At the recommendation of Scientific Advisory Board member Dr. John Kirkwood, NCC has been funding post doctoral research in melanoma for over two decades. We commend Yale researchers for their new findings. Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells with a two-pronged approach, as a potential alternative to surgery.
The National Cancer Center is pleased to announce it has increased its 2020-21 research grant awards by +20%, resulting in the appointment of three additional research fellows to pursue promising and innovative…
Read more
NCC salutes the work of Dr. Isaac Powell, who practices urologic oncology at Wayne State University with a focus on the genetics of prostate cancer development and the influence of race on cancer behavior, particularly in African American men.
Career healthcare administrator will tap extensive knowledge and deep network to advance mission. The National Cancer Center, which funds promising cancer research and provides education about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Irving, RN, MBA to its Board of Directors, bringing the total number of board members to seven.
The following article in the New York Times describes a new scan discovered by scientific cancer research to diagnose prostate cancer. Such advances in prostate cancer are the reason why the National Cancer Center recently instituted our new special Prostate Cancer research fundraising project.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]$40,000 grants will be awarded annually to young scientists pursuing innovative studies for the treatment and cure of prostate cancer NEW YORK – October 13, 2020 – The National Cancer Center…
Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Early Detection is the Key to Preventing Cervical Cancer. National Cancer Center Founder Dr. James Ernest Ayre, co-inventor of the Ayre Spatula, played a pivotal and pioneering role…
Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]It’s the holiday season. A time for reflecting on the emotional and material gifts we have personally received this year, and a time to thank and give back to…
Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]By Denise Grady , The NY Times So far, a procedure that turbocharges the immune system to attack tumors seems safe, but it’s too soon to tell whether it helps patients.…
Read more
