1. Trust the data, even when it’s not what you expected,
2. Trust the data, allowing it to change your direction,
3. Trust the data, but not too much: test with new data at every turn.

ICYMI: I have always been bothered by the fact that the vast majority of patients diagnosed with #PancreaticCancer have no single attributable risk factor. How can we identify more of such at-risk individuals BEFORE they get diagnosed, often with advanced stage disease?
Grateful

In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers from Fox Chase have shown that a newly developed compound was able to block necroptosis, a type of cell death following infection with the influenza virus. Read more from Siddharth Balachandran, PhD: bit.ly/3VWiFjQ

We've got another special issue at #MatrixBiology journal! Why submit? Because Yoshi! Yoshi Ishikawa

Exciting day hosting the distinguished lecturer Dr Mariano Barbacid CNIO Stop Cancer at Fox Chase Cancer Center

LKSOM community: Join the Status of Women Faculty as we host 2024 LKSOM Spring Faculty Development Workshop on May 17 from 8:30-noon.

‘Twas the night before our Society of Surgical Oncology interviews…

What a great group of current #CGSO fellows Fox Chase Cancer Center Temple Health ! Leah Winer ☮️ 🟦 Asad Azim Jenny Held Basheer Elsolh, MD MPH FRCSC James Sun, MD Denise Wong

Don’t you want to be one? 🤩 Could not be more proud of this group!

A must read review by the amazing Ralph Francescone Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D (@CukiermanLab alumni and former Fox Chase Cancer Center Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute ) together with Howard Crawford on #fibroblast function in #PancreaticCancer

Hot off the presses! Just wanted to share our perspective piece on fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer! Great working with wifey Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D and boss Howard Crawford to convey our mindset when working with CAFs. Hope it sparks discussion! CMGH
cmghjournal.org/article/S2352-…

📢CAP-IT PIs are currently seeking talented individuals for postdoctoral associate positions!
Explore these #jobopportunities at our U54 centers at BCMHouston and Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Join us in advancing our mission! 👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓
#Jobs #jobsearch #PhD #postdoc

The #TME working group is lucky to have you! #AACR24

Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment for the Benefit of Cancer Patients: The AACR Tumor Microenvironment Working Group addressed this topic during its #AACR24 Town Hall, moderated by Steering Committee Chair Mikala Egeblad and Chair-Elect Edna Cukierman. Mikala Egeblad Dr. Edna Cukierman, Ph.D.