VNR: UH Cancer Center receives full 5-year NCI designation with best score in a decade

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Link to video and sound (details below):https://go.hawaii.edu/aUe

WHAT: A press conference was held to announce the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center 's significant milestone, securing a full five-year designation from the federal National Cancer Institute (NCI), and earning a title as an "outstanding" cancer center with its best score in a decade. This designation places the UH Cancer Center in the top 4% of all cancer centers in the U.S., and recognizes its high-quality, impactful work in the global fight against cancer.

WHEN: October 7

WHERE: UH Cancer Center

WHO:

• Gov. Josh Green
• Naoto T. Ueno, UH Cancer Center Director
• Michael Bruno, UH Manoa Provost
• U.S. Rep. Ed Case
• U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda
• Darlena Chadwick, EVP, COO The Queen's Health Systems
• Susan Hirano, breast cancer patient and patient advocate

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

• The NCI designation comes with an $11 million cancer center support grant by NCI to help fund further research for five years.
• Only 72 cancer centers are recognized by NCI.
• To earn the designation, the UH Cancer Center undergoes stringent and constant evaluation.
• The UH Cancer Center is the only NCI-designated cancer center in Hawai'i and the Pacific, and has maintained its NCI designation continuously since 1996.
• For more details, visit this UH News story.
• More about the UH Cancer Center: The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center is dedicated to saving lives in Hawai'i and the Pacific, and inspiring hope, by conquering cancer. It strives to do this through research, education, patient care and community outreach, emphasizing the diverse and unique ethnic, cultural and environmental characteristics of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. The UH Cancer Center adds more than $57 million to the Oʻahu economy through scientific research, clinical trials and numerous other activities. It is one of only 72 cancer research institutions designated by the NCI, a mark of rigor and excellence, and the only NCI-designated cancer center in Hawai'i and the Pacific. Learn more at UHCancerCenter.org

Link to video and sound (details below): https://go.hawaii.edu/aUe

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SOUNDBITES:

Naoto T. Ueno, UH Cancer Center Director and two-time cancer survivor (:13)

"This funding that we're getting is to continue working to save lives in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, and we aim to inspire hope for all by fighting to conquer cancer."

Gov. Josh Green, M.D. (:09)

"Anyone in any part of our state now will have an opportunity to live because of the incredible work and research that will get done here."

Susan Hirano, breast cancer "thriver" and patient advocate (:14)

"As a patient, our strongest ally in this fight is hope and knowing what's happening here, I think the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center brings a renewed sense of hope, not only to the islands but to the Pacific."

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