Clinical
Moffitt Cancer Center, Saks Fifth Avenue Hit the Runway for the 12th Annual Key to the Cure
TAMPA, Fla. – To help raise money and awareness for women’s cancers, Saks Fifth Avenue Tampa and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation will partner with Moffitt Cancer Center to host the 2010 KEY TO THE CURE, a charity shopping weekend Oct. 21 through 24.
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Media Alert: Tampa Bay’s Dancing with the Stars to Benefit Charities Including Moffitt Cancer Center
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2010) - Support three worthwhile Bay area charities, including Moffitt Cancer Center, while cheering on local celebrities at Tampa Bay’s Dancing with the Stars, hosted by Julie Weintraub’s Hands Across the Bay. Guests will enjoy food and cocktails, auctions, and entertainment by Fred Astaire Dance Studios Tampa Bay. The main event will feature 12 local celebrities paired with professional dance instructors taking to the floor with a dance of their choice.
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Ryan Sponsors 2010 Caddies for Cancer Charity Golf Tournament to Benefit Moffitt Cancer Center
TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 30, 2010) – Ryan will host its 4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Oct. 25 with proceeds benefiting Moffitt Cancer Center. The tournament will be held at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, 5811 Tampa Palms Blvd., beginning at 8:30 a.m. and will feature several contests, including closest to the pin and longest drive. Sign-in begins at 7:30 a.m.
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Moffitt Cancer Center, University of Tampa Commercializing Intellectual Property
Tampa, FL — Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of Tampa are collaborating to commercialize intellectual property.
Moffitt researchers making discoveries have an ownership interest in the commercialization process but often do not have the appropriate training in the business arena. Delving into private capital markets requires a solid business model. That’s where graduate students in UT’s John H. Sykes College of Business come in.
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Moffitt Cancer Center Teams Up with the Tampa Bay Rays To Offer Free Prostate Cancer Education and Early Detection
TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2010) – Moffitt Cancer Center will partner with the Tampa Bay Rays, ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer, and Ed Randall's Bat for the Cure to offer free prostate cancer education and screenings from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.
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Moffitt Cancer Center to partner with Central Florida Health Alliance
THE VILLAGES and LEESBURG, FL – Moffitt Cancer Center and Central Florida Health Alliance jointly announce that they are partnering to provide world-class cancer care closer to home. The partnership will deliver state-of-the-art cancer care in two new facilities to be built on the campuses of Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Health System.
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Moffitt Cancer Center’s Mole Patrol® To Offer Free Skin Screenings Aug. 14 At Clearwater Beach
TAMPA, Fla. (July 27, 2010) — In the Sunshine State this year, an estimated 8,700 people will die of melanoma and nearly 5,000 new cases will be diagnosed, according to the American Cancer Society. Don’t be just another statistic. Have you had an annual skin cancer screening?
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Moffitt Cancer Center Awarded $2.5 Million Grant To Develop Novel Therapies For B-Cell Lymphomas
TAMPA, Fla. (July 26, 2010) – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $2.5 million grant to Moffitt Cancer Center researcher Eduardo M. Sotomayor, M.D., to develop novel therapies for B-cell lymphomas and particularly for mantle cell lymphoma.
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Moffitt Cancer Center Appoints Cathy Kerzner Chief Commercial Officer of M2Gen™
TAMPA, Fla. (July 21, 2010) – Moffitt Cancer Center announces the appointment of Cathy Kerzner as senior vice president and chief commercial officer of M2Gen™, a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of Moffitt. Kerzner will report to James D. Utterback, chief executive officer of M2Gen.
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Scott Antonia To Lead Moffitt Cancer Center’s Lung Cancer Program
TAMPA, Fla. (July 19, 2010) - Scott J. Antonia, M.D., Ph.D., has been named program leader of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Moffitt Cancer Center. Antonia has been with Moffitt since 1994. His research interests include the immunobiology of malignancy and gene-modified tumor cell vaccine trials.
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