ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
This report summarizes activities of the US-Japan Cooperative Cancer Research Program for the Japanese Fiscal Year 1987, the period between April 1, 1987, and March 31, 1988.
The program consists of the following program areas:
| I. | Etiology |
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| II. | Biology and Diagnosis |
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| III. | Treatment |
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| IV. | Interdisciplinary | |
The US-Japan Bilateral Agreement calls for the exchange of scientists, the exchange of materials, and the organization of seminars and workshops. Detailed discussions of these activities will be reported under specific program areas. The tables compiled in this section represent overall summaries for quick review. They should be self-explanatory.
To discuss policy matters and program activities, the Joint Steering Committee of the Program meets once every year. The fourth meeting of the third five-year period of its operation (April 1984 to March 1989) was held on June 23-24, 1988, in Anchorage, Alaska.
| 1st | 24-25 March 1979 | San Francisco, California |
| 2nd | 10-11 June 1980 | Nara, Japan |
| 3rd | 1-2 June 1981 | Annapolis, Maryland |
| 4th | 31 May-1 June 1982 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 5th | 9-10 June 1983 | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 6th | 13-14 February 1984 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 7th | 25-26 June 1984 | San Francisco |
| 8th | 27-28 June 1985 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 9th | June 25-26, 1986 | Anchorage, Alaska |
| 10th | June 25-26, 1987 | Kyoto, Japan |
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Program Areas
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Seminars
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Exchange of Scientists
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Exchange of Materials
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From U.S.
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From Japan
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| ETIOLOGY |
4
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1
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4
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8
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| BIOLOGY and DIAGNOSIS |
3
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0
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4
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0
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| TREATMENT |
3
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0
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3
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0
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| INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM and COORDINATION |
2
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0
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3
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0
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| Totals |
12
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1
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14
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8
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| (1) Cancer cell membrane: aberrant glycosylationand othercritical molecularevents, Hawaii, February 15-18, 1988 |
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| Organizers: | Dr. Sen-itiroh Hakomori Dr. Setsuo Hirohashi |
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| Participants: | U.S.-8 Japan-8 |
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| (2) Glutathione S-transferases and carcinogenesis, Hawaii, March 23-24, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Henry C. Pitot Dr. Kiyoshi Sato |
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| Participants: | U.S.-6 Japan-6 |
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| (3) Development of new medium-term bioassay for carcinogenesis, Hawaii, December 15-17, 1987 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Jerrold M, Ward Dr. Nobuyuki Ito |
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| Participants: | U.S.-7 Japan-7 |
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| (4) Biology of oncogenes, Hawaii, February 17-18, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Stuart A. Aaronson Dr. Masaaki Terada |
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| Participants: | U.S.-7 Japan-8 |
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| (1) Dr. Katsuyuki Yaginuma Cancer Institute, Tokyo | ||
| Dates: | September 27 - October 30, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Jesse W. Summers Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia |
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| (2) Dr. Masao Hirose Nagoya City university | ||
| Dates: | November 4 - 13, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. H. Witschi, University of California, Davis | |
| (3) Dr. Nam-ho Huh University of Tokyo | ||
| Dates: | August 12 - September 3, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Eliezer Huberman, Argonne National Laboratory Dr. Curtis C. Harris, National Cancer Institute Dr. Anthony E. Pegg, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center |
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| (4) Dr. Yukihito Ishizaka National Cancer Center Research Institute | ||
| Dates: | March 1 - April 4, 1988 | |
| Host Scientists: | Dr. Anthony V. Carrano, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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| (5) Dr.Wolfgang Zacharias University of Alabama | ||
| Dates: | September 5-26, 1981 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Hikoya Hayatsu, Okayama University |
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| (1) Molecular biology of cancer cells, Kyoto, Japan, April 4-6, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Ira Pastan Dr. Shigetaka Nakanishi |
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| Participants: | U.S.-6 Japan- 10 |
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| (2) Molecular mechanisms of lymphoid cell activation and application to tumor immunology, Hawaii, February 8-11, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Richard Hodes Dr. Toshiyuki Hamaoka |
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| Participants: | U.S.-7 Japan-8 |
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| (3) Molecular diagnosis of cancer, Hawaii, February 8-11, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Stanley Korsmeyer Dr. Tadamitsu Kishimoto |
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| Participants: | U.S.-7 Japan-8 |
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| (1) Dr. Mitsuaki Yoshida The Cancer Institute |
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| (2) Dr. Takashi Nishimura Tohoku University | ||
| Dates: | March 28, 1986 - August 31, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Steven Burakoff, Harvard Medical School | |
| (3) Dr. Masao Kimoto Saga Medical School | ||
| Dates: | January 31 - February 13, 1988 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Alfred Singer, National Cancer Institute | |
| (4) Dr. Hiromi Fujiwara Osaka University Medical School | ||
| Dates: | September 14 - October 4, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Mark I. Greene, Pennsylvania University School of Medicine | |
| (5) Dr. Kenichi Matsubara Osaka University | ||
| Dates: | January 30 - February 14, 1988 | |
| Host Scientist: | (Please see Exchange Scientist Summary Report) |
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| (1) The role of cytokines in cancer treatment, Tokyo, November 4-5, 1987 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Michael Friedman Dr. Makoto Ogawa |
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| Participants: | U.S.-6 Japan-8 |
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| (2) New screening systems and new drugs, Hawaii, February 5-6, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Michael Friedman Dr. Makoto Ogawa |
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| Participants: | U.S.-6 Japan-7 |
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| (3) Current progress of combined modality of radiotherapy, San Francisco, March 13-16, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Theodore Phillips Dr. Mitsuyuki Abe |
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| Participants: | U.S.-27 Japan-21 |
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| (1) Dr. Ohtsura Niwa Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Hiroshima | ||
| Dates: | September 27 - October 10, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Isaiah Fidler, University of Texas | |
| (2) Dr. Shuichi Fujimoto Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute | ||
| Dates: | November 5-25, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Lloyd Old, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | |
| (1) Melanoma and skin cancer: biology and comparative features in the U.S. and Japan, Tokyo, November 13-15, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick Dr. Jun Kukita |
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| Participants: | U.S.- 10 Japan- 10 |
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| (2) The family syndrome of sarcoma, breast cancer, and other neoplasms, Hawaii, March 21-23, 1988 | ||
| Organizers: | Dr. Robert Miller Dr. Frederick Li Dr. Haruo Sugano |
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| Participants: | U.S.-7 Japan-9 |
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| (1) Dr. Eiichi Tahara Hiroshima University | ||
| Dates: | November 1-24, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. M. Ryoji, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic Dr. Jeffrey Schlom, National Cancer Institute |
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| (2) Dr. Katsuhiro Fukuda Kurume University | ||
| Dates: | July 13 - August 11, 1987 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Brian E. Henderson, Univ. of South California Dr. R.B. Hayes, National Cancer Institute Dr. L.N. Kolonel, Univ. of Hawaii |
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| (3) Dr. Mitsuru Takanami Kyoto University | ||
| Dates: | January 26 - February 6, 1988 | |
| Host Scientist: | (Please see Exchange Scientist Summary Report) | |