GlaxoSmithKline Recognizes University of Michigan's Dr. Daniel F. Hayes as the First Recipient of the Gianni Bonadonna Breast Ca...(n adjuvant treatment of breastcancer and...)

"Gianni Bonadonna's work revolutionized the management and treatment of breast cancer," said Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD, immediate past president of ASCO. "Dr. Daniel Hayes is receiving a well-deserved recognition of his impressive research achievements and, I believe that Dr. Hayes, like Bonadonna, will continue to be an outstanding role model for younger oncology researchers."

About the Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award and Fellowship

'The Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award and Lecture', a $10,000 award, will be presented annually to a researcher of merit in the field of breast cancer. The award is accompanied by a fellowship grant, presented to an early-career breast cancer researcher who will work in the lab at the recipient's institution. 'The Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Research Fellowship' will consist of a one-year grant of $50,000 in support of the fellow's research. The fellow will be announced at a later date.

In 1973, Dr. Bonadonna designed and conducted the first randomized study to test the activity of the CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil) combination chemotherapy as an adjuvant treatment in node-positive operable breast cancer. Adjuvant CMF proved to be effective in significantly reducing the risk of disease recurrence and death over a prolonged period of time (30 years).

About GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline -- one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies -- is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better, and live longer. For company information, visit GlaxoSmithKline at http://www.gsk.com.

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