Making news across the country
A recent study by Jeffrey Weitzel, M.D., director of the Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics, and his colleagues, which found that women who don’t have many older female relatives on one side of their family may carry a BRCA gene mutation without realizing it, was featured in numerous national publications. (BRCA mutations are linked to various cancers, including breast cancer.) Publications and news outlets covering the story included The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, U.S.News & World Report.com, TIME.com, Forbes.com, BusinessWeek.com, Associated Press, Reuters, United Press International, Scientific American, Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Chicago Tribune, among others. The study was also featured nationally by CBS affiliates, including KCBS and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A June 11 Los Angeles Times story quoted Sunita Patel, M.D., assistant professor, Division of Population Sciences, and Yun Yen, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of translational research, on findings from the 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference, including therapies for treating liver cancer and a drug to reduce the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy.
A June 22 segment on “Good Morning America” highlighted “Hannah Montana” actress Miley Cyrus and her upcoming concert tour, with a dollar from each ticket sold benefiting City of Hope.
The Los Angeles Times featured a lymphoma Q&A on April 23 with Mark Kirschbaum, M.D., director of new drug development and assistant professor in the Division of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
The May issue of Los Angeles magazine included an article about private support’s increasing role in funding innovative biomedical studies. The