Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Susan Padalecki

Departments of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA

Biography

Dr. Susan Padalecki's lab focus is to utilize these models of bone metastasis to dissect the pathophysiology of prostate cancer and bladder cancer metastases to bone as well as for use in pre-clinical testing of therapeutics. Identification of specific molecular targets for the development of therapeutics is a key goal in this work. As a research assistant professor, Dr. Susan Padalecki managed her own laboratory but also became very involved in the program project grant of Dr. Gregory Mundy.

Publications

The Development of a Minority Recruitment Plan for Cancer Clinical Trials

Background: Cancer does not occur in all ethnic and racial groups at similar rates. In addition, responses to treatment also vary in certain ethnic and racial groups. For Hispanics, the overall cancer incidence is generally lower yet for some specific tumor types, the incidence rates are higher compared to other populations. Objectives: Although di... Read More»

Monica Trevino, Susan Padalecki, Anand Karnad, Alberto Parra, Steve Weitman, Melissa Nashawati, Brad H. Pollock, Amelie Ramirez and Ian M. Thompson

Research Article: J Community Med Health Edu 2013, 3: 230

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000230

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