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LRF Awards Grants to Study
Lymphoma in Adolescent, Young
Adult Patients
As part of a partnership with The Paul Foundation on
Critical Adolescent and Young Adult Initiative, the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) has awarded its first
research grant focused solely on combating lymphoma
in the adolescent and young adult (AYA) population. The
two-year, $100,000 grant was awarded to David Scott,
MD, MBChB, of the British Columbia Cancer Agency,
who will serve as the grant’s principal investigator. Us-
Theodore Lawrence Named Director
of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Theodore S. Lawrence, MD, PhD,
has been named
the director of
the University of
Michigan Comprehensive Cancer
Center. Dr. Lawrence succeeds
Max S. Wicha,
MD, who founded
the cancer center
27 years ago.
“This is a tremendous program
with talented and
dedicated faculty
and staff, a terrific research infrastructure and superb core facilities,”
said Dr. Lawrence, who is also chair of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School.
In addition to continuing to advance the Cancer Center’s research excellence, Dr. Lawrence plans to grow the
center’s statewide presence as part of an effort to bring
cancer care closer to home.
Source: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center press release
NCI Awards UT Southwestern Funding to Establish First U.S. Center for
Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy
University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical
Center is leading a Texas consortium of research-
ing biopsies from 241 AYA patients who participated in
a recently completed clinical trial, Dr. Scott and his collaborators will test the relationship between these tests
– which were shown to identify patients at high risk
of poor outcomes – and the PET scan to see whether
choices between treatments can be made at diagnosis,
resulting in a “risk-stratified” approach.
Source: Lymphoma Research Foundation press release
ers to establish the country’s first National Center
for Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy that could provide
clinical care and research using heavy particles for
innovative new cancer treatments. The National
Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes
of Health awarded UT Southwestern a $1 million planning grant to develop research proposals
for the center. Hak Choy, MD, chair and professor of
radiation oncology at UT Southwestern, is principal
investigator for the Texas award.
“Heavy ion radiation therapy represents the next
quantum leap forward in cancer care. It is not available in the United States, and our location would be
the fir