{"id":232621,"date":"2026-04-20T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=232621"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:14:33","slug":"how-clinical-trials-save-lives-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/20\/how-clinical-trials-save-lives-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center workshop highlights clinical trial impact"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Attendees gather at a UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center for a workshop on clinical trials and access to new therapies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nearly 100 people gathered in person and online on April 18 at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> for the free workshop, “How Clinical Trials Save Lives,”<\/a> learning how these studies work and how patients may benefit from new cancer treatments.<\/p>\n

The event also marked the one-year anniversary of the Susan C. Hirano Cancer CARE<\/abbr> Community, a patient-empowerment program that brings together patients, survivors, caregivers, and health care providers for education and support.<\/p>\n

Attendees learned about the Ho\u2018ōla<\/span> Early Phase Clinical Research Center, located at the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center in Kakaʻako<\/span>. The new facility will allow Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> patients to access early phase, or Phase I<\/abbr>, clinical trials locally for the first time, without traveling to the U.S.<\/abbr> continent.<\/p>\n

Panel discussions and presentations featured clinicians, researchers, survivors and caregivers sharing medical information and personal experiences with clinical trials.<\/p>\n

Clinical trials expand access to new hope for patients<\/h2>\n
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Participants engage in questions with workshop panelists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Clinical trials are where research can turn into real hope for patients,” said Naoto T. Ueno, director of the Â鶹´«Ã½Cancer Center. “Clinical trials give patients access to promising new therapies that are not yet widely available\u2014sometimes offering options when standard treatments are no longer effective.”<\/p>\n

Panelist Kimberly Omine, who is undergoing a clinical trial for blood cancer, said the experience has been life-changing. “If I didn\u2019t go through clinical trials, I wouldn\u2019t be here.”<\/p>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½Cancer Center officials noted that clinical trials provide closely monitored care and may offer access to treatments that improve outcomes while advancing future cancer research. The center administers nearly 90% of all cancer clinical trials in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, in partnership with member organizations of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Consortium.<\/p>\n

The workshop was produced by the Susan C. Hirano Cancer CARE Community<\/abr><\/a>, which continues to expand programming connecting the cancer community across Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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