Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and it adds more than $200 billion dollars per year in medical costs to the United States. In September, the National Press Foundation invited sixteen journalists to Washington, DC to take an in-depth look at cancer issues including the latest developments in cancer research as well as the controversies related to cancer screening and treatment.
Presentations
Selected Fellows
Work From our Cancer Fellows
Presentations
Where Do We Stand with Cancer? presented by Steven Patierno, Ph.D., Executive Director, GW Cancer Institute New Treatment Options for Breast Cancer, presented by Claudine Isaacs, M.D. FRCPC, Director, Clinical Breast Cancer Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
End of Life Issues in Cancer Care, presented by Carol Taylor, Ph.D, MSN, RN, Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center
Caring for a Child with Cancer, presented by Karen Sultan, mother of leukemia survivor Jamey Sultan
Causes of Cancer: Risk and Responsibility, presented by Peter G. Shields, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Oncology Deputy Director, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center
Surviving Childhood Cancer, presented by Aziza Shad, M.D., Amey Distinguished Professor of Neuro-Oncology and Childhood Cancer Director, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital
Developing Drugs to Treat Cancer and Clinical Trials: What Journalists Need to Know, presented by John Marshall, M.D., Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Georgetown University Hospital
Cancer and Minorities, presented by Kevin Joseph Cullen, M.D., Director and Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland
Cancer Screening: How Much is Too Much? Presented by Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor Chair, UCLA Department of Health Services University of California
Cancer Advocacy – A Cautionary Tale, presented by Paul Goldberg, Editor, The Cancer Letter
Cancer Legislation, presented by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL
Health Care Reform Panel, including U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady R-TX, U.S. Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D.R-TX, U.S. Rep Glenn “GT” Thompson R-PA, and U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, R-PA
Work from our Cancer Fellows
Breast cancer education: Who would object? by, Charlotte Sutton of the St. Petersburg Times
The New All Children's Hospital by, Charlotte Sutton of the St. Petersburg Times
Podcast: Action in the 2010 governor's race; health care update from D.C., by Jeff Cranson of the Grand Rapids Press
