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This #FathersDay, we have teamed up with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) and the Prostate Cancer Foundation (@PCFnews) to make sure you’re encouraging the men in your life to get screened. Learn more at pcf.org/getscreened
Dr Leland Chung: brilliant giant in defining the tumor micro environment; generous&wise supporting trainees and all young dedicated scientists; kind beyond power of words.
Cheers to @NimaSharifiMD from the Prostate Cancer Foundation still reverberating out of Santa Monica!
3/3 Tommy asked once: “Doc who is in the Cancer Research Hall of Fame?” Answer:Dr Charles Huggins Nobelist+ I quoted Huggins: “I wake every morning believing in three things. Hard work, young people, and cures for cancer.” Tommy: “Damn Right Doc. Must have been a DODGERS FAN!”
1/3 MLB HOF+PCF Honorary Board Member Tommy Lasorda died yesterday @ 93. PCF celebrates his life pcf.org/tommy-lasorda/ For 3,000+ in PCF researcher family in 22 countries: Tommy used protean media influence in 60 game broadcasts to support > $50M raised for PCF Research
2/3 Tommy with our many MLB team owner partners and MLB players +Fox Sports all led by Mike Milken and Larry Shamart changed the course of R+D history for increasing the curability of prostate cancer and lowering global death rates
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PCF Research Enterprise Colleagues- the below intensive scholarship and perspective contribution is a vital part of our 2021 Foundation Strategy
Men and families should check out @alroker bravery and goodness @TODAYshow. >3 million American men and families have faced down prostate cancer in the US. Visit @PCFnews for more information about knowing your risks and getting checked.
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Love and best wishes to @alroker on a successful surgery and recovery next week. We are grateful for your partnership and leadership - even before your diagnosis – in raising awareness. Thank you for openly sharing your story so more men get checked & survive prostate cancer. 🙏🏼
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At 12pmET today we unveil the inaugural @AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report in a virtual Congressional Briefing. This first-of-its-kind report will highlight cancer health disparities and the vital importance of disparities research to saving lives.
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The grim reality is that the research-driven progress against cancer has not benefited everyone equally. The AACR urges all stakeholders committed to eliminating cancer health disparities. bit.ly/2RDORWJ
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Addressing the social determinants of health will be key to reducing and eliminating cancer health disparities. bit.ly/3mr6qYv #CancerDisparitiesReport #HealthEquity
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Disparities in cancer screening rates among different groups must be addressed to achieve #healthequity. bit.ly/3c4xZSq #CancerDisparitiesReport
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Despite spectacular progress against the collection of diseases we call cancer since the National Cancer Act of 1971, not everyone has benefited equally. We need to continue to work to eradicate cancer disparities. bit.ly/35Ho9F3 #CancerDisparitiesReport
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Robert F. Smith does it again: A year after wiping out student debt for Morehouse College grads, he donates $1.9M to the Prostate Cancer Foundation for research and development of a database and a test that can defeat the disease by spitting into a tube.
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This call to action by @RFS_Vista resonates with where @PCFNews has been and is going: @PCF_Science working to eliminate inequities in prostate cancer
Companies can make practical commitments to achieve economic justice, @RFS_Vista writes. Here's how: wapo.st/30d4Tei
Please join me today!
Join us TOMORROW at 9am PST/12pm EST right here on @PCFnews for our conversation around the HITCH Trial with the @DeptVetAffairs!
PCF science leaders, along with our colleagues at the VA, will be discussing TMPRSS2 and the intersection between #COVID19 and prostate cancer.
“I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by… Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail 1963
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#BREAKING This has been a truly historic week, with two new treatment options receiving FDA approval for men with advanced prostate cancer. Today, olaparib was approved by the FDA for certain metastatic prostate cancers. pcf.org/blog/breaking-news-f…