| Upcoming Events |
| Cancer Support Group. Meets monthly, 4th Tuesday, 10:00am - 11:30am / HU Cancer Center, Room 209. Call 202-865-4635. |
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| Program Highlights |
The Cancer Center has received a 40- foot long customized prostate cancer screening mobile van. This van has 3 examining rooms. The slogan for the prostate screening program is ‘Men Take Ten’ referring to 10 minutes for a free prostate exam and a longer lifetime. For further information, contact: Everett Dodson, (202) 806-5640. |
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| 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 |
| Basal cell-like (triple-negative) breast cancer, a predictor of distant metastasis in African American women. Am J Surg.195, No.2 (Feb 2008): 153-8. Ihemelandu CU, Naab TJ, Mezghebe HM, Makambi KH, Siram SM, Leffall LD Jr, Dewitty RL Jr, Frederick WA. |
| Anthropometric Risk Factors for Colorectal Polyps in African-American Women. Obesity (24 Jan 2008) [Epub ahead of print]. Wise LA, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Adams-Campbell LL. |
| 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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