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This is a time for building the UC Cancer Center. Building teams of experts to care for our patients, building stronger relationships in our community, and building our infrastructure and recruiting physicians. Improving cancer care and research is a priority for the University of Cincinnati to make the UC Cancer Center one of the best cancer centers in the nation. The cancer center is also a priority for Senior Vice President & Provost for Health Affairs, Jane Henney, MD. UC Cancer Center will seize all occasions to strengthen our ties with the community. We cannot do our job without support from our community leaders, physicians and individuals in need of care. One crucial step we must take is increasing the number of clinical and research staff. We have successfully recruited a number of clinicians and researchers involved with either cancer care or cancer research. Clinicians have been recruited to the Division of Hematology Oncology in Internal Medicine, Mammography, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Pathology, and gynecologic oncology. We are also in the middle of a search process to identify a new director of the UC Cancer Center who can devote full time effort to running and building these programs as well as linking with the community. We will be recruiting additional cancer clinicians and researchers recognized for their skills and innovation to come to the University of Cincinnati and/or Childrenšs Hospital. These first-rate physicians and scientists will help bring the UC Cancer Center into new prominence within the Greater Cincinnati area, as well as nationally. Already patients are coming to the Barrett Center and to the University Hospital from all over the nation to be treated in the perineal-based malignancies program run by Dr. Andrew Lowy, and patients have come from as far south as South America to be seen by Dr. James Augsberger for treatment of ocular melanoma. Our researchers have been very successful in competition for cancer-related research projects funded by the NCI and other agencies. We have more than tripled the research funding in UC Cancer Center during the last few years.
 Insights derived from these funded studies are likely to generate more funding for the Center and likely to introduce either novel clinical trials, novel therapies or novel diagnostic tests for cancer diagnosis or prognosis.
 Money raised from events such as the Think Pink Luncheon are used to generate funding for the Pilot Grant Program, which allows investigators to develop the preliminary data needed for grant submission. UC Cancer Center is also linked to research nationwide through its involvement in the large national cancer cooperative groups including the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG), American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG),Radiation Treatment Oncology Group (RTOG), Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG), and National Adjuvant Breast Demonstration Project (NSABP). UC Cancer Center is a member of the American Association for Cancer Institutes and is one of the partners in the Ohio Partnership for Cancer Control. We are working closely with Mr. John Barrett to liaison with the community. We hope to engage the community in our mission and to raise financial support for cancer research and clinical care.
Link to UC Cancer Center: uccancercenter.uc.edu
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