What Does the Future Hold for Cancer Treatment?

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Partner:: Aspen Institute
Location:: The Aspen Institute
Aspen, CO
Event Date:: 07.01.08
Speakers:: Jonathan Alter,; John Seffrin
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Summary: What Does the Future Hold for Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment?

John Seffrin, President of the International Union Against Cancer, and Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter discuss the current state of cancer and cancer research, and the public policies behind it all.

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Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where since 1991 he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.

John Seffrin

During his 20 years of volunteer service, Dr. John Seffrin served the Society at the local, state, and national levels before being named the Society's top staff executive in 1992. Prior to taking this post, he was chairman of the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University. In addition to his role as Society CEO, Dr. Seffrin serves as president of the International Union Against Cancer, a nongovernmental organization committed to controlling cancer worldwide. He is also chairman of Independent Sector, the only national forum that brings together foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations to empower the nonprofit community.

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54 min 52 sec

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01.: Aspen Institute Introduction

03 min 46 sec

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02.: Progress in Cancer Knowledge/ Funding

04 min 17 sec

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03.: Gap in Access to Quality Health Care

04 min 03 sec

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04.: Solutions- Is there a Legislative Fix?

03 min 58 sec

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05.: Research Funding Political Bias

04 min 33 sec

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06.: Working Together

02 min 05 sec

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07.: Glass Half Full- Some Shrinking Cancer Rates

04 min 22 sec

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08.: Clinical Trials

03 min 58 sec

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09.: Cancer Prevention

03 min 12 sec

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10.: Vitamins and Aspirin

02 min 01 sec

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11.: Geopolitical Consequences of Smoking

04 min 11 sec

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12.: Q1: Importance of Inflammation

01 min 12 sec

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13.: Q2: Predictive Genetic Testing Models

02 min 17 sec

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14.: Q3: Causal Relationship Between Funding and Breakthroughs

04 min 38 sec

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15.: Q4: Foreign Research Investors

02 min 13 sec

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16.: Q5: Are Pesticides and Hormones Cancer Causers?

03 min 46 sec

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What Does the Future Hold for Cancer Prevention? (1 of 2)

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What Does the Future Hold for Cancer Prevention? (2 of 2)

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