The Jess and Mildred Fisher Center For Familial Cancer Research
The mission of the Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research, established in August 2006, is to conduct state-of-the-art research on the prevention, treatment and management of familial cancers in order to improve the medical and quality of life outcomes of women and men at risk for cancer. In addition, the Center is committed to research aimed at identifying and integrating genomic information to provide more precise and individually tailored cancer risk estimates and therapies.
Clinical and Research Genetic Counseling and Testing Available Through the Fisher Center
If you have a personal or family history of cancer and would like more information about genetic counseling and testing, the Fisher Center offers clinical services as well as the opportunity for eligible individuals to participate in research studies. Please click here or call (202) 687-1750 [toll free at (877) 687-1750]. For educational material about familial cancer, click here.
Fisher Center: Program Meetings for 2012
Members of the Fisher Center are invited to attend informal meetings in which ongoing and new research ideas will be discussed, in addition to relevant clinical, educational, and programmatic issues.
All meetings are on a Wednesday, from 2-3 PM in the Martin Marietta Room within Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Light refreshments will be served. The schedule is as follows:
February 22: Mitchell Jung, PhD, Fisher Pilot Grant Recipient presented preliminary data from his study, "Role of PARP-1 on DNA Damage Response and Repair."
May 16: Lindsey Hoskins, PhD, LCMFT. "Cancer doesn't have an age": Genetic testing and cancer risk management in young BRCA1/2 mutation-positive women.
Women who learn during young adulthood that they carry a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 face a variety of age-specific challenges related to relationships and sexuality, family formation, and risk-management decision-making. Dr. Hoskins will present findings from a series of in-depth qualitative research projects with young pre-vivors, along with clinical examples, to illustrate the unique and varied experiences of members of this growing population.
Sept 19: Wendy Rubinstein, MD, PhD. Director, NIH Genetic Testing Registry and Senior Scientist at National Institutes of Health. Presentation title TBA.
Nov 14: Cancer Genetic Counseling and Testing Cases, presented by Lombardi's genetic counselors
Reducing the impact of familial cancers through comprehensive care and cutting-edge research
