On Jul. 12, 2012 the University of Kansas Cancer Center earned National Cancer Institute designation. Through efforts initially…
On Apr. 30, 2012, “Treatment Outcomes in Black and White Children With Cancer: Results From the SEER Database…
On Mar. 29, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that death rates from…
On March 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…
On Jun. 24, 2012, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Alice Cooper helped raise $675,500 for the…
In 2012, The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center received NCI comprehensive cancer designation. The center is a matrix…
In 2012, the Basser Center for BRCA was established at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center to establish a…
On Dec. 14, 2011, Patricia M. LoRusso, D.O., of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan;…
On Aug. 25, 2011, the National survey indicated HPV vaccine rates trail other teen vaccines. About 6 million…
On Aug. 19, 2011, the FDA approved Seattle Genetics’ Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), making it the first drug for…
On Aug. 16, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vemurafenib tablets (Zelboraf, Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc.) for…
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. 21, 2011, Jon M. and Karen Huntsman donated $41 million to cancer research at Huntsman Cancer…
On Feb. 22, 2011, Foster City, Calif-based Gilead Sciences and Calistoga Pharmaceuticals announced Gilead’s acquisition of Calistoga for…
On Dec. 22, 2010, the FDA approved Gardasil HPV vaccine to include the indication for the prevention of…
On Nov. 30, 2010, Jane and Lee Seidman have donated $42 million to University Hospitals (UH) – the…
On Oct. 29, 2010, The Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research…
On Apr. 29, 2010, the FDA approved sipuleucel-T (PROVENGE), made by the Dendreon Corp., an autologous cellular immunotherapy…
On Mar. 5, 2010, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that it had awarded the Siteman Cancer Center…
On Jan. 25, 2010, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine launched a $65…
In 2010, the Pacific Health Research & Education Institute (PHREI) became the successor-in-interest to Pacific Health Research Institute….
On Apr. 26, 2000, Jon M. Huntsman, a billionaire industrialist, announced that he would give $125-million to a…
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) approved new indication for gardasil to prevent…