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Foundations acquire a critical new role as federal funding for cancer research falters

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Ryan Schoenfeld, PhD
CEO, The Mark Foundation
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD
Executive chair of the board, The Mark Foundation; Director, Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center; Past dean of Medicine, the Medical University of South Carolina
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