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UH Cancer Center receives $2.5 million grant to expand cancer care statewide

Funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust advances the Ka ʻUmeke Lama initiative and establishes Hawaiʻi’s first in-state oncology fellowship. The University of Hawai'i Cancer Center in Honolulu has received a $2.5 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to expand cancer care statewide. The grant will aid in reducing geographic barriers for cancer patients and advancing care across the islands. Ka ʻUmeke Lama, a statewide initiative expanding oncology care, clinical research and specialist training, will be launched in 2024 in partnership with the John A. Burns School of Medicine. The trust previously awarded a $1.2 million grant to UH to launch the center’s Early Phase Clinical Research Center.

UH Cancer Center receives $2.5 million grant to expand cancer care statewide

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The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center in Honolulu has received a $2.5 million grant to alleviate geographic barriers for cancer patients and advance care across the islands.

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