On Apr. 25, 2012, U.S. Representatives Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), and Robert J. Dold (R-Ill.) joined…
On Mar. 29, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that death rates from…
On Mar. 26, 2012, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine reported study results that showed human tumors…
On Feb. 27, 2012, the Duke Cancer Institute opened a new 267,000-square-foot, $235 million Cancer Center that included…
On Jan. 30, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s Erivedge (vismodegib) capsule, the first…
On Jan. 23, 2012, UC San Diego Health System announced it had received approval to acquire the Nevada…
In 2012, The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center received NCI comprehensive cancer designation. The center is a matrix…
On Jun. 24, 2012, rock legend Alice Cooper visited the foundation to help raise funds for clinical trials…
In 2012, Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center opened 8 Smilow Cancer Care Centers in Connecticut. Today,…
On Dec. 14, 2011, Patricia M. LoRusso, D.O., of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan;…
On Sept. 2, 2011, the Monroe Cancer Center opened as a joint venture between Karmanos Cancer Institute, Mercy…
On Aug. 25, 2011, the National survey indicated HPV vaccine rates trail other teen vaccines. About 6 million…
On Aug. 19, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Seattle Genetics’ Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), making…
On Aug. 9, 2011, the Siteman Cancer Center announced that it had performed its 5,000th bone marrow transplant,…
On Jun. 28, 2011, to prevent extinction of the Tasmanian tiger, a team of scientists led by the…
On Jun. 13, 2011, Accuray announced it had completed its acquisition of TomoTherapy. The combination creates the premier…
On Jun. 6, 2011, University Hospitals (UH) Seidman Cancer Center, Northeast Ohio’s first and only freestanding cancer hospital,…
On Apr. 30, 2011, The University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital opened a new, innovative building for mothers…
On Apr. 21, 2011, Jon M. and Karen Huntsman donated $41 million to cancer research at Huntsman Cancer…
On Feb. 22, 2011, Foster City, California-based Gilead Sciences and Calistoga Pharmaceuticals announced Gilead’s acquisition of Calistoga for…
On Nov. 30, 2010, Jane and Lee Seidman have donated $42 million to University Hospitals (UH) – the…
On Jul. 7, 2010, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Amendments of 1999 (P.L. 106-245) was passed by the U.S….
On Apr. 29, 2010, the FDA approved sipuleucel-T (PROVENGE), made by the Dendreon, an autologous cellular immunotherapy for…
On Mar. 5, 2010, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that it had awarded the Siteman Cancer Center…
In 2010, the Pacific Health Research & Education Institute (PHREI) became the successor-in-interest to Pacific Health Research Institute….
On Oct. 16, 2009, GlaxoSmithKline announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Cervarix [Human papillomavirus…
On Oct. 16, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had licensed quadrivalent human papillomavirus…
On Sept. 27, 2009, University of Toronto researchers announced that they had used nanomaterials to develop a microchip…
On Sept. 16, 2009, Brian J. Druker, M.D.,whose research led to the development of Gleevec, the first targeted…
In Sept. 2009, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) House opened. A state-of-the-art, 80-room, ‘green building,’ SCCA House offers…