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National Cancer Center ("NCC" or "Center"), founded in 1953, is a not-for-profit organization in the United States that funds young cancer researchers who are working to discover how the body's immune system sees and responds to cancer when it initially develops and why certain cancer cells are resistant to different treatments.
In 2009, the William Wirtz family (owners of the Chicago Blackhawks) donated $19.5 million to Northwestern Memorial Hospital to support cancer research and clinical advancements within the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. [11] In 2014, Leonidas Platanias was appointed director of the Lurie Cancer Center. [12]
One of two NCI-designated cancer centers in Illinois, Lurie Cancer Center is composed of collaborative academic and research efforts between the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Northwestern Medicine, Lurie Children's Hospital, the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center. [15]
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She serves on the board of advisors for the National Cancer Institute and on 12 external advisory boards for NCI-designated cancer centers. She is an active member of several committees with the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in addition to serving on other academic and for-profit advisory boards.
The Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of 51 comprehensive cancer centers in the United States as designated by the National Cancer Institute [3] of the National Institutes of Health. The first cancer research center director was John Ultmann whose specialty was the diagnosis, staging and treatment of Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's ...
Equitas Health has chosen a veteran Chicago healthcare executive as the first permanent leader of the LGBTQ+ health provider in more than two years.. David Ernesto Munar, 54, takes over as CEO of ...
In the final stages of Stage 4 cancer, former Postmates executive James Butts shared a heartfelt message that is resonating with thousands: “Be principled, be an idealist. Most importantly, be a ...