~ Roger Magowitz
Press Releases
Videos Raise Awareness To Pancreatic Cancer
11/2011
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and Seena Magowitz Foundation
Founder and President Roger Magowitz is doing his part by introducing a series of
professionally produced videos on the subject.
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Mattress Firm Committed To Supporting globalCure
7/2011
Mattress Firm, a leading specialty mattress retailer with more
than 720 stores nationwide, is committed to supporting the fight against
pancreatic cancer by raising funds for clinical trials through the Translational
Genomics Research Institute (TGen) globalCure initiative.
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Mattress Firm Honors Broadcast Legend With
Donation to Pancreatic Cancer Research
5/2011
On May 12th, 2011, Mattress Firm hosted a presentation and donation event kicking off their national support of pancreatic cancer research and awareness. In partnership with Simmons Bedding Co., Mattress Firm President and CEO, Steve Stagner, presented a check for $157,550 to Dr. Daniel Von Hoff of TGen and globalCure, in honor of Houston’s own Marvin Zindler, who passed away from pancreatic cancer in July 2007.
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Jai Pausch, Widow of Randy Pausch
To Write An Inspirational Memoir
10/2010
Jai Pausch, a cancer research advocate, mother, and widow of Randy Pausch, Ph.D., acclaimed Carnegie Mellon University Professor and author of the internationally best-selling book The Last Lecture, has reached agreement with Crown Archetype to write an inspirational memoir about building a new life and keeping one’s dreams alive after experiencing tragedy.
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Golf Atlanta Charity Tournament
Raises $105,000 for ‘globalCure’
11/2010
The 2010 Golf Atlanta charity golf tournament raised $105,000 in its first year to benefit “globalCure,”
a new initiative aimed at finding better treatments and eventually a cure for pancreatic cancer.
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World’s 1st patient treated at Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare
9/2010
A new investigational drug designed to penetrate and attack pancreatic
cancer cells has been administered to a patient for the first time at the
TGen Clinical Research Services (TCRS) at Scottsdale Healthcare.
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Seena Magowitz Foundation Co-Hosts
2010 Golf Atlanta Supporting globalCure
9/9/2010
The first 2010 Golf Atlanta charity golf tournament will benefit “globalCure,” a new initiative aimed at finding better treatments and eventually a cure for pancreatic cancer.
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Stand Up To Cancer Telethon On
September 10, 2010
9/8/2010
The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare announced today it is participating in the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Dream Team pancreatic cancer research project as a primary clinical research site.
"Cutting Off the Fuel Supply, A New Approach to the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer,'' seeks ways to deprive pancreatic tumors of crucial nutrients, increasing the percentage of patients surviving beyond one year and improving quality of life. Read more
Golf Tournament Raises $400,000 For
TGen Pancreatic Cancer Research.
4/2/2010
Donations from Seena Magowitz Celebrity Golf Classic now top $750,000.
Arizona businessman Roger Magowitz today presented $400,000 for
pancreatic cancer research to the TGen Translational Genomics Research
Institute. Proceeds from December’s 7th annual Seena Magowitz Celebrity
Golf Classic bring to $750,000 the total amount Roger Magowitz has
contributed to TGen in memory of his mother, Seena Magowitz who died
of pancreatic cancer in 2001. Read more
Metformin Reduces Risk of Diabetic Patients Developing Pancreatic Cancer
August 1, 2009
Taking the most commonly-prescribed anti-diabetic drug, metformin, reduces an individual's risk of developing pancreatic cancer by 62 percent, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, published in the August 1, 2009 issue of Gastroenterology.
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Study Shows Vitamin D May Reduce
Pancreatic Cancer Risk Nearly By Half
September 12, 2006
American Association for Cancer Research
Consumption of Vitamin D tablets was found to cut the risk of
pancreatic cancer nearly in half according to a study led by
researchers a Northwestern University and Harvard University.
The findings point to Vitamin D’s potential to prevent the disease,
and is one of the first known studies to use a large-scale
epidemiological survey to examine the relationship between the
nutrient and cancer of the pancreas. The study, led by Halcyon
Skinner, Ph.D., of Northwestern, appears in the September issue
of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.
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