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2009

In sickness and in health? For men, maybe not  (November 16)

A married man is six times more likely to separate from or divorce his wife soon after a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis than a married woman in the same situation, according to a study that examines gender and “partner abandonment.”

A meeting with Jamie Moyer  (November 16)

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance patients were among those who lined up to meet 2008 World Series Champion pitcher Jamie Moyer of the Philadelphia Phillies. Moyer visited the SCCA Nov. 10 to autograph copies of “What Cancer Cannot Do.”

An economic template for cancer treatment guidelines  (November 9)

When the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet Oncology published six cancer treatment guideline papers aimed at the resource-diverse nations of Asia this month, it used as its model the economic template developed by the Breast Health Global Initiative.

Filling the halls of Hutch High  (November 9)

More than 250 high schoolers from across the state attended Hutch High on Nov. 5 to see inside working laboratories and learn skills that would be useful in a career of biomedical science.

Center presents inaugural Lasker Lecture Nov. 16
 (November 9)

Legendary biologist and two-time Lasker laureate Dr. Sydney Brenner will present the inaugural Lasker Lecture, “Reading the Human Genome: Genes and Brains,” Monday, Nov. 16, 3-4:30 p.m. in Pelton Auditorium.

Did you see Pac-10 football’s blue sleeves?  (November 9)

Football fans who watched Pacific-10 Conference matchups last Saturday saw game officials adorned in blue sleeves as part of a prostate cancer awareness campaign led by the Hutchinson Center.

Radiolabeled antibodies, transplant successfully treat advanced leukemia  (November 9)

Dr. John Pagel and colleagues achieved the first successful use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem cell transplant, to successfully treat leukemia patients who had no other curative treatment options.

Can stress-management techniques improve immune function?
 (November 9)

Are you stressed? Do you have a family history of breast cancer? If you are a woman between ages 18-60 and answered yes to both questions, the Health SMART study has tools to help you while researchers learn.

Look for blue sleeves during Saturday football  (November 5)

Evolutionary understanding emerges from genome’s dark matter  (November 2)

$4.8 million grant launches massive proteomics feasibility study  (November 2)

Scientist survey gives Center new honor  (November 2)

Vaughan secures $7.9 million for esophageal cancer research  (November 2)

Mwaka’s mission: A ministry in medicine  (October 27)

Uganda: Why ‘we’re in it for the long haul’  (October 27)

Sports bidders raise big bucks  (October 26)

Pilot grants awarded to Consortium investigators
 (October 19)

Make your bid: Ultimate Sports Auction Oct. 20  (October 19)

Trial gives teens tools to quit smoking  (October 19)

Bernstein, Torok-Storb win $16.7 million for stem cell research  (October 12)

Corey, Longini, Casper discuss swine flu Oct. 14  (October 12)

Peters garners $11.2 million for colorectal research
 (October 12)

Positive pregnancy outcomes for childhood cancer survivors  (October 12)

First TREC conference draws international interest  (October 12)

Poised for executive leadership  (October 5)

Comparative-effectiveness research reaps $16 million  (October 5)

SCCA, ProCure seal deal on proton center  (October 5)

Federal grants channel more than $40 million to Center research
 (October 5)

Tewari wins $3.4 million NIH award  (October 5)

Sexual conflict may play key role in speciation
 (September 28)

Head and neck cancers: Potential to improve outcomes
 (September 28)

Shou nabs New Innovator Award  (September 28)

Mayor helps open SCCA House
 (September 21)

Sweeney visits Hutch School
 (September 21)

Press Lab's Till wins SWOG award  (September 21)

Alcohol, smoking, obesity: Lifestyle links to second breast cancers
 (September 14)

'Nuclear’ singer performs free in Pelton
 (September 14)

Swine flu: Aggressive plan may prevent pandemic
 (September 14)

Shared Resources: 'Essential for success'
 (September 7)

Swim Across America seeks volunteers with boats
 (September 4)

Pushing the boundaries of fertility
 (August 31)

Malik Lab postdoc wins HHMI award
 (August 31)

Sage plants roots at the Center
 (August 31)

Video: Beneficial breast cancer drug has its risks  (August 26)

Cancer survival disparities: Access, economics and more
 (August 24)

Tobias Hohl: Helping the immune system fight fungus
 (August 24)

Lampe student wins poster prize
 (August 24)

Video: Age, the greatest carcinogen
 (August 17)

Computational biologist receives $400,000 award  (August 17)

Q&A: Rewards of mentoring  (August 17)

Register for breast cancer CME
 (August 10)

Celebrity golfers raise green for cancer
 (August 10)

Positive projections for combating TB
 (August 10)

Video: How HIV infects those with healed herpes lesions
 (August 3)

Video: Study links yoga practice with mindful eating
 (August 3)

Latino provider joins SCCA network
 (August 3)

In his own words: Bielas on aging
 (July 27)

New faculty member receives $400,000 award
 (July 27)

Dive in: Swim Across America reaches Seattle this September
 (July 20)

Migraines lower breast cancer risk
 (July 13)

Heavy drinking and prostate health don't mix
 (July 13)

Malik, Peters receive presidential awards
 (July 13)

Paulovich collaborates in biomarker breakthrough
 (July 7)

Shore Run/Walk raises more than $148,600
 (July 6)

Hingorani shares $1.6 million for pancreas-cancer research
 (June 29)

LIVESTRONG Challenge holds first Seattle event
 (June 29)

Video: Experience The Ride to Conquer Cancer
 (June 29)

Athena Partners 'kicks' $21,000 toward breast-cancer research
 (June 22)

Faculty profile: Biostatistics and real world solutions
 (June 22)

Eastside hospital joins SCCA network
 (June 22)

Paddison joins illustrious list of Pew Scholars
 (June 17)

Malik Lab's Bayes wins molecular evolution award
 (June 15)

Center ranks among Web's top Twitterers
 (June 15)

Arnold Guild presents $2.2 million from Hutch Holiday Gala
 (June 15)

Lampe named outstanding student mentor
 (June 15)

Support cancer research by volunteering at the LIVESTRONG Challenge June 21
 (June 15)

Advanced prostate cancer and the age factor
 (June 8)

Bucket-list dream for sale: Zero G flight
 (June 8)

Potentially 'powerful tool' for noninvasive cancer treatment assessment
 (June 1)

Encouraging results for renal-cell cancer trial
 (June 1)

Hop on your bike and Ride to Conquer Cancer
 (June 1)

Shore Run/Walk: A way to give back
 (June 1)

Proteins may predict breast-cancer survival
 (June 1)

Why pancreatic-cancer drugs can fail
 (May 25)

Premier Chefs Dinner guests raise record funds
 (May 25)

A banner year for Shop to Make a Difference
 (May 25)

Learn how to fight fat and lose (weight)
 (May 25)

2009 Prentice Professor presents lecture May 20
 (May 18)

Take steps for cancer research
 (May 18)

Kiem becomes first Thomas Chair recipient  (May 18)

Smith antibiotics study wins Gates grant
 (May 11)

Early lung-cancer detection for nonsmokers
 (May 11)

Cancer-causing virus may increase HIV infection
 (May 11)

Hanash uncovers protein effects of HRT
 (May 4)

Study links birth-control pill to rare breast cancer
 (May 4)

Researchers present colon-cancer findings at AACR meeting
 (April 27)

And the Get Screened! winners are ...
 (April 27)

ISPOR elects Ramsey president
 (April 27)

Study factors activity into cancer survival
 (April 27)

Potter wins AACR award
 (April 20)

Follow the Center on Facebook and other social media
 (April 20)

Chou awarded AACR Fellows Grant
 (April 13)

Groh wins $300,000 for lupus research
 (April 13)

Ride to benefit cancer research
 (April 13)

Tewari wins prostate-research award
 (April 6)

Two Center researchers win Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute awards  (March 30)

Circumcision for HIV prevention  (March 30)

New vaccine may prevent cytomegalovirus infection  (March 23)

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance program reduces infection-caused illnesses  (March 23)

Tailoring treatment for prostate cancer  (March 23)

Continuity and closure: Important for dying patients, doctors  (March 16)

Back to nutrition basics for cancer prevention  (March 16)

Risky wines for women  (March 9)

Dr. Antonio Bedalov wins award for translational research  (March 2)

Focused on survivorship  (February 23)

Dr. Philip Bradley wins Sloan Research Fellowship  (February 23)

Center researchers celebrate microbicide milestone  (February 16)

New breast-imaging best practices published  (February 16)

Multivitamins each day will not keep common cancers away  (February 16)

Dr. Jean Sanders to receive lifetime achievement award  (February 9)

Marijuana and testicular cancer (Sidebar)  (February 9)

Marijuana use may increase testicular-cancer risk  (February 9)

Dr. Gloria Coronado wins leadership honor  (February 2)

Study: Stopping combined hormone therapy slows breast-cancer rates  (February 2)

Red Sox star Jon Lester receives Hutch Award  (January 26)

Dr. Muneesh Tewari wins $450,000 Damon Runyon award  (January 26)

Transplant program is tops in survival outcomes  (January 26)

Safeway's gift: $960,000 for breast cancer research  (January 19)

New edition of transplantation textbook unveiled  (January 19)

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