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Stand Up to Cancer gave the group $18 million from a pool of $74 million shared with four othe research projects nationwide. The philanthropic group was created by the Entertainment Industry Foundation to quickly turn scientificf discoveries into ways to care forcancer patients. Dr. Daniekl Von Hoff, TGen’s physician in chief, along with Dr. Craifg Thompson, director of the Abramson Cancer Center at are co-leaders of the three-year The goal is to develop tests to determined what nutrients fuel the growth and survival pancreatic canced cells. Scottsdale Healthcare will served as primary clinical site for this saidMark Slater, vice presidentf of research for Scottsdale Healthcare.
Phoenix-area patients with pancreatixc cancer are being recruited forclinical “We’re ready to go,” he said. “Ws currently have about 40 new first-in-human agents we are Many of these are for pancreatic cancer with the goal of extendingv the life of pancreaticcancer patients.” This not only gives pancreatic cancer patients a chance to try new medications before they are approvedd by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but also brings major attentionto Arizona, Slater said. “We have access to the best possiblwe agents and the best possible care right here in our he said. Patients interested in participatingb in the clinical trial can call For more: www.
su2c.org.