When Naoto T. Ueno left MD Anderson to become director of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, he took one of the most challenging jobs in oncology.
The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center has received a full five-year designation from NCI.
Naoto Ueno: Building a cancer program that brings research to people of Hawai’i—underserved, or privileged
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