The Catalyst Issue 2 | Winter 2009 | Page 14

Conquering Cancer Advances from the research bench to the bedside Scott & White has the most advanced resources to treat and study cancer. Our Cancer Research Institute is actually helping to develop life-extending and life-saving medications that might otherwise not be available. 14 THE CATALYST Winter 09 T he Scott & White Cancer Research Institute was established in 2005 to bring new cancerfighting therapeutics to patients’ bedsides more quickly than ever before. Along with physician recruitment in specialized areas of cancer treatment and extending Scott & White expertise in hematology and oncology throughout the state of Texas, we’re advancing the field of cancer study and treatment. Combined Expertise Benefits Patients “The Scott & White Cancer Research Institute is one of few non-profit institutions doing drug development. We synthesize new drugs in our laboratory and take them through to clinical trials,” says Arthur E. Frankel, MD, director of the