Volume 7, Number 5 - February 6, 2012

In this issue:

• Researchers and partners in the community increase cervical cancer screenings
• Holistic approach to immunotherapy for breast cancer bolstered by $3.1 million grant
• Event kicks off international research collaboration
• Got thoughts about Hope News? Share them through a quick survey
• Adding a little flexibility means more convenience and cost savings

 
Overseas visitors pick up tips about targeted therapy

International physicians and radiation physicists have been visiting City of Hope to learn how radiation oncologists use TomoTherapy to deliver more targeted radiation as part of the bone marrow transplantation (BMT) process. The method, which was developed at City of Hope, is called total marrow irradiation, or TMI.

Faculty members from Rene Gauducheau Cancer Centre in Nantes, France, tour City of Hope’s facilities. Pictured from left are Camille Llagostera, Ph.D., certified physicist at Rene Gauducheau, Marc-André Mahé, M.D., Ph.D., chief of radiotherapy at Rene Gauducheau, Fabienne Hirigoyenberry-Lanson, clinical director of Accuray Europe, and Jeff Wong, M.D., department chair of City of Hope's Department of Radiation Oncology. (Photo by Thomas Brown)