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Oncology
Oncology: a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. It includes medical oncology (the use of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and other drugs to treat cancer), radiation oncology (the use of radiation therapy to treat cancer), and surgical oncology (the use of surgery and other procedures to treat cancer).
SEP 16, 2015 | 9:00 AM
Learning Objectives for this presentation -
(1) Understand how human genetics can contribute to drug discovery and development.
(2) Understand the role of biomarkers and clinical proof-...
SEP 16, 2015 | 8:00 AM
Recent evidence demonstrating the importance of structural complexity in advancing compounds to the clinic points to the need for enhancing small molecule screening collections with sp3-rich ...
JUL 22, 2015 | 9:00 AM
DATE: July 22, 2015TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ETHuman induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) bring human biology into pre-clinical aspects of drug discovery. iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes have em...
JUN 11, 2015 | 11:00 AM
Consistent accuracy in reporting quantitative viral load results is critically important to patients, their physicians and to the clinical laboratory. In clinical practice, quantitative viral...
JUN 10, 2015 | 2:00 PM
Matching the mutational profile of a patient's tumor with appropriate targeted agents is a goal of personalized medicine in oncology. The number of FDA-approved targeted therapies, as well as...
MAY 26, 2015 | 9:00 AM
DATE: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015TIME: 09:00AM PDT, 12:00PM EDTNext-generation sequencing (NGS) is changing the landscape of clinical research. This powerful technology is enabling researchers to...
MAY 14, 2015 | 1:30 PM
Germline cancer genetics became a reality with the cloning of the tumor suppressor gene RB1 for hereditary retinoblastoma in 1986 by Friend and Weinberg. The existence of cancer susceptibili...
MAR 10, 2015 | 9:00 AM
DATE: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 TIME: 09:00 PST, 11:00 CST, 12:00 EST, 16:00 GMTThe International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) has issued updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple...
FEB 10, 2015 | 12:00 PM
Date: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015Time: 12:00PM PST, 3:00PM ESTFor the last 60 years the primary method of preventing cervical cancer in both the U.S. and Europe has been cervical cytology ...
FEB 10, 2015 | 9:00 AM
Date: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015Time: 9:00AM PST, 12:00PM ESTFor the last 60 years the primary method of preventing cervical cancer in both the U.S. and Europe has been cervical cytology ...
FEB 05, 2015 | 10:30 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Effective workplace training in a research facility is an important key in ensuring smooth operations and high standards of animal care. Today's diverse workforce offers many benefits such a...
