The AACR Task Force on Tobacco and Cancer was convened in 2009 to foster scientific and policy initiatives to reduce the incidence of disease and mortality due to tobacco use.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of premature mortality, killing more than five million people worldwide every year. It has a particularly profound impact on cancer incidence and mortality. Indeed, tobacco use is causally associated with 15 different cancers, including lung, head and neck, stomach, pancreas, and cervical cancers, and alone tobacco accounts for 30 percent of all cancer deaths.
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TASK FORCE MEMBERS:
Roy S. Herbst, M.D., Ph.D., Chairperson
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Thomas H. Brandon, Ph.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Tampa, FL
Michael C. Fiore, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Stephen S. Hecht, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Stephanie R. Land, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Scott J. Leischow, Ph.D.
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Caryn Lerman, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
John D. Minna, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Peter G. Shields, M.D.
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
David Sidransky, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
Baltimore, MD
Kasisomayajula (Vish) Viswanath, Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Staff contact:
Pamela Bradley, Ph.D.
Senior Science Policy Analyst
AACR Office of Science Policy and Government Affairs
E-mail or call (202) 898-6499
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