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  MA 04 - Advocacy: Listen to the Patients (ID 655)

  • Event: WCLC 2017
  • Type: Mini Oral
  • Track: Patient Advocacy
  • Presentations: 1
  • Moderators:Rudolf M Huber, C.L. Dégi
  • Coordinates: 10/16/2017, 11:00 - 12:30, Room 313 + 314

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    MA 04.05 - The Impact of the Meso Foundation on Advocacy Efforts for Funding Mesothelioma Research  (ID 7462)

    11:00 - 12:30  |  Presenting Author(s): M. Kotizan
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    Background:
    The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is the nonprofit collaboration of patients and families, physicians, advocates, and researchers dedicated to eradicating the life-ending and vicious effects of mesothelioma. The Meso Foundation’s Advocacy Program objective is to obtain federal funding for mesothelioma research.
    
    Method:
    An analysis was performed of the Meso Foundation’s advocacy efforts and grant funding from years 2000- 2015.
    
    Result:
    The Meso Foundation has funded 103 projects from 8 countries for a total awarded amount of 9.8 million dollars. From 2000- 2015, the Meso Foundation grant program has funded research that has produced over 240 publications in peer reviewed journals. As a direct result of Foundation advocacy, the Department of Defense has awarded a total of $12.4 million to mesothelioma research since 2008. The Meso Foundation’s grant program has funded the basic science research that helped lay the groundwork for several mesothelioma clinical trials. A few of the more notable trials include the measles virus and the WTI Vaccine. Several of the proposals funded by Meso Foundation grants have extended to global levels through presentations at international conferences including but not limited to International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
    
    Conclusion:
    Through actively engaging members of congress, the Meso Foundation has successfully advocated for increased funding for mesothelioma research. The Meso Foundation is committed to leveraging the knowledge we gain from our own research, as well as discoveries made by our collaborations with academic institutions and industry partners to work toward the development of innovative treatments and care platforms for mesothelioma patients and their families.
    
    

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