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Committee to Hold Hearing on Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment PDF Print

For immediate release: Friday, February 26, 2010 
Contact: Oversight and Government Reform Press Office, (202) 225-5051

Committee to Hold Hearing on Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment

WASHINGTON – Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) today announced that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing titled, “Prostate Cancer:  New Questions About Screening and Treatment” to examine several issues surrounding prostate cancer.  The purpose of the hearing is to understand current views on prostate cancer screening and research, and to understand if necessary action is being taken to find a cure for prostate cancer.

The hearing will be held on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

Witnesses invited to testify include:

William L. Dahut, M.D.  
Senior Investigator 
National Cancer Institute, Medical Oncology Branch and Affiliates

Carolyn J.M. Best, Ph.D. 
Program Manager, Prostate Cancer Research Program, Department of Defense 
U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

Theodore L. DeWeese, M.D. 
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Professor of Urology, Professor Oncology, Chairman, Radiation Oncologist-in-Chief, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Dr. Steven G. Kaminsky, Ph.D. 
Vice President for Research and Director of Research Administration 
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

James L. Mohler, M.D. 
Associate Director and Senior Vice President for Translation Research, Chair, Department of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology 
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Otis W. Brawley, M.D. 
Chief Medical Officer 
American Cancer Institute

Faina Shtern, M.D. 
President and Chief Executive Officer 
AdMeTech Foundation

The Hon. Am. Andrew Young 
Former Mayor of Atlanta and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Thomas Farrington 
President and Founder 
Prostate Health Education Network, Inc.

Betty Gallo 
Director of Public Outreach and Government Relations   
Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center (GPCC) at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ); 
Co-Founder of Women Against Prostate Cancer

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