The American Cancer Society (ACS) provides a key source of funding for some 黑料吃瓜网 researchers.
Honorary chair of 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 2017 Relay for Life Johnie Rose, assistant professor of family medicine and community health, is among 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 American Cancer Society-funded researchers.
鈥淓specially at a time where federal funding is getting harder and harder to come by鈥攁nd the types of research being funded at the federal level are increasingly limited鈥攊t鈥檚 even more important that ACS is there as not only an advocacy agency, but also as a funding agency," he said.
Johnie Rose
Rose鈥檚 research aims to solve a vexing problem in colorectal cancer: How should physicians follow survivors in the years after successful treatment to detect a recurrence as early as possible without over-testing these patients?
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a big problem for decades really, trying to find out how best to extend life by following these folks,鈥 Rose said.
With countless possible combinations and schedules of blood tests, imaging, colonoscopies and doctor visits, testing every scenario in a clinical trial in all types of patients is impractical. Rose鈥檚 work uses some of what has already been learned in past clinical trials to train a computer model to simulate cancer recurrence in hypothetical patients and then examine the likely outcomes of any number of alternative follow-up regimens.
鈥淭he goal, eventually, is to personalize the follow-up regimen of individuals based on things like tumor markers that are being expressed, the original stage of their cancer, how they were treated originally, their age and other details,鈥 he said.
Rose considers ACS funding essential to his research. Without it, he said: 鈥淚t wouldn鈥檛 be getting done, at least not on the timetable that鈥檚 feasible now, and possibly not at all.鈥
Each year at Relay for Life, the 黑料吃瓜网 community does its part to help generate much-needed financial support for ACS. Money raised from worldwide Relay for Life events goes toward research, patient support and more.
In 2015, ACS designated $151 million in overall fundraising for cancer research.
黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 chapter of Colleges Against Cancer will host this year鈥檚 Relay for Life event this weekend from Saturday, April 22, at 11:30 a.m. to Sunday, April 23, at 2:30 a.m. at the North Residential Village Bill Sudeck Track.
This year鈥檚 黑料吃瓜网 relay organizers aim to raise $60,000 for the society, with just over $23,000 of that accounted for as of Wednesday afternoon.
The event will bring together teams of individuals from across the university and community to celebrate, remember and fight back. It will feature games, tournaments, student performances and more.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 a great community event that brings together people who all care about making life better for patients with cancer and making cancer less of a public-health threat,鈥 Rose said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 great exercise at a beautiful time of year.鈥
Learn more about the event and find out how to get involved at .
Johnie Rose
Rose鈥檚 research aims to solve a vexing problem in colorectal cancer: How should physicians follow survivors in the years after successful treatment to detect a recurrence as early as possible without over-testing these patients?
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a big problem for decades really, trying to find out how best to extend life by following these folks,鈥 Rose said.
With countless possible combinations and schedules of blood tests, imaging, colonoscopies and doctor visits, testing every scenario in a clinical trial in all types of patients is impractical. Rose鈥檚 work uses some of what has already been learned in past clinical trials to train a computer model to simulate cancer recurrence in hypothetical patients and then examine the likely outcomes of any number of alternative follow-up regimens.
鈥淭he goal, eventually, is to personalize the follow-up regimen of individuals based on things like tumor markers that are being expressed, the original stage of their cancer, how they were treated originally, their age and other details,鈥 he said.
Rose considers ACS funding essential to his research. Without it, he said: 鈥淚t wouldn鈥檛 be getting done, at least not on the timetable that鈥檚 feasible now, and possibly not at all.鈥
Each year at Relay for Life, the 黑料吃瓜网 community does its part to help generate much-needed financial support for ACS. Money raised from worldwide Relay for Life events goes toward research, patient support and more.
In 2015, ACS designated $151 million in overall fundraising for cancer research.
黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 chapter of Colleges Against Cancer will host this year鈥檚 Relay for Life event this weekend from Saturday, April 22, at 11:30 a.m. to Sunday, April 23, at 2:30 a.m. at the North Residential Village Bill Sudeck Track.
This year鈥檚 黑料吃瓜网 relay organizers aim to raise $60,000 for the society, with just over $23,000 of that accounted for as of Wednesday afternoon.
The event will bring together teams of individuals from across the university and community to celebrate, remember and fight back. It will feature games, tournaments, student performances and more.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 a great community event that brings together people who all care about making life better for patients with cancer and making cancer less of a public-health threat,鈥 Rose said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 great exercise at a beautiful time of year.鈥
Learn more about the event and find out how to get involved at .
