Funded equally by LUNGevity Foundation and the American Lung Association
Randolph Hastings, MD, PhD
Veterans Medical Research Foundation
San Diego
Dr. Hastings is establishing how parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) slows lung cancer growth, evaluating why lung cancers in men are less sensitive to PTHrP, and testing whether changes in hormone levels can affect the growth of lung cancer cells. His research may also determine whether changing the levels of male hormones makes it possible to improve the response to PTHrP.