The late Fenton L. Maynard of Phoenix committed a $5 million gift from his estate to the Arizona Cancer Center to create the Margaret E. and Fenton L. Maynard Excellence in Breast Cancer Research Endowment.
A $15.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute will enable the Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention to continue developing sustainable solutions to cancer disparities among Native Americans.
Setsuko K. Chambers, MD, director of Women’s Cancers at the Arizona Cancer Center has been elected a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Michael A. Bookman, MD, has joined the Arizona Cancer Center as chief of the Hematology / Oncology section. He most recently was vice president for ambulatory care and clinical research at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.
Better Than Ever is an Arizona Cancer Center fitness training and fundraising program. We are pleased that the $210,000 distributed this year brings the 9 year grant distribution total to more than $1.5 million. Learn more about the 2009-2010 grant award winners.
Nineteen Arizona Cancer Center members have been awarded a total of $4 million in federal National Institutes of Health stimulus grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Alfred M. Cohen, MD, has been named surgical director at the Arizona Cancer Center and will guide the Department of Surgery oncologists.