In 2006, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the TAILORx trial to determine whether gene expression patterns in…
On Dec. 1, 2005, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute became Michigan’s first and only independent hospital exclusively…
On Sept. 22, 2005, the Siteman Cancer Center opened a new center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. The…
On May 1, 2005, The Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute announced it had acquired its clinical facilities…
On Jul. 21, 2004, Project BioShield Act of 2004 was signed by President George W. Bush. The Act…
In 2004, data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study show that women who take estrogen in combination…
In 2004, the world’s first use of low-dose radioactive palladium ‘seeds’ as used to treat breast cancer patients…
On May 30, 2003, the Attorney General of California consented to the sale of the assets of the…
On Dec. 12, 2002, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that a clinical trial had shown that reducing…
On Sept. 10, 2002, the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (P.L. 107-188) was passed…
On Jun. 12, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response…
On Sept. 4. 2001, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network launched…
In August 2001, the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center was named an National Cancer Institute (NCI) -Designated Cancer…
In 2001, The J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank at the Karmanos Cancer Institute was founded as a…
In 2001, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) earned the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) highest distinction as a Comprehensive…
In 2001, the Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the 2001 E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would…
In 2001, the Regional Cancer Coalitions of Georgia were created by the General Assembly and Governor to ensure…
On Mar. 27, 2000, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Darleane C. Hoffman “to recognize…
On Jan. 10, 2012, the Norris Foundation made a $15 million commitment toward construction of the Harlyne J….
In 2000, the Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement was awarded…
On Dec. 8, 1999, the National Cancer Institute published the Atlas of Cancer Mortality, 1950-94, showing the geographic…
In 1999, the Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the 1999 E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would…
On Sept. 14, 1998, researchers from the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT) published a full report and update…
On Jun. 16, 1998, University of Washington Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s announced the…
In 1998, The Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $5 million gift from local philanthropist Henrietta Lee which…
In 1998, the Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act (MQSA) was passed by the U.S. Congress and continued the…
In 1998, Tamoxifen, created with the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line established by Karmanos, was revealed to reduce…
On Jul. 29, 1997, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released information that nuclear testing during the 1950s could…
In 1997, The Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would be…
In 1997, IsoRay was founded in Richland as a spin-off from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to…