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Putting treatments for kids with cancer on the fast track
 Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: June
29, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Fiore
case shows questions about bias will grow as corporate giving
grows
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: July
1, 2008
Byline: Deborah
Ziff
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD talks about pediatric oncology
research and the upcoming Kids with Courage event.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: July
1, 2008
Putting
treatments for kids with cancer on the fast track
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: June
29, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Tapping
acupuncture: More studies and doctors back its use to limit side
effects of cancer treatments
Lu Marchand, MD, is quoted in this article.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: June
15, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Pain and Policy Studies Group talk about access to pain medications
in other countries.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: June
17, 2008
Restoring organs: making treasures out of trash
Dr. Doug McNeel talks about his passion for restoring pipe organs.
Media: HemOnc
Today
Date: June
10, 2008
Dr. Juliet Gunkel discussed skin cancer prevention.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: June
10, 2008
Dr. Kyle Holen recaps the ASCO conference.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: June
3, 2008
Osteoporosis
drug targets breast cancer relapse; In study of Zometa, treatment
reduced recurrence by 36%
Amye Tevaarwerk, MD, is quoted in this article.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: May
31, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Healthy
People 2020: National agenda shifts to risks, roots of disease
Patrick
Remington, MD, MPH is quoted in this article.
Media: amednews.com
Date: June
2, 2008
Byline: Victoria
Stagg Elliott
Dr.
John Kuo
talks to Sunny 97.7 about brain cancer research
Media: Sunny
97.7
Date: May
23, 2008
Byline: Glen
Stensland
Precision tools improve brain cancer prognosis
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: May
22, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Dr. Toby Campbell discusses 'chemo brain'.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: May
13, 2008
It's never too late to quit
Women who give up smoking can reverse health hazards, study says
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: May
6, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Dr. Noelle LoConte and one of her patients talk about geriatric
oncology
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: May
6, 2008
Dr. Mark Albertini discusses melanoma and prevention AM 1550,
WTUX "All About Living" hosted by Carol
Koby.
Media: WTUX
AM 1550
Date: May
3, 2008
Dr. Jim Cleary discusses palliative care.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: April
23, 2008
Dr. Greg Hartig talks about head
and neck cancers and promotes the oral cancer screening.
Media: WISC
TV Channel 3
Date: April
23, 2008
Dr. Walter
Longo and one of his patients talks with
Channel 15.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: April
15, 2008
Dr. Toby Campbell explains his research on cancer
pain management, chemotherapy and nerve damage.
Media: ABC
News
Date: April
10, 2008
Amy Conlon from the UWCCC Cancer Control program discusses the
5th Annual Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Control Summit.
Media: WTDY
AM Radio
Date: April
9, 2008
Tomorrow's Hope plans event benefiting UWCCC
Media: Watertown
Daily News
Date: April
7, 2008
Byline: Steve
Sharp
Former
fire chief given second chance at life.
Dr. Walter Longo is featured in this story about one of his patients
who recently had a successful bone marrow transplant.
Media: Wausau
Daily Herald
Date: April
7, 2008
Byline: Jocelyn
Berkhahn
Dr. Minesh
Mehta discusses new study concerning cell phones and brain tumors.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: April
1, 2008
Skill
of a surgeon, hand of a robot.
Dr. David Kushner featured.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: March
19, 2008
Byline: David
Wahlberg
Dr. Perry
Pickhardt discusses virtual colonoscopy and how it saved his dad's
life.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: March
18, 2008
Anti
smoking
drugs go up in smoke: Anti-smoking treatments offer a way to
help smokers kick the habit, but how effective are they really?
Doug Jorenby quoted.
Media: CNNMoney.com
Date: March
14, 2008
Byline: Aaron
Smith
Protein linked to cancer's spread:
Study says it makes breast tumors more aggressive
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: March
13, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Dr.
Kyle Holen on Conversations with Larry Meiller
Media: Wisconsin
Public Radio
Date: March
11, 2008
Dr. James
Louis Hinshaw and a patient will be discussing radio frequency
ablation
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: March
11, 2008
Exercise
seen as survival factor - Amy Trentham-Dietz discusses results
of study
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: March
9, 2008
Byline: David
Wahlberg
Drs.
