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The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is proud to announce that we have been designated a Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Charity Partner! BCAN has been allocated 25 guaranteed entries for the 38th Annual Marine Corps Marathon to be held on October 27, 2013; an event that sold out in 2 hours and 41 minutes in 2012.
  • We are looking at building “Team BCAN” to not only run in the event and raise awareness for bladder cancer but to raise needed funds for fostering research and patient education. According to the Marine Corps Marathon, there is not a required qualifying time to participate in the event, but all runners should maintain at least a 14 minute mile pace. In order to become a member of “Team BCAN” and officially have a slot in this year’s race, you must be registered through BCAN.
  • No federal or Marine Corps endorsement is implied.
  • If you are interested in becoming a member of BCAN’s team or have any questions, please contact Larry Rzepka, BCAN’s Executive Director, at lrzepka@bcan.org.
  • Milowsky

    Matthew I. Milowsky, M.D.
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Section Chief, Genitourinary Oncology Service
    UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Matthew I. Milowsky, M.D. is the Section Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service and Co-Director of the Urologic Oncology Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He recently joined UNC to lead the Genitourinary Oncology Research Program with a focus on translational science and clinical trials for patients with bladder cancer. Prior to UNC, Dr. Milowsky was an Assistant Member of the Genitourinary Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Milowsky completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology and Hematology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University. After completing his fellowship training, he remained on staff at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell and focused on the treatment of patients with and research related to genitourinary malignancies. He subsequently joined the Genitourinary Oncology Service at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and has continued to pursue research related to urologic cancers with a focus on the development of novel therapies for patients with advanced bladder and other urothelial cancers.

    Dr. Milowsky has published in peer reviewed journals and written several chapters including serving as a co-author on the Genitourinary Cancers section of the ASCO Medical Oncology Self-Evaluation Program. He has also served as faculty at many meetings including the ASCO-ABIM sponsored Medical Oncology Knowledge Workshop. Dr. Milowsky has received several honors and awards including an NIH Institutional Research Fellowship Award in Hematology, DOD Physician Research Training Award, the Weill Cornell Hematology/Oncology Faculty Teaching Award and the MSKCC Paul Sherlock Housestaff Teaching Award. He served as principal investigator on the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Henry Shepard Grant for Bladder Cancer Research. This effort, titled the Bladder Cancer Oncogenome Project identified molecular alterations in bladder tumors that will serve as targets for individualized treatment strategies in patients with urothelial cancer.

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