THE ROBERT H. LURIE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER and the Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute entered into an alliance with Perthera Inc. to conduct a translational research program designed to assess the utility of integration of next generation sequencing, proteomic, and phospho-proteomic data in oncology developmental therapeutics and clinical practice.
LEONIDAS PLATANIAS was appointed director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a position he has served in interim since January.
CANCERCARE received a $1.5 million grant from Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING Cancer Center's new, largest suburban location, MSK West Harrison, is set to see patients Oct. 6.
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER received a $10 million grant from ExxonMobil for the center's Moon Shots program.
ROBERT MILLER was named medical director of the Institute for Quality of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
THE BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE and Wayne State University reaffirmed their affiliation agreement, which has spanned 20 years.
LISA RICHARDSON was named director of the CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.
MARTINE EXTERMANN received the 2014 Paul Calabresi Award from the International Society of Geriatric Oncology. Extermann is the senior member of the Senior Adult Oncology and Health Outcomes & Behavior Programs at Moffitt Cancer Center.
