A new initiative aims to raise awareness among Washington, DC, area patients and physicians that clinical trials may be the first-line option, as opposed to the last resort, for newly-diagnosed cancer patients. The new effort is spearheaded by Advancing Cancer Treatment, a philanthropic initiative that supports patients' access to the best in modern cancer treatments.xxx:moreCurrently, fewer than 5 percent of cancer patients pa
John Sampson was elected president of the Private Diagnostic Clinic, the physician practice of Duke Health, with 1,650 members practicing in Duke hospitals and more than 100 clinics in North Carolina.
Carl Schmidt, a surgical oncologist specializing in cancers of the liver, pancreas, and stomach, will join the West Virginia University Cancer Institute in July.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published a newly-translated Italian version of the NCCN Guidelines for Patients for stomach cancer, funded by the NCCN Foundation thanks to No Stomach for Cancer.
The Melanoma Research Alliance has announced funding for 28 research grants totaling $11.8 million.
Team Science AwardsTargeting BAP1-dependent alterations in metastatic uveal melanoma
Molecular and immune profiling of acral melanoma from various ethnicities
Stand Up To Cancer announced a $10 million award to a Stand Up To Cancer Dream Team focused on revolutionizing the treatment of multiple myeloma through early detection of precursor conditions before they turn into full-blown disease.xxx:more
The work of the Stand Up to Cancer-St. Baldrick's Foundation Pediatric Cancer Dream Team, launched in 2013 to help develop new immunotherapy approaches to high-risk childhood cancers, will continue with a commitment of $8 million from the St. Baldrick's Foundation, the world's largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants. To further the impact of this gift, the eight institutions that make up the consortium have committed matching dollars to a total of $16 million.
Atrium Health's Levine Children's Hospital announced a $5 million charitable commitment from the Isabella Santos Foundation to establish The Isabella Santos Foundation Rare & Solid Tumor Program at Levine Children's Hospital. The program will oversee care for all solid tumors, rare tumors, metaiodobenzylguanidine therapy and all related clinical and scientific research at Levine Children's Hospital.
