The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and IU Health began a mobile lung cancer screening program, which includes a 40-foot truck with a CT scanner.
NCI renewed the Comprehensive Cancer Center designation to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, awarding it a five-year, $14.2 million grant.
Melissa L. Fishel was named the Myles Brand Scholar in Cancer Research by Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. Fishel is a tumor cell biologist working toward new targets and treatments for pancreatic cancer.
The 12th Chuckstrong Tailgate Gala included former Colts quarterback Andrew Luck and raised $1.5 million for research at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center will expand its lung cancer research through a $20 million gift that will advance discoveries related to lung cancer prevention, detection, and treatment and establish the Tom and Julie Wood Center for Lung Cancer Research.
The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded two five-year NCI grants totaling more than $3.3 million to expand its summer education programs, which aim to foster an interest in cancer research fields as early as middle school and develop a diverse workforce in cancer research.
Mark KelleyMelissa FishelMark Kelley and Melissa Fishel, two researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a five-year, $2.4 million grant from NCI to explore therapies that target the critical pathways pancreatic tumors use to survive.
IU Health and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center plans to develop a state-wide mobile lung cancer screening program as a result of a $4.5 million gift from The Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation, which includes $4 million matching dollars from Indiana University Health.
The world’s only biobank that collects healthy breast tissue is once again taking the lead to fulfill another unmet need in breast cancer research: collecting tissue from men to understand how male breast cancer develops.
Walther Cancer Foundation has pledged $10 million to Riley Children’s Foundation for children’s cancer research.
