Department
of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Director,
Solid Tumor Program, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute
Dr. Peter
Adamson, Chair of the Chil- dren’s
Oncology Group and one of the leaders in
the development of new therapies in childhood
cancer, was the invited speaker at the 2011
Andrew H. Weinberg Memorial Lecture. In his
talk ‘Childhood Cancer
Research: 21st Century Science, 20th Century
Clinical Trials’, Dr.
Adamson provided an overview of the current
status of pedi- atric cancer research and
outcomes and provided a critical outlook
for the future.
