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1. 1. BioHouston Blog - BioHouston

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   Published on: 7/24/2008   Last Visited: 7/25/2008

   President George W. Bush Names Waun Ki Hong, M.D., to National Cancer Advisory Board
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   President George W. Bush today appointed world-renowned medical oncologist Waun Ki Hong, M.D., professor and head of the Division of Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, to the National Cancer Advisory Board.
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   Dr. Hong became chair of the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology in 1993 and became head of M.D. Anderson's largest clinical division, the Division of Cancer Medicine in 2001.
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   Anderson uses the term "cancer survivor" to describe people who have been diagnosed with cancer and the people in their lives who are affected by the diagnosis, including family members, friends and caregivers.

2. 2. Oral cancer in the news articles

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   Published on: 6/18/2008   Last Visited: 6/18/2008

   President George W. Bush Names Waun Ki Hong, M.D., to National Cancer Advisory Board
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   President George W. Bush today appointed world-renowned medical oncologist Waun Ki Hong, M.D., professor and head of the Division of Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, to the National Cancer Advisory Board.
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   Dr. Hong became chair of the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology in 1993 and became head of M.D. Anderson's largest clinical division, the Division of Cancer Medicine in 2001.
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   1. Co-investigators of the study include M. Gibson, M.D.; D.E. Heron, M.D.; R. Smith, M.D.; R.L. Ferris, M.D., Ph.D.; S.Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D.; S. Kim, Ph.D.; B.F. Branstetter, M.D.; J.T. Johnson, M.D.; and J.R. Grandis, M.D., all of the University of Pittsburgh.
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   1. Co-investigators of the study include M. Gibson, M.D.; D.E. Heron, M.D.; R. Smith, M.D.; R.L. Ferris, M.D., Ph.D.; S.Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D.; S. Kim, Ph.D.; B.F. Branstetter, M.D.; J.T. Johnson, M.D.; and J.R. Grandis, M.D., all of the University of Pittsburgh.
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   "The increase in survival and tumor response, among the p53 favorable profile patients, highlights the value of developing ‘targeted' therapy for patients with recurrent, refractory head and neck cancer," said Jack A. Roth, MD, inventor of ADVEXIN and Professor and Bud Johnson Clinical Distinguished Chair, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Section Chief, Thoracic Molecular Oncology, and Director, W.M. Keck Cancer Center for Innovative Cancer Therapies, M.D.
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   Anderson manages these arrangements in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.
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   Anderson is one of only 39 Comprehensive Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.For five of the past eight years, M. D. Anderson has ranked No. 1 in cancer care in "America's Best Hospitals," a survey published annually in U.S. News and World Report.
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   The study was funded by a five-year, $10 million POI lung grant, awarded in 2001 by the NCI to a multi-disciplinary team headed by Waun Ki Hong, M.D., head of the Division of Cancer Medicine.M.D.Anderson has been a leader in chemoprevention since the early 1990s, when Hong was the first to demonstrate that retinoids can reverse oral leukoplakia, a premalignant condition that often leads to cancer, and that 13-cis retinoic acid can prevent secondary primary tumors among patients with head and neck cancers.

3. 3. www.prnewswire.com

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   Published on: 11/27/2007   Last Visited: 12/5/2007

   Macapinlac, M.D., chair and professor of nuclear medicine at UTMDACC."It
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   M.D. Anderson's Inflammatory Breast Cancer Clinic and Research Program, which opened in July 2007, is the world's first clinic devoted to research, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
   
   Co-authors are H.T. Le-Petross, M.D., M. Cristofanilli, M.D., A.M.