Lung SPOREs

While the mortality rate has declined among most population groups over the past twenty years, cancers of the lung and bronchus are still the leading cause of cancer death among both males and females in the United States. According to estimates of the American Cancer Society, approximately 221,130 new cases of lung and bronchus cancer and 156,060 deaths were expected to be reported in the year 2011. The high mortality rate is due largely to the fact that a majority of these cancers are not detected until the disease has reached an advanced stage, when treatment is less effective. Because of the huge burden of lung cancer in terms of morbidity and mortality, lung cancer was an early focus of the SPORE Program. Three Lung SPOREs were funded in 1992 and additional SPOREs were added raising the number to seven in 2003, a level maintained over most of the years thereafter until 2011.

Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Institute

Bruce Johnson, MD [Click Here]
Director, Lung Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Medical Oncology
44 Binney Street, Suite 1234
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 632-4790
Fax: (617) 632-5786
Email: bruce_johnson@dfci.harvard.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/spores/

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Eric Haura, MD [Click Here]
Director, Lung Comprehensive Research Center
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive, MRC-4W
Tampa, FL 33612
Tel: (813) 745-6287
Fax: (813) 745-6817
Email: eric.haura@moffitt.org

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.moffitt.org/lungspore

Johns Hopkins University

Stephen B. Baylin, MD [Click Here]
Professor of Oncology & Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bunting Blaustein Cancer Research Building
1650 Orleans Street, Room 541
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Tel: (410) 955-8506
Fax: (410) 614-9884
Email: sbaylin@jhmi.edu

University of Colorado Cancer Center

Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MD [Click Here]
Director
University of Colorado Health Science Center
Department of Medicine
4200 East Ninth Avenue
Box B - 188
Denver, Colorado 80262
Tel: (303) 315-3007
Fax: (303) 315-3304
Email: paul.bunn@uchsc.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.uccc.info/for-healthcare-professional/ cancer-center/research/lung-spore/index.aspx

University of Pittsburgh

Jill M. Siegfried, PhD [Click Here]
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
E1340 Biomed Science Tower
School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Tel: (412) 648-1942
Fax: (412) 648-2229
Email: siegfriedjm@upmc.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.upci.upmc.edu/spore/lung/proj.html

University of Texas/Southwestern Medical Center

John D. Minna, MD [Click Here]
Professor, Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
Director, Harmon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Harmon Center for Therapeutic Oncology
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Room NB8-206
Dallas, Texas 75390
Tel: (214) 648-4900
Fax: (214) 648-4940
Email: john.minna@utsouthwestern.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/research-at-md-anderson/early-detection-and-treatment/research-programs/spores/lung-cancer-spore/index.html

Vanderbilt University

David P. Carbone, MD, PhD [Click Here]
Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology
Department of Medicine and Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt University Cancer Center
685 Preston Research Building
Nashville, TN 37232-6838
Tel: (615) 936-3321
Fax: (615) 936-3322
Email: d.carbone@vanderbilt.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.vicc.org/spores/lung