TWiPO #17 ~ Personalized medicine: Interview with Dr Giselle Sholler

October 13, 2011

Host Dr. Tim Cripe and co-hosts Dr. Lars Wagner and Dr. Lionel Chow welcome guest Dr. Giselle Sholler on this episode of TWiPO. Dr. Sholler gives the background to her current research interest in neuroblastoma, and describes her nifurtimox trials and how she formed the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC). The physicians also discuss the specifics of the personalized medicine feasibility trial now open for neuroblastoma.

Dr. Sholler is a Pediatric Oncologist with Spectrum Health Medical Group, Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital, and directs the Pediatric Oncology Therapeutic Discovery Clinic. She is also Co-Director of the VARI/TGen Pediatric Oncology Research Program, and Associate Professor of the Neuroblastoma Translational Research Laboratory at Van Andel Research Institute. She has a faculty appointment within Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, and continues as adjunct faculty at University of Vermont. Dr. Sholler is also a Guest Researcher in the Pediatric Oncology Branch at the NCI.

References:

J Clin Oncol. 2010 Nov 20;28(33):4877-83. Epub 2010 Oct 4. Pilot study using molecular profiling of patients' tumors to find potential targets and select treatments for their refractory cancers.

Science 16 Sept 2011: Vol. 333 no. 6049 pp. 1569-1571. Pushing the Envelope in Neuroblastoma Therapy

Mol Cancer Ther August 2011 10; 1311. A Pilot Clinical Study of Treatment Guided by Personalized Tumorgrafts in Patients with Advanced Cancer