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Remembering Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, Stanford University Radiology Chair, Director of the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection
Sam’s image: forever in our hearts. November 23, 1962 – July 18, 2020 “The body is a mystery.” This is something you don’t expect to hear from a distinguished worldwide […]
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Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, pioneer in molecular imaging, Director of the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, dies at 57
From Stanford University News: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, professor and chair of radiology at the Stanford School of Medicine and an internationally recognized pioneer in molecular imaging, died July […]
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Canary Foundation congratulates Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir on receiving the 2020 European Society of Molecular Imaging award.
From the Stanford press release: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research and Chair of the Department of Radiology, has received […]
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Canary’s new: High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Initiative. HGSOC is the most common and lethal form of ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer remains the most lethal gynecologic malignancy in the United States. In 2018, over 22,000 new cases were diagnosed and 14,000 women lost their lives to the disease. Ovarian […]
Read MoreCanary’s Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS) receives $6.7M NCI grant to support growth of the multi-center study!
PASS was established in 2008 with funding from the Canary Foundation, demonstrating how we invest in promising early research! “PASS was launched with six participating centers in 2008,” said PASS […]
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The Early Detection of Cancer Conference at Stanford!
Canary Center at Stanford, Cancer Research UK, and the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, hosted the Early Detection of Cancer Conference September 24 – 26 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni […]
Read MoreMay is National Cancer Research Month! Support Canary Foundation and Canary Center’s 10 years of Catalyzing Change
The Canary Center represents a partnership between Canary Foundation and Stanford University, where Stanford embraced Canary’s mission as their own strategy for cancer early detection. The partnership resulted in financial […]
Read MoreAnnouncing – registration open!
Many of you know, Canary Foundation believes in collaborations, including partnerships we have fostered on a global level. So this is to announce that registration is open for this […]
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Project Baseline aims to map human health
What if we could view changes in the body earlier than early to warn of possible disease? That is the aim of Project Baseline, to map human health. The New York […]
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American Cancer Society Report January 2019 is hopeful. Yet it motivates us to work harder at finding better tests
The new American Cancer Society report shows us that cancer deaths have dropped by 27% since their peak in 1991. The decrease is attributed to early detection, better treatments and […]
Read MoreCanary Founder Don Listwin was awarded the prestigious Dean’s Medal for his contribution to Stanford Medicine
Listwin was one of only three recipients selected in 2018 to receive the highest honor bestowed by the Stanford University School of Medicine, the Dean’s Medal, which is presented to […]
Read MoreCanary Center at Stanford associate member awarded NIH grant for high-risk, high-reward research
Christina Curtis, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and genetics and an associate member of the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, was awarded the Pioneer Award in October […]
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Canary CREST Internship Program
Today we want to take the time to introduce you to the Canary Center’s Canary CREST internship program. The Canary CREST program pairs outstanding undergraduate students with a faculty member […]
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Canary PASS
Canary Foundation has helped launch a new website devoted to PASS (Prostate Active Surveillance Study), our research study for men who have chosen active surveillance as a management plan for their prostate cancer. […]
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New developments shape direction of Canary ovarian research program
In an effort to further the understanding of early-stage ovarian cancer and find potential ways to detect and treat it, Canary is collaborating with the BRCA Foundation on a new […]
Read MoreCanary forges partnership with University of Calgary
Canary Foundation’s new partnership with the University of Calgary in Canada took shape recently with the announcement of four early cancer detection seed grants. The seed grants are funded by […]
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Canary remembers innovator and imaging expert Juergen Willmann
Juergen Willmann, MD, a professor of radiology at Stanford and a member of the Canary Foundation pancreatic team, died Jan. 8 in a car accident in Palo Alto. Willmann was […]
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Canary funds four collaborative studies that pair faculty at Stanford with faculty at the University of Cambridge
Canary Foundation was ahead of the cancer early detection wave when it started in 2004. Since then, academic institutions, such as the University of Cambridge in the UK and the […]
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