IU Cancer Physician Honored By National Komen Foundation

January 2, 2007 – 6:34 pm | posted in Breast Cancer, Cancer / Oncology

Indiana University Cancer Center breast cancer specialist George W. Sledge Jr., M.D., has been honored with the 2006 Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at the 29th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

The Komen Brinker Award was established by the Komen Foundation in 1992 to recognize leading scientists for their significant work in advancing research concepts or clinical application in the fields of breast cancer research, screening or treatment.

Dr Sledge, who is the the Ballve-Lantero Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine at Indiana University, received the 2006 award for clinical research. Evan Simpson, Ph.D., director of the Price Henry’s Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, was the 2006 award recipient for basic science.

Dr. Sledge was one of the first researchers to recognize the importance of angiogenesis in breast cancer tumor growth and has been a leader in the application of anti-angiogenesis therapies designed to prevent the development of new blood vessels in human cancers. His work in recent years has focused on novel biologic therapies for breast cancer.

He has served as the principal investigator for several important clinical breast cancer trials, include one supported by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group examining the safety of trastuzumab and paclitaxel as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. He led the first-ever trial of an anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody for the treatment of advanced breast cancer.

According to the foundation, “Dr Sledge’s involvement in the design and implementation of pivotal trials has been critical in the development of adjuvant therapies to improve disease-free and overall survival for women with metastatic breast cancer.”

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