Participant Engagement and Cancer Genome Sequencing (PE-CGS) Network Webinar

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This program provides an opportunity for patients, their caregivers, and advocates to participate in this research effort to better understand colorectal cancer at multiple levels. Dr. Ryan Fields shares more about this program and its potential impact on future best practices for genomic research.

About the Program

The research team at Washington University School of Medicine and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center is partnering with Fight Colorectal Cancer to launch the National Cancer Institute-funded Participant Engagement and Cancer Genome Sequencing (PE-CGS) “Cancer Moonshot” program specifically looking at colorectal cancer patients within the black community who are under the age of 50.

About the Presenter

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Dr. Fields is the Chief of Surgical Oncology at Washington University School of
Medicine and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. He is a translational scientist
who treats solid tumors, including pancreatic cancer, primary and metastatic liver cancers, gastric cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, and Melanoma.

He is also the Principal Investigator of the Washington University Participant
Engagement and Cancer Genome Sequencing (PE-CGS) Center.