The Patients & Friends
Steering Committee
presents
Hot Topics in Cancer:
A Panel Discussion of
Recent Breakthroughs, Techniques, and Research
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Alumni Hall
University of Virginia
The Who, What & Why of Clinical Trials:
Do We Need Them to Cure Cancer?
Paula Fracasso, M.D., Ph.D. (view bio)
Deputy Director, U.Va. Cancer Center
The Jetsons Face Prostate Cancer
Robotic Prostatectomy—The Future is Today!
William Steers, M.D. (view bio)
Chairman, Department of Urology, U.Va.
Back to the Future: Medicinal Plants & Breast Cancer
Deborah Lannigan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology, U.Va.
Moderated by Peyton Taylor, M.D.
Associate Medical Director, U.Va. Cancer Center
To RSVP, please call 434-924-8432, or e-mail rsvp.hsdo@virginia.edu.
| Sponsored by U.Va. Imaging and Engaging the Mind |
Directions to Alumni Hall
211 Emmet Street
Across the street from the University’s Memorial Gymnasium.
Limited, free parking available either in the front or directly behind the building.
There is also parking in the Central Grounds Parking Garage,
located on Emmet Street. Please bring your ticket to the panel to be validated.
The Patients & Friends Research Fund supports promising cancer research at U.Va..
Patients & Friends is entirely volunteer-driven,
and every dollar raised goes directly to cancer research.
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