May 2007
Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the May e-newsletter for the Survivor and Patient Advocacy
Program. The spring issue of CR is out, and the full text of articles
is available to subscribers at
www.CRmagazine.org. Select stories from past issues and web exclusives are currently available online to all readers.
We have some special new features available on the web, so scroll down to see the latest news about the magazine and the Survivor and Patient Advocacy Program.
CR Magazine Highlights:
Free Full Text of All Editor's Letters
All Editor's Letters are now freely available on CR's website. Check out any letters you may have missed by visiting www.CRmagazine.org.
Trust Issues--Free Full Text
In the current Editor's Letter, Editor-in-Chief Gwen Darien reflects on her inability to trust her body after her cancer diagnosis. To read, click on the title or go
to www.CRmagazine.org.
Podcasts:
Research Roundup
CR podcast correspondent Kevin Begos presents a research roundup from the AACR Annual Meeting 2007 on the latest in cancer research, including personalized medicine, stem cells and more. Please click on the title or visit www.CRmagazine.org to listen.
AACR Podcasts
To hear more about personalized medicine, cancer stem cells or other topics like diet and lifestyle, cancer vaccines and health care costs, visit the AACR podcasts page by clicking on the title above.
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Did You Know About:
Membership Drive
The AACR is strongly committed to broadening the participation of
survivors and advocates in our programs. We are extending an invitation
to all advocates to join the AACR as Advocate Affiliate Members. Some
of the benefits available to you as an affiliate member are:
- A complimentary subscription to CR magazine.
- A membership directory of more than 24,000 member researchers in the cancer field.
- Advance copies of the annual meeting program (online) and the Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research.
- Subscriptions to the AACR’s five journals at a reduced rate.
- Eligibility
for reduced survivor advocate rates to the AACR Annual Meeting, the
Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting and the Molecular
Targets and Cancer Therapeutics meeting.
- Eligibility for a reduced affiliate member rate to the AACR’s other scientific meetings.
Membership
in the AACR will allow you to become an even more integral part of the
organization and further strengthen communication and collaboration
among advocates, scientists and survivors. Please take advantage of
this invitation. For detailed information, please download the advocate affiliate membership application.
We hope that the activities of the Survivor and Patient Advocacy
Program provide a helpful service to you and encourage communication
and collaboration among members of the cancer community. If you have
any comments or suggestions for us, please send an e-mail to advocacy@aacr.org.
Best wishes,
Gwen Darien
Sally Ann Finnegan
Jessica Gorman
Alanna Kennedy
James Marengo
Karen Russell
Jenny Song
Survivor and Patient Advocacy Program
American Association for Cancer Research
615 Chestnut Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404
www.aacr.org/SurvivorsAndAdvocates
E-mail: advocacy@aacr.org
Phone: 1-215-440-9300 x240
Fax: 1-215-440-9319