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IMAGE: Sumanta Pal, MD, a SWOG Cancer Research Network researcher and City of Hope physician, led a study that sets a new standard of care for metastatic papillary kidney cancer view more
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In a SWOG Cancer Research Network trial that put three targeted drugs to the test, the small molecule inhibitor cabozantinib was found most effective in treating patients with metastatic papillary kidney cancer - findings expected to change medical practice.
These findings will be presented at ASCO s virtual 2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium on Feb. 13, 2021 at 1 p.m. ET. The findings will be simultaneously published in
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Jeremie Calais
December 16, 2020
Dr. Jeremie Calais, assistant professor of nuclear medicine and theranostics in the department of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is one of 26 researchers to be named a 2020 Young Investigator by the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
In recognition of innovative prostate cancer research, the Young Investigator Award is given to the next generation of cancer researchers who are committed to advancing the prostate cancer field.
Calais, who is trained in nuclear medicine and cancer imaging, was awarded the Larry Ruvo-PCF Young Investigator Award and $225,000 to help support his work investigating a PET imaging tracer that targets the fibroblast activation protein, or FAP, expressed on fibroblasts within the tumor stroma or on cancer-associated fibroblasts. Validating a biomarker for FAP expression may help guide treatment decisions for men with prostate cancer,