Kyle Holen and Herb Chen study drug 'ZM336372' to treat neuroendocrine
tumors
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: March
9, 2008
Byline: David
Wahlberg
Bill
seen as cure for ailing policy:
'Drive-through' mastectomies spur lawmakers, patients to act.
Dr. James Stewart
quoted.
Media: Chicago
Tribune
Date: March
9, 2008
Byline: Whitney
Blair Wyckoff
Cancer
Personal For Uw Scientist: Patricia Keely Is Fighting Cancer
On Two Fronts
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: March
7, 2008
Byline: Anita
Clark
Smoking
Gene:
Genetics may someday help smokers decide the best way to quit
Doug Jorenby quoted.
Media: scienceline.org
Date: March
5, 2008
Byline: Karina
Hamalainen
Bowlers
Try To Strike Out Cancer In Fundraiser: Event Raised More Than
$129,000 For Research
Media: Channel
3000 - WISC 3 TV
Date: March
3, 2008
Group Releases Report On Women's Health In Wisconsin.
Dr.
Teri Woods quoted
Media: Channel
3000 - WISC 3 TV
Date: February
28, 2008
Alternate-day
dieting adds variety to weight loss
Media: Chicago
Tribune
Date: February
26, 2008
Byline: Leslie
Goldman
UWCCC
members Anderson and Kendziorski's paper on the discovery
of a gene expression pathway that exerts a sweeping influence
over the process of oxidative stress
Media: Nature
Date: February
21, 2008
U.S. cancer deaths take turn upward
But nation's overall mortality rate declines
Dr. Jim Cleary addresses trends in mortality
and new cancer cases in adults in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
article on the 2008 American Cancer Society data.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: February
19, 2008
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Dr. Kyle
Holen will be interviewed about cancer myths on Madison's
Channel 15 TV.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date: February
19, 2008
Dr.
Toby Campbell has begun blogging twice a week for the
website HemOnc Today.
Media: HemOnc
Today
Date: February
13, 2008
Dr.
Noelle Loconte will be interviewed for the April issues of Wisconsin
Woman and Inspire magazines
for the "Sue Ann Says" column. She will discuss colorectal
cancer.
Media: Wisconsin
Woman and Inspire magazines
Date: February
12, 2008
Dr.
Lu Marchand will be interviewed for a story on complementary
medicine for the April issue of Wisconsin
Woman.
Media: Wisconsin
Woman Magazines
Date: February
12, 2008
Dr. Lu Marchand will be interviewed about integrative medicine
as it relates to treatment of cancer patients on Madison's Channel
15 TV.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date:
February 5, 2008
WISC-TV
will be mentioning the use of Endobronchial Ultrasound at UWCCC
for lung cancer staging.
Media: WISC-TV
Date: February
5, 2008
WISC-TV
will run a story on cervical cancer featuring an interview
with Dr. David Kushner who will also be tapes doing a robotic
surgery.
Media: WISC-TV
Date: January
30, 2008
Dr. David Jarrard
has been interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentineal for
a story on study markers that may be linked to prostate cancer
risk.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: January
29, 2008
WISC-TV
will be doing an in-depth story on cervical cancer. Dr. David
Kushner will be interviewed about the risks, treatment, HPB
and robotic surgery.
Media: WISC-TV
Date: January
29, 2008
Dr. Laurel
Rice will be interviewed about issues related to cervical
cancer on Madison's Channel 15 TV.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date:
January 22, 2008
Sugar molecules used to improve, develop drugs
The UW-Madison pharmacy professor and UWCCC member Jon Thorson
works with sugar molecules that enable natural compounds to fight
cancer or infections -- or avoid unwanted side effects.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: January
19, 2008
Byline: David
Wahlberg
5
gene variants may help show prostate cancer risk, study says
Men with a combination of five specific gene variants and a
family history of prostate cancer are nine times as likely to
develop the disease, a new study shows. Dr. David Jarrard comments
on the study.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: January
16, 2008
Dr. Toby
Campbell will be interviewed about
palliative care and lung cancer on Madison's Channel 15 TV.
