Prostate Cancer

... Known as the Pacific Northwest Participating institutions in Seattle are Fred Hutchinson, the University of Washington and the Institute for Systems Biology.

Vancouver partners are the University of British Columbia and its affiliate, The Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital.

The strong history of collaboration among these institutions — themselves all major contributors to prostate-cancer research — was key to getting the grant, said principal investigator Paul Lange, M.D., professor and chair of urology at the UW School of Medicine and an affiliate investigator in Fred Hutchinson's Public Health Sciences Division.

"This highly competitive award exemplifies the high caliber of prostate-cancer research among the major medical-research institutions in the Pacific Northwest and the significant ongoing collaborations among researchers from each of the participating institutions," Lange said.

During the past decade, for example, a working group of Seattle prostate-cancer investigators has met regularly to collaborate on projects focused on understanding the hereditary and lifestyle factors behind prostate c...

... More Than 70 Percent of Adults With Cancer Use Alternative Therapies; Nearly All Report Improved Sense of Well-Being @import "/wrapper/global.css"; @import "/wrapper/wrapper.css"; More Than 70 Percent of Adults With Cancer Use Alternative Therapies; Nearly All Report Improved Sense of Well-Being SEATTLE — Sept.

4, 2002 — More than 70 percent of adult cancer patients in western Washington use alternative therapies and almost all report substantial improvements in well-being as a result of using alternative medicine, according to a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center survey.

The results of this survey — the first population-based study of its kind to look at predictors, motivators and costs of different types of alternative-medicine use in adults with cancer — appear today in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Research on Paradigm, Practice and Policy.

Ruth E.

Patterson, Ph.D., R.D., and colleagues in Fred Hutchinson's Public Health Sciences Division led the study, which was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute and funds from Fred Hutchinson.

Researchers at Bastyr University in Kenmore, Wash., and Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Ore., also consulted on the project.

"This is the first study to specifically inquire about patients' attitudes regarding the effectiveness of alternative treatments," Patterson said.

Patients were considered users of alternative medicine if they receiv...

... Fred Hutchinson Launches Major Research Effort in Early Detection of Cancer @import "/wrapper/global.css"; @import "/wrapper/wrapper.css"; Fred Hutchinson Launches Major Research Effort in Early Detection of Cancer Paul G.

Allen Foundation for Medical Research, W.M.

Keck Foundation and Donald Listwin donate $4.4 million to start program SEATTLE — Jun.

11, 2003 — Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has launched a major new program to develop tests that could alert doctors to the earliest signs of cancer.

Known as the Early Detection Initiative, the effort will benefit from $4.4 million in new funding from The Paul G.

Allen Foundation for Medical Research of Seattle, the W.M.

Keck Foundation of Los Angeles and businessman Donald J.

Listwin of Woodside, Calif.

The Paul G.

Allen Foundation for Medical Research is contributing $2 million toward the initiative, the W.M.

Keck Foundation is contributing $1.4 million, and Donald Listwin is contributing $1 million.

Additionally, the center will invest another $3.3 million to launch the program.

The goal of Fred Hutchinson's Early Detection Initiative, headed by its president and director, Nobel laureate Lee Hartwell, Ph.D., is the early identification of the onset and risk of a wide range of cancers and other diseases so they can be prevented or treated as soon as possible.

"The importance of this work is underscored by the fact that survival rates improve dramatically when cancers are diagnosed early, when the disea...