Jane Figueiredo was appointed co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center.
A new donor-funded project is offering free assistance to newly-diagnosed cancer patients across Los Angeles County to help them navigate the appointments, tests, options, and challenges that come with a life-altering diagnosis.
Indrin Chetty was selected as the new vice chair of research and director of the medical physics division in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer.
Leo Mascarenhas was named director of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s and medical director of the Sarcoma Program at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center.
The Convergent Science Cancer Consortium, a consortium using an unconventional approach that emphasizes the integration of diverse scientific disciplines, received a $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered how the liver defends itself against cancer. Their study, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Hepatology, suggests targets for therapies to protect the liver both from cancers that originate there and cancers that spread to the liver from other parts of the body.
Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have identified two new treatment options for men with recurrent prostate cancer—both of which helped patients live longer without their disease progressing than the current standard treatment.
Lali Medina-Kauwe was named the inaugural Carol Moss Foundation Chair in Medical Discovery at Cedars-Sinai. The support of the Carol Moss Foundation, whose endowment was established by the foundation’s late president, Samuel W. Halper, will enable Medina-Kauwe to advance innovative research in nanomedicine.
Niki Patel, a fellowship-trained hematologist-oncologist board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, was named to the Division of Medical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer.
Gynecologic oncologist Margaret Liang was named director for the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program at Cedars-Sinai Cancer. She also joined the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, providing care and clinical services for patients within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
