University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

Lung Cancer SPORE

News and Events

Lung SPORE Progress Meeting
Date: January 29, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Cooper Conference rooms AB, Hillman Cancer Center Ground floor

Lung SPORE Progress Meeting
Date: February 26, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Cooper Conference room A, Hillman Cancer Center Ground floor

Lung SPORE Progress Meeting
Date: March, 19, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Cooper Conference room A, Hillman Cancer Center Ground floor

Lung SPORE EAB Meeting
Date: April 29 & 30, 2013
Location: Courtyard Marriott, Shadyside

Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA)

The Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA) features many online videos from lung cancer experts on a wide range of topics involving lung cancer including advocacy, clinical trials, and early detection.

The Lung Cancer Foundation of America's mission is to save lives by dramatically increasing the five-year survival rates for all stages of lung cancer, the nation's leading cause of cancer deaths for both men and women.

Dr. Jill Siegfried, Principal Investigator of the SPORE in Lung Cancer, and Co-Director of the Lung and Thoracic Malignancies Program, was interviewed by the American Association for Cancer Research for an article “Estrogen-Targeting Drug Combo May Help Prevent Lung Cancer”, published January 9, 2012. The article also appeared in US News and World Report - HEALTH as "Anti-Estrogen Treatment Shrank Lung Tumors in Mice", published January 9, 2012.