Below are news releases* and up-to-date information relating to cancer, medical advances, promising research studies and the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

• Cedars-Sinai Surgical Oncologist Dr.Farin Amersi Awarded Unique Patent

• Steven Piantadosi, MD, PhD, Named Inaugural Phase One Foundation Chair in Cancer Research at February 6 Ceremony (February 7, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai's Beth Karlan, MD, Named Editor-in-Chief of Society of Gynecologic Oncologist's Medical Journal (September 21, 2007)

• Renowned Cancer Researcher Named as First Director of Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute (April 19, 2007)

• New Class of Targeted Cancer Drugs Show Promise in Slowing the Progression of Recurrent Prostate Cancer, Say Cedars-Sinai Researchers (February 15, 2007)

• Allan W. Silberman, MD, PhD Named to Gottlieb Chair in Surgical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (October 27, 2005)

• Study Identifies Which Patients Will Not Respond to Treatment with Targeted Cancer Drug (August 8, 2005)

• Canine Cancer Survivor Reports for Duty as a Volunteer in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Pet Visitation Program (January 5, 2005)

• Radiosurgery Allows Doug Fieger of The Knack to Perform While Battling Brain Tumors (May 11, 2007)

• Researchers Indentify Genes That Allow Brain Cancer-Causing Stem Cells to Resist Treatment (December 14, 2006)

• Gamma Knife Technology Now Available at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, New Center Adds to Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Options (November 28, 2006)

• Synthetic Version of Scorpion Venom Delivers Radioactive Iodine to Malignant Brain Tumors (July 28, 2006)

• Treatment for Deadly Brain Tumors and Infections Discovered by Researchers at Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (March 22, 2006)

• Marrow-Derived Stem Cells Deliver New Cytokine to Kill Brain Tumor Cells, Offer Protection (March 1, 2006)

• Researchers Break Chain of Biochemical Events that Brain Cancer Cells Use to Evade Therapy (February 3, 2006)

• Researchers Find That Combined Gene Therapy Eliminates the Deadly Brain Cancer Glioblastoma Multiforme in Laboratory Studies (August 15, 2005)

• Women Encouraged to Learn Their Family Health History During Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month in September (August 21, 2006)

• Tumors Can't Stand the Heat: New Radio Frequency Ablation Uses Heat Instead of Surgery to Vaporize Inoperable Kidney and Liver Tumors, Often Within 15 Minutes (June 22, 2007)

• Exercise Instructor Back on the Job Five Days after Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery (July 12, 2006)

• Minimally Invasive Surgery May Increase Options for Octogenarians with Some Lung Cancers (December 5, 2005)

• Prostate Cancer Patients Sought for Database as Part of Joint Effort at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Inglewood (August 11, 2006)

• Potential Prostate Cancer Treatment Improvements Discovered by Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (March 20, 2006)

• Pepper Component Hot Enough to Trigger Suicide in Prostate Cancer Cells (March 15, 2006)

• New Sarcoma Center to Open at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Special Symposium Scheduled for June 12 (May 29, 2007)