Media: WMTV
15 Your Health segment
Date:
January 15, 2008
WISC-TV
will run a story on radon and lung cancer featuring an interview
with Dr. Anne Traynor.
Media: WISC-TV
Date: January
9, 2008
Dr.
Michael Fiore: It's a great time to quit smoking, and we can
help
After a long delay, the state now has a new two-year budget.
And, thanks to the tobacco tax bump it contains, it is positioned
to forge a healthier Wisconsin.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: November
26, 2007
Milwaukee
ranks at bottom of health categories in the State
Each year, the UW Population Health Institute publishes the
Wisconsin County Health Rankings, a county-by-county report
on the health of residents. Pat Remington, Associate Director
of the UWCCC Cancer Control and Outreach discusses the findings.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: November
18, 2007
Stephen
Nakada, MD discusses cryoablation for small renal tumors
Dr. Nakada talks about removing kidney tumors without surgery.
Media: YourCancerToday.com
Date: November
16, 2007
Breast
cancer survivors face another battle: As patients live longer,
they face heart complications caused by the cure
Dr. James Stewart, UWCCC medical oncologist discusses the cardiac
risks for breast cancer patients.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: November
10, 2007
Byline: John
Fauber
UW-Madison
ranks first in research expenditures
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley likes to describe the zeal
with which the university 's faculty and staff send off research
proposals each year like this: "It
would be a stack of paper way higher than the Capitol. "
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: November
7, 2007
Byline: Heather
LaRoi
Student
Overcomes Brain Tumor to Compete in New York Marathon
Dr. John Kuo, UW neurosurgeon is interviewed by WISC-TV in connection
with this story.
Media: Channel3000.com
Date: November
6, 2007
UW
chemist works to keep bacteria from becoming virulent
UW-Madison chemist and cancer center member Helen Blackwell
is highlighted for her work with keeping bacteria from becoming
virulent.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: November
4, 2007
Byline: Heather
LaRoi
Deep
freeze: UW Hospital among the first to use cold to kill cancer
UW patient Paul Spankowski is treated with freezing technique
called cryoablation.
Media: The
Capital Times
Date: October
27, 2007
Byline: Anita
Weier
Pink
bicycle rack sales aid breast cancer fight
What's a bicycle rack got to do with breast cancer? It's pink
in color, it may be a good source of money in the effort to
find a cure for the disease.
Media: The
Capital Times
Date: October
2007
Byline: James
Edward Mills
UW
Palliative Care Unit: An alternative to hospice
UW Hospital and Clinics have opened up a 10-bed Palliative Care
Unit that expands the choices of care for the seriously ill
and dying in the Madison area.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: October
21, 2007
Byline: David
Wahlberg
HPV
test helps find cancer, study indicates
Dr. Anthony Evans, gynecologic oncologist at UWCCC, comments
on the new HPV test for cervical cancer.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: October
17, 2007
Byline: Susanne
Rust
Not
everyone benefits from lower cancer rates
UWCCC's Dr. Patrick Remington comments on the decline in cancer
death rates.
Media: Wisconsin
Radio Network
Date: October
15, 2007
Byline: Jackie
Johnson
UW-Madison
researchers wage war on cancer stem cells
Dr. John Kuo, UW neurosurgeon and UWCCC member, is highlighted
for his work on cancer stem cells. Also mentioned in the article
are UWCCC members and researchers Wade Bushman, and Caroline
Alexander.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: October
5, 2007
Byline: David
Wahlberg
Perry
Pickhardt research on virtual colonoscopy highlighed
Having an X-ray to look for signs of colon cancer may soon be
an option for those who dread the traditional scope exam. Two
of the largest studies yet of "virtual
colonoscopy" show the experimental technique works just as
well...
