E-Newsletter - July 2022
New Committee Leadership
ALLIANCE WELCOMES NEW MYELOMA COMMITTEE LEADER
Saad Z. Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, has been appointed Chair of the Alliance Myeloma Committee. Dr. Usmani is an internationally recognized physician leader, clinical and translational investigator focused on multiple myeloma and related plasma cell disorders. He has led the clinical development of several novel immunotherapeutics and small molecules for multiple myeloma. His clinical/translational research focuses on the prognostic role of novel imaging in multiple myeloma, identifying mechanisms and biomarkers of resistance to novel agents in high risk multiple myeloma, and investigating novel agents that can circumvent the drug resistance mechanisms in high risk multiple myeloma.
For other articles in this issue of the Alliance E-news Newsletter, see below:
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Nursing in the Modern Clinical Trials Era
Lisa A. Kottschade, MSN, APRN, CNP - Chair, Alliance Oncology Nursing Committee -
July is National Sacroma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month
A091902: Angiosarcoma -
Spotlight on Alliance Trials
*Recently Activated Trials
A221803 (Reducing Radiation Dermatitis - Breast Cancer
A091903 (Resected Mucosal Melanoma)
*Ongoing Trials
A011801 (COMPASS HER2 RD/Breast Cancer)
A021602 (CABINET/Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors)
A021804 (Advanced Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma)
A031902 (CASPAR/Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer)
A071702 (Somatically Hypermutated Recurrent Glioblastoma)
A081801 (Non-small Cell Lung Cancer) -
Announcements
Call for Nominations: Charles G. Moertel Lecture 2023
2022 Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation Special Projects Allocation Awards
Alliance Myeloma Committee Chair Appointment
Alliance Board of Directors Approve New Program for Procedure-Based Therapy (PPBT)
New Alliance Participant Engagement Portal to Launch Soon -
Alliance in the News
Inequities in Alliance Acute Leukemia Clinical Trial and Biobank Participation: Defining Targets for Intervention - Alliance NCTN/NCORP/AFT at 2022 ASCO