Top Cancer Breakthroughs Of 2011

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December 7, 2011

ANNOUNCER:

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AGAINST CANCER.

THE REPORT, PUBLISHED ONLINE IN THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, DETAILS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH FINDINGS OF THE PAST YEAR.

DOCTOR NICHOLAS VOGELZANG IS CO-EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE REPORT.

DR. NICHOLAS VOGELZANG:

“This is assembled by a group of investigators from all around the world and we summarize the advances that we think patients need to know about. They include children’s leukemia, skin cancers, lung cancer prevention, breast cancer prevention and exciting new drugs for the treatment of cancer.”

ANNOUNCER:

DOCTOR VOGELZANG SAYS THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, NEARLY 1-POINT-6 MILLION NEW DIAGNOSES ARE EXPECTED IN 2011 AND NEARLY 572 AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO DIE FROM CANCERS THIS YEAR ALONE.

FOR THE FULL REPORT VISIT CANCER.NET. I’M LEE SHEPHARD.