Media: Associated
Press
Date: October
4, 2007
Byline: Stephanie
Nano
In
India, a Quest to Ease the Pain of the Dying
David E. Joranson, director of the Pain and Policy Study Group,
is cited in the New York Times article on India's use of pain
medication.
Media: The
New York Times
Date: September
11, 2007
Byline: Donald
G. McNeil Jr.
Drugs
Banned, Many of World’s Poor Suffer in Pain
David E. Joranson, director of the Pain and Policy Study Group,
is cited in the New York Times article on pain amongst the world's
poor.
Media: The
New York Times
Date: September
10, 2007
Byline: Donald
G. McNeil Jr.
Know
Your Madisonian: Peggy Wiederholt, UWCCC Oncology Nurse Coordinator
Peggy Wiederholt is featured in the Wisconsin State Journal's
weekly "Know
Your Madisonian" column.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: July
15, 2007
Byline: Melanie
Conklin
Study
Focuses On Early Detection Of Ovarian Cancer
Dr. A.C. Evans comments on new research that demonstrates that
the certain symptoms are much more likely to occur in women
with ovarian cancer than women in the general population. Recognizing
these early symptoms will hopefully lead to early diagnosis
and higher cure rates. Read
more about the research.
Media: Capital
Times
Date: June
13, 2007
NIH
awards nearly $21 million to fund cutting-edge research equipment
Nearly $1.5 million is awarded to Paul DeLuca, Vice
Dean at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and member
of UWCCC's Imaging and Radiation Sciences Program. Positron
emission tomography tracer development and production equipment
will be purchased to facilitate research involving cancer, neuroscience,
cardiovascular, and regenerative medicine.
Media: Eureka
Alert
Date: June
12, 2007
Drug
for thyroid cancer shows potential
Dr. Herb Chen, thyroid cancer specialist at UWCCC comments on
an experimental drug that dramatically slowed tumor growth in
patients with advanced-stage thyroid cancer.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: June
10, 2007
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Cadmium
Tied To Zinc, Smoking
Women who smoke and take zinc supplements are more likely to
have higher levels of cadmium in their urine, a UW-Madison study
found. The study was lead by Jane McElroy, PhD at the UWCCC.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: June
10, 2007
Byline: David
Wahlberg
Pharmacyclics
drug helps find brain cancer-study
Xcytrin showed promise in helping improve the effectiveness
of radiosurgery treatment and in detecting hard to find cancerous
brain lesions according to Dr. Minesh Mehta, UWCCC radiation
oncologist.
Media: Reuters
Date: June
3, 2007
Byline: Bill
Berkrot
Radiation
benefits expand, research says
Post-chemotherapy treatment found to help in lung cancer
Giving preventive radiation to the brains of lung cancer patients
who've responded to chemotherapy significantly improves survival.
Dr. Deepak Khuntia, UWCCC radiation oncologist, comments on the
study.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: June
2, 2007
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Firm
has hopes for prostate vaccine
Madison company working on drug to fight cancer's spread
A prostate cancer vaccine developed by Dr. Doug McNeel, UWCCC
medical oncologist, will be developed by ProSentinel LLC.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: June
2, 2007
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
Cancer
care shouldn't stop with survival, doctors say
Drs. Jim Stewart and Jim Cleary, UWCCC medical oncologists,
comment on continuing care for cancer survivors.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: June
1, 2007
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
The
Age Factor
Dr. James Stewart, UWCCC medical oncologist, discusses breast
cancer treatment in older patients.
Media: Cure
Magazine
Date: Spring
2007 Vol 6 No 3
Byline: Charlotte
Huff
Sugar
holds sweet promise: Start-up will use chemistry to improve
drugs
Centrose LLC says it has a proprietary technology that uses
sugar molecules to make drugs less toxic and more effective.
Jon S. Thorson, UWCCC member, is a co-founder of Centrose.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: May
23, 2007
Byline: Kathleen
Gallagher
Record
set in kids cancer radiothon
Listeners responding in overwhelming numbers to Connie and Fish's
39 hours of live broadcasting from University of Wisconsin Children's
Hospital topped last year's donations by $150,000.
Media: The
Capital Times
Date: May
21, 2007
Byline: Mary
Rathbun
Double
visioning: Annual MRI recommended in addition to mammogram
for women at high risk
New guidelines, released in late March, recommend the procedure
only for women with at least a 20% to 25% lifetime risk of the
disease.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: May
20, 2007
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
TomoTherapy
starts impressively
TomoTherapy Inc. made a big splash today in its debut as a public
company.
Media: Capital
Times
Date: May
9, 2007
Byline: Jeff
Richgels
Initial
public offering on deck
TomoTherapy builds cutting-edge device for radiation therapy
TomoTherapy Inc., founded in 1997 by cancer specialists at the
UW-Madison, joins the ranks of public companies next week when
it completes an initial public offering.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: May
5, 2007
Byline: Avrum
D. Lank
10
years of healthier women
Dr. Michael Fiore, a professor of medicine at UW-Madison School
of Medicine & Public
Health and director of the university's Center for Tobacco Research
and Intervention talks about his involvement with Wisconsin Women's
Health Foundation.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: April
30, 2007
Byline: Heather
LaRoi
Near
tragedy aids cancer research
Thanks to the efforts of Chris Funk and wife Brandi, Madison,
the first ever brain tumor professorship will be established
at the UWCCC.
Media: Green
Bay Press Gazette
Date: April
10, 2007
Byline: Dian
Page
Gene
tests help women assess their risk of breast cancer
Michael Gould, UWCCC member, has identified two new patches
of DNA that appear to influence many women's chances of developing
breast cancer.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: April
9, 2007
Byline: David
Wahlberg
Panel
Endorses New Anti-Tumor Treatment
The first therapy (Provenge) that would direct a cancer patient’s
own immune system to attack tumors moved a step closer to approval
yesterday when it was endorsed by a federal advisory committee.
Media: New
York Times
Date: March
30, 2007
The
State of Cancer
Kyle Holen, MD discusses cancer today, from how society copes...
to developing new treatments.
Media: Wisconsin
Public Radio
Date: March
29, 2007
Physical
and Emotional Impact of Breast Cancer
Dr. Amye Tervaarwerk, fellow in the department of Medical Oncology,
UWCCC and Musa Mayer, 18-year survivor, advocate and author of “Advanced
Breast Cancer: A Guide to Living with Metastatic Disease” speak
to Kathleen Dunn
Media: Wisconsin
Public Radio
Date: March
23, 2007
Show: Conversations
with Kathleen Dunn
Credit
Union Executives Society hope to raise $75,000 for UWCCC Lung
Cancer Research Program
Source: cues.org
Date: March
21, 2007
Fighting
for a Cure: Local Man Battles Colon Cancer
Dr. Kyle Holen, UWCCC oncologist specializing in colon cancer
is featured on the WMTV-15 web site.
Source: WMTV-15
/ nbc15.com
Date: March
21, 2007
Congress
Warned of Flat Funding
A consortium of eight leading U.S. scientific and medical institutions,
including UWCCC, is warning Congress in a report released this
afternoon that persistent flat funding of biomedical research
could thwart advances in treatments for such diseases as cancer
and Alzheimer's disease, and erode U.S. dominance in science.
Media: The
Johns Hopkins University Gazette
Date: March
19, 2007
Byline: Gary
Stephenson
Attacking
cancer from the inside
Jamey Weichert, UWCCC member and co-founder of Cellectar, a
Madison biotech firm is featured in the Wisconsin State Journal.
Weichert is also head of the Small
Animal Imaging facility at UWCCC.
Media: Wisconsin
State Journal
Date: March
11, 2007
Byline: Judy
Newman
Redefining
'best' cancer treatments: Gene testing lessens call for chemotherapy
Dr. Teresa Darcy, medical director for clinical laboratories
at the UW Hospital and Clinics, comments on Oncotype DX test
for breast cancer patients.
Media: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Date: Februray
25, 2007
Byline: Kawanza
Newson
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