moments in time - University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

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Discovering the Treatments of Tomorrow
above left
Dr. Maoquan Zhou, a postdoctoral fellow in professor Jon
Thorson’s lab at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, is
examining a vial with the anticancer drug mitoxantrone. He
is developing novel chemistries to direct known anticancer
drugs (such as mitoxantrone) to specific tumors via
attaching sugars.
UWCCC Annual Report 2008: moments in time
Strength of Spirit
above right
Elizabeth Stower, 22 from Amery, Wisconsin receives
radiation therapy for breast cancer. Elizabeth, a UW-
Madison college senior majoring in political science
and international studies, admits 2008 was a tough
year. Her mother died of ovarian cancer, and in March,
Elizabeth discovered a lump in her own breast.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
bottom right
Carolyn Foster laughs at a joke while being treated with
chemotherapy. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996,
Carolyn’s cancer recurred in 2003. At the time, her life
expectancy was only four years. More than five years
later, Carolyn acknowledges “ownership of her treatment”
and says she enjoys everyone at the UW because they
“all take a personal interest in me.” She is already making
camping plans for this summer.