Media

LTMP PI interviewed on radio
Jill M. Siegfried, Principal Investigator of the UPCI SPORE in Lung Cancer and Co-Director of the UPCI Lung and Thoracic Malignancies Program, was interviewed on WDVE Radio, Pittsburgh, about challenges and successes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of lung cancer. (No link available)

LTMP physicians chosen as “Top Doctors”
Three members of the Lung and Thoracic Malignancies Program were included in the May issue of Pittsburgh magazine's “Top Doctors” listing. They include Jennifer Robin Grandis, MD, Joel S. Greenberger, MD, and John M. Kirkwood, MD.

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Dr. Jill Siegfried talks with Post-Gazette for a feature on celebrity lung cancer deaths
“Even though it is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, lung cancer attracts much less research money than other major cancers, Dr. Siegfried said, largely because it is so strongly linked to smoking that people often blame the victims for giving the disease to themselves.”

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NCI Cancer Bulletin: Lung Cancer in Women – Could it be a Hormone Problem?
“While recent reports have shown that, overall, cancer incidence and mortality are decreasing, they have also revealed a disturbing trend: although lung cancer incidence in men has been steadily decreasing since its peak in the late 1980s, it continued to increase in women after this time and didn't take a downward turn until 2000. Siegfried and her SPORE team are looking at one of the most basic factors in female physiology: the estrogen receptor. ”

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Dr. Siegfried's lung cancer research noted in the August 22, 2005 edition of Newsweek
“Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of malignancy-and some of the victims never smoked. But despite grim statistics there is some good news: fresh research offers hope for earlier diagnosis and more-effective treatments…”

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Lung Cancer Alliance's Spirit & Breath notes UPCI research
“Jill M. Siegfried, Primary Investigator of the University of Pittsburgh SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence) has recently published and presented interesting work on the role of estrogen in non-small cell lung cancer in women…”

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Frontiers in the Fight Against Lung Cancer
Brochure from 2003 Conference

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