Program Archive

Confronting Cancer Today
On May 8^th, 2004 Friends together with the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, brought leading scientists, regulatory officials, and pharmaceutical representatives together for an amazing interactive policy forum entitled “Confronting Cancer Today.” ...[click for more]

Congressional Reception
On May 20^th, 2003 Friends co-sponsored with Senators Ted Stevens (R-AK), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Bill Frist (R-TN), Tom Daschle (D-SD), and Judd Gregg (R-NH), a reception at the Capitol to welcome Drs. Elias Zerhouni and Andy von Eschenbach.  15 Senators, 1 Representative, and 1 former Senator attended the reception including ....[click for more]

ASCO Study Group
On June 1st, 2003 at the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Friends hosted a Cancer Advocacy Study Group Dinner together with Aventis UK. The event focused on strengthening patient group-government interaction in the United Kingdom (UK), and specifically on issues such as patient education, attention for ‘orphan’ cancers, successful lobbying strategies, and government-patient relations... [click for more]

Confronting Cancer Now
On November, 12 2003, Friends of Cancer Research in conjunction with the Division of U.S. Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted a forum entitled, “Confronting Cancer Now.”  Our speakers and panelists raised a number of important topics including the exciting gains in our understanding of cancer’s genetic mechanisms and the consequent medical advancements in terms of treatment and prevention, particularly in the fields of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and molecular imaging...  [click for more]

Awards Dinner
On November 11^th, Friends of Cancer Research held a benefit dinner to honor our six Cancer Research Leadership Award recipients:  Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), Representative John Dingell (D-MI), Representative Deborah Pryce (R-OH), and Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach (NCI Director).... [click for more]

Dartmouth Town Hall
On March 5th, 2004, Friends of Cancer Research, in partnership with Research America and Dartmouth College, convened its first town hall event of 2004 entitled: “Transforming Medicine: Accelerating the Impact of Scientific Discovery on Patient Care.” [click for more]