GUMC Update : GUMC and Lombardi Researchers in Media Spotlight at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

GUMC and Lombardi Researchers in Media Spotlight at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

June 4, 2009

Several GUMC and Lombardi researchers were recently interviewed at the annual meeting of ASCO held in Orlando, Florida May 29-June 2. John Marshall, Claudine Isaacs, Aziza Shad, Peter Shields, Ken Tercyak and Louis Weiner were all featured by national media outlets about their recent findings and studies.

The national media outlets include: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, MedPage Today, HealthDay and ABCNews.com.

For more information on ASCO, please click here.

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