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Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and HackensackUMC's John Theurer Cancer Center to Develop Consortium WASHINGTON and HACKENSACK, N.J., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and John Theurer Cancer Center, part of Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J., announce the establishment of an oncology affiliation agreement to foster robust...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 1, 2013, leading cancer center administrator and nationally recognized hematology/oncology expert Richard I. Fisher, MD, will assume a set of vital leadership roles at Fox Chase Cancer Center, a member of the Temple University Health System, and Temple University School of Medicine. Currently, Fisher is vice president for strategic and program development at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he is also...

University of Colorado Cancer Center remains in distinguished company having received a prestigious designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is the fourth time the CU Cancer Center has been named a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the NCI – one of only 41 cancer centers in the United States to receive the designation. Aurora, Colo. (PRWEB) August 27, 2012 University of Colorado Cancer Center remains in distinguished company having received a prestigious designation from...

Relationship Strengthens Cancer Care and Research Opportunities PHILADELPHIA, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As of July 1, 2012, Fox Chase Cancer Center became a part of Temple University Health System, one of Philadelphia's leading academic health centers, providing access to quality care through its hospitals and multi-specialty satellite facilities while supporting excellence and innovation in education and research. "We are pleased to welcome Fox Chase Cancer Center...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer is one of six cancer centers nationwide, and the only center in North Carolina, to earn an award for its work in improving access to clinical trials. Given by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the award recognizes practices that have established high quality clinical cancer research programs. "We're very pleased that our center has been...

OFFERING LIFE SAVING SCANS WITHIN A RESPONSIBLE CONTINUUM OF CARE WASHINGTON, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) applauded over 75 medical centers nationwide that have announced they will begin lung screening for those at risk as part of their continuum of multi-disciplinary care for lung cancer. This effort comes on the heels of scientific validation of the mortality benefit of low-dose computed tomography (CT) to detect early lung cancer...

Neighborhood Grocer Committed to Raise $1.5 Million for Pediatric Cancer Research LANDOVER, Md., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Food of Landover, Md. will launch its eighth annual Triple Winner game on April 13, benefiting the Pediatric Oncology Division at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and The Children's Cancer Foundation, Inc. Since its start in 2005, Triple Winner has raised $10 million for pediatric cancer research, making it one of the most successful...

A new study shows that it is possible to selectively target and block a particular microRNA that is important in liver cancer. The finding might offer a new therapy for this malignancy, which kills an estimated 549,000 people worldwide annually.   The animal study, by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) and at Mayo Clinic, focused on microRNA-221 (miR-221), a...

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PartnerMD, a membership concierge medical practice and executive health program, announced the results of their successful social media campaign benefitting VCU Massey Cancer Center. The Facebook-based promotion netted $1,189 in donations for the cancer center. By donating $1 for every new PartnerMD Facebook page "Like" during October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, PartnerMD netted a six-fold gain for its health-focused Facebook...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- How do patients, doctors, insurers and the government define the value of cancer treatment? How do drugs stack up against one another from a value perspective? Is personalizing treatment a realistic goal and can it increase the value of care? The answers to these questions are not simple - nor are they without controversy. But John Marshall, MD, of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, says the conversation is an...