{"id":81614,"date":"2018-07-03T07:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=81614"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:09:15","slug":"uh-cancer-center-retains-national-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/07\/03\/uh-cancer-center-retains-national-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center retains national designation"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center researchers, faculty, administrators and staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a>‘s competitive National Cancer Institute<\/a> (NCI<\/abbr>) designation has been renewed. The center was also awarded a $6 million Cancer Center Support Grant on July 1 to fund research.<\/p>\n

NCI<\/abbr>-designated cancer centers must go through rigorous and competitive renewal of their status every three to five years.<\/p>\n

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Randall Holcombe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I am extremely pleased that the NCI<\/abbr> has recognized the unique contributions of the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center and rewarded the efforts of our incredible faculty by continuing the NCI<\/abbr> designation,” said UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center Director Randall Holcombe<\/strong><\/a>. “For Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, this means access to cutting-edge cancer treatments and the highest quality of cancer care.”<\/p>\n

The UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center is one of only 70 NCI<\/abbr> designated cancer centers out of more than 1,000 cancer centers across the country. It was established at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa in 1981 and has achieved NCI<\/abbr> designation and funding since 1996.<\/p>\n

Over the past five years, more than 1,600 people have participated in UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center-sponsored clinical research studies, with topics ranging from how diet and the environment may influence the development of cancer, to novel treatment interventions for patients with advanced cancer.<\/p>\n

“The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> is delighted to have the National Cancer Institute renew our designation as an NCI<\/abbr> Cancer Center. This provides well-deserved external validation and national recognition of the important work we are doing and our path forward,” said UH<\/abbr> President and UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Interim Chancellor David Lassner<\/strong><\/a>. “Kudos to Director Holcombe and all of the center’s faculty and staff who pulled together as a team to make this recognition possible.”<\/p>\n

The grant award is supported by the National Institutes of Health under award number P30CA071789<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Read more at the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Nana Ohkawa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of only 70 centers acknowledged by the National Cancer Institute, it has also been awarded a $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[169,9],"class_list":["post-81614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t