The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recognized four Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers as winners of ASCO’s Special Awards, the Society’s highest honors. The recipients of these awards have worked to transform cancer care around the world.
Among the recipients:
David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award and Lecture
George D. Demetri, MD, FASCO is senior vice president for experimental therapeutics and director of the Sarcoma Center at Dana-Farber, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Ludwig Center at Harvard. Dr. Demetri has dedicated his career to translational research aimed at understanding and treating precisely defined subsets of cancers, and he was a pioneer in the development of targeted therapies for gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) as a molecularly-defined subset of sarcomas. First presented in 1970, the David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award and Lecture honors Dr. Karnofsky by recognizing an oncologist who has made outstanding contributions to cancer research, diagnosis, and/or treatment.
Science of Oncology Award and Lecture
Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD is the director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber and the director of the Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science. Dr. Jänne is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Executive Committee for Research at Dana-Farber. He was one of the co-discoverers of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations and Dr. Jänne has led the development of therapeutic strategies for patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer. Created in 2005, the Science of Oncology Award and Lecture is presented annually in recognition of a recipient’s outstanding contributions to basic or translational research in cancer.
