Upcoming Events

Men Take Ten Prostate Cancer Screening
Monthly event on every 3rd Wednesday from 1:00 PM - 3 PM,
Basement, Howard University Cancer Center.
Next Screening: July 15, 2009
For more information, contact Kimberly Miller at (202) 806-5539.

Washington Mystics Game to Benefit HUCC
Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 4 PM
Join the Georgiana Thomas Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star as the Washington Mystics take on Indiana Fever at the Verizon Center. Tickets are $20 and $5 of the proceeds goes to HUCC.
Purchase tickets

S.E.E.D.S. Cancer Support Group
Meets monthly on every 4th Tuesday from 10:00 am - 11:30 am,
HU Cancer Center, Room 209.
The support groups will not meet during the summer months.
Next Meeting: September 2009
For more information, contact Kimberly Higginbotham at (202) 865-4655.
In the News

HUCC Navigators in the American Observer
April 1, 2009 - Two of the Cancer Center's Patient Navigators, Kimberly Higginbotham and Whitney O'Donnell, were featured in the article highlighting patient navigation, Navigating the Health Care Maze.
For more information about the Patient Navigation programs available at HUCC, contact Kimberly Higginbotham at (202) 865-4655.

Men Take Ten Program Receives Grant from the American Cancer Society
March 26, 2009 - The Howard University Cancer Center received nearly $9,000 in funding from the American Cancer Society's Targeted Community Investment Grant for the Men Take Ten Prostate Cancer Program. The grant will go towards educational materials about the importance of informed decision making in prostate cancer screening. For more information, contact Kimberly Miller at (202) 806-5539.

Uninsured and Underinsured Women Receive Free Breast Cancer Screening


Mammoday Participants Nidia Keske and Desiree Jordan.

On Friday, February 27, 2009, the Rosemary Williams Mammoday Program was held by the Cancer Center in conjunction with the Women's Imaging Center at HUH. Nearly 30 women received free clinical breast exams and screening or diagnostic mammograms. Dr. Pierre Vigilance, Director of the DC Department of Health, also attended the event.

Teen Cancer Awareness Program at HUCC Recognized
February 2009 - Project Early Awareness was recognized in an article entitled Preventing Breast Cancer 101 in the February 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report. The article highlights programs that teach young girls about the risks of breast cancer.

Leadership in Cancer Care & Research. —The unique aspect of Howard University Cancer Center (HUCC) is our natural ability and strength to address cancer disparities with an emphasis on those cancers that disproportionately impact African-Americans, in particular. There are three overarching programmatic areas in the Cancer Center: (1) cancer biology; (2) cancer etiology; and (3) cancer prevention, control, and population sciences; whereby cancer disparities represent the underlying theme of the research focus... More »»
Faculty Publications
Vitamin E succinate induces ceramide-mediated apoptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in vitro and in vivo. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Mar 15;14(6):1840-8. Gu X, Song X, Dong Y, Cai H, Walters E, Zhang R, Pang X, Xie T, Guo Y, Sridhar R, Califano JA. Department of Oral Diagnostic Service, College of Dentistry; Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Radiation Oncology, and Cancer Center,College of Medicine.
 
Vitamin E Succinate induces Ceramide-Mediated Apoptosis in head and neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma In vitro and In vivo. Clin Cancer Res. 14, No.6 (15 Mar 2008): 1840-8. Gu Xinbin, Song X, Dong Y, Cai Hui, Walters Eric, Zhang Renshu, Pang Xiaowu, Xie T, Guo Y, Sridhar Rajagopalan, Califano JA.
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