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This story is part of The Cancer Letter’s ongoing coverage of COVID-19’s impact on oncology. A full list of our coverage is available here.

Researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was recently awarded a U54 grant ($3.9 million over the first two years as a part of a five-year research proposal) to establish a NCI/SeroNet Center for Serological Excellence at Mount Sinai with a focus on lung cancer.

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Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD
Executive director, Center for Thoracic Oncology, Mount Sinai Cancer, Mount Sinai Health System; Professor of medicine and pathology, Icahn School of Medicine; Joe Lowe and Louis Price Professor of Medicine, Associate director, Tisch Cancer Institute
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