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Exploring Unique Aspects of Prostate Cancer Research in the VA Healthcare System: Diversity, Disparities, and Future Directions - Isla P. Garraway

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In this conversation, Isla Garraway discusses the unique aspects of prostate cancer research within the VA healthcare system with Matthew Cooperberg. They highlight the diversity of the veteran population served by the VA, including racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity, and the importance of understanding how prostate cancer impacts different groups. The discussion covers disparities in prosta...

The Coffey – Holden Prostate Cancer Academy Meeting - Howard Soule and Charles Ryan

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Howard Soule joins Charles Ryan to discuss the Coffey-Holden Prostate Cancer Academy, an annual scientific event hosted by the Prostate Cancer Foundation that mixes young and senior investigators to discuss diverse topics faced by men with advanced prostate cancer. The event aims to give young investigators a podium and an opportunity to interact with selected senior investigators. About 80% of th...

Prostate Cancer Foundation Establishes Expert Health Equities Panel Creating Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines for Black Men in the US - Michael Milken, Isla Garraway, & Kneeland Youngblood

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In this conversation Michael Milken, Isla Garraway, and Kneeland Youngblood join Charles Ryan in a conversation on disparities and trends in the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in the United States. To guide their conversation and to understand why Black men have a higher incidence, a higher death rate, and that relation to genetics and the microbiome, they highlight a December 2022 Eur...

Veterans Affair Care Program, Prostate Cancer Biorepository - Isla P. Garraway

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Researcher and associate professor Isla Garraway joins Alicia Morgans in a discussion on ongoing prostate cancer research and current initiatives in the Veteran's Affairs (VA) Care Program. With support from the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) Garraway is part of a team of physician-scientists working to ensure our veterans have access to the same precision oncology medications and clinical trial...

The Prostate Cancer Foundation VA Health Initiatives, Executing Precision Oncology within the VA - Matthew Rettig & Isla Garraway

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Charles Ryan, Matthew Rettig, and Isla Garraway discuss the memorandum of understanding between the Veterans Administration and the Prostate Cancer Foundation which established a series of centers of excellence around the country to disseminate and produce clinical research and basic research for veterans in the area of prostate cancer. Biographies: Matthew B. Rettig, MD, Medical Oncologist, Medic...

Targeting Mechanisms of Lethal Prostate Cancer, the 2022 PCF TACTICAL Team Science Award - Charles Ryan and Howard Soule

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Charles Ryan and Howard Soule discuss the progress of the 2022 Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) TACTICAL Team Science Award campaign. The TACTICAL campaign, ( T herapy AC celeration T o I ntercept CA ncer L ethality) seeks qualified teams of academic scientists that will specifically address the development of 21st Century therapies for lethal forms of prostate cancer. These awards will be funded...

The Prostate Cancer Foundation Team Science TACTICAL Awards - Howard Soule

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Howard Soule joins Charles Ryan as they discuss a new Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) TACTICAL Team Science Award as part of a broader novel T herapy AC celeration T o I ntercept CA ncer L ethality (TACTICAL) campaign. These larger team science awards will consist of $3MM or more team science awards seeking new therapies for treatment-resistant and intercepting issues of treatment resistance. One...

Mentoring Women in Science - David Quinn

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Alicia Morgans and David Quinn discuss the promotion of women through the ranks of medical oncology ensuring they have opportunities within the prostate cancer research and clinical arena. Biographies: David Quinn, MBBS, Ph.D., FR, Associate Professor of Medicine, Section Head, GU Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine and Blood Diseases, Keck School of Medicine USC Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH , Genito...

Women in Science and The Prostate Cancer Foundation - Andrea Miyahira

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Alicia Morgans and Andrea Miyahira discuss how the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) supports the development and research endeavors of women investigating prostate cancer and science. They discuss the objectives of the Women in Science Forum at the Prostate Cancer Foundation Annual Scientific Retreat. Biographies: Andrea K. Miyahira, Ph.D., Director of Research, Prostate Cancer Foundation Alicia M...