Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Sun Hur, and Charles Swanton received the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s 2021 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research.Â
In Vino Vita, a Fox Chase Cancer Center fundraising event, raised over $1.5 million for cancer research, treatment, and prevention.
SEngine Precision Medicine and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are collaborating to bring SEngine’s next-generation diagnostic PARIS test to adult and pediatric patients with primary or metastatic solid-tumor central nervous system cancers.Â
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health have partnered with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to establish a collaborative pilot program providing home infusion cancer treatments to eligible patients.Â
The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, an initiative of the Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer, has launched a new public service announcement campaign in collaboration with SU2C ambassadors Marlon Wayans, actor and comedian, and Tiffany Haddish, actress and Emmy Award-winning comedian.Â
Blanton S. Tolbert was named the first associate director for diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, complementing his recent appointment as vice dean for diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence for the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.Â
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center earned an additional $12 million from NCI as a two-year merit-based extension. The center was the first of two NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers to be awarded this distinction, followed by Lurie Cancer Center.
Fidel A. Valea was appointed system chief of gynecologic oncology at Northwell Health and director of gynecologic oncology at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. In these roles, he will see patients in New Hyde Park and Manhattan.
Stand Up To Cancer announced the Stand Up To Cancer–Fanconi Anemia Research Fund–Farrah Fawcett Foundation Head and Neck Cancer Research Team, which will focus on new approaches to address head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, with an emphasis on cancers related to the human papillomavirus and Fanconi anemia.
Benjamin A. Young was named program manager at the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center, where he will work with researchers to coordinate the institute’s basic, clinical, and population sciences research programs.
