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Saturday, December 10, 2011 TRAINING Dedicated Mentoring: An ASH Tradition By heather landau, Md A t present, hematologists have an unprecedented opportunity to translate sci- ence into medicine. This is quite different from when the great physician-writer Lewis Thomas described his internship at Boston City Hospital in pre-penicillin 1937. He said, “Whether you survived or not depended on the natural history of the disease itself. Medicine made little or no difference.” Since then, biomedical research has led to previously unfathomable advances such as mapping of the human genome, the use of nuclear and molecular imaging, and insights into cancer stem cells. Molecular techniques are now available to characterize pathologic processes and identify therapeutic targets. We have seen imatinib emerge as the quintessential targeted therapy with many other drugs also being rationally developed. The potential has never been greater for finding more effective treatments and even cures. Because of this, biomedical discovery “Biomedical discovery over the next two decades is projected to occur at a revolutionary pace, surpassing the rate of progress of the last decade and moving in a new direction of personalized versus standard cancer treatment.” over the next two decades is projected to occur at a revolutionary pace, surpassing the rate of progress of the last decade and moving in a ASH NEWS DAILY Page A–5 ® new direction of personalized versus standard cancer treatment. But progress requires personnel, and escalating costs and downturns in financial support threaten to shrink the pool of promising new investigators. Therefore, it has never been more critical to share enthusiasm and provide trainees with mentorship and direction. At the 2011 ASH Trainee Day, several experts shared their experiences and insights into what is »» MENTORING Page A-8 Locate the mutation. Stay one step ahead of CML resistance. Register at booth #503 or visit www.CMLResponseProject.com. ©2011 ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All rights reserved. 5343311 REGISTER AT BOOTH #503 21425 ARIA ASH Program Ad_Mv1.indd 1 10/14/11 11:50 AM

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