In a free program on gene therapy and cancer, a cancer physician and researcher will highlight the latest findings on an experimental genetic treatment for ovarian cancer. The Rhonda Fleming Mann Resource Center for Women with Cancer , a division of UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, will sponsor the event. The R.P.B. Auditorium on UCLA's campus, adjacent to the Jules Stein Eye Institute. Dr. Mark Pegram is a cancer physician and researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, assistant professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and principal investigator for the UCLA arm of a new experimental treatment for ovarian cancer. In his research, he investigates how some genetic alterations may lead to breast, ovarian or other cancers.
Admission is free.
Reflections, the appearance-enhancement store for cancer patients, will extend its regular business hours to 7 p.m. prior to this event. Reflections is part of the Rhonda Fleming Mann Resource Center's psychosocial care program.