Medicine Grand Rounds

"Clinical Development of Breast Cancer Preventive Agents: Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities"
Sherry Chow, PhD
 Dr. Sherry Chow is a Research Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC). She co-leads the UACC Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Program and directs the UACC Analytical Chemistry Shared Resource. She is a clinical translational scientist focusing on early phase clinical development of cancer chemopreventive agents and development of biochemical and molecular biomarkers for evaluation of cancer risk and drug efficacy. Through her long-standing role as the Principal Investigator of an NCI-funded early phase cancer prevention clinical trials program, she has led and facilitated the evaluation of repurposed drugs, novel agents, alternative dosing schedules/approaches, and novel vaccines for prevention of various types of cancer. In addition, she has led and participated in multiple NCI and DOD-funded early phase clinical trials to develop breast cancer preventive agents that have minimal toxicity and higher tolerability. Furthermore, she has mentored dozens of graduate students, medical students, research fellows, and early stage investigators in cancer chemoprevention and biomarker analyses, served on the advisory board for training grants, and led several funded projects that engaged multiple groups of faculty from various disciplines. 

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All faculty, CME Planning Committee members and CME office reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.
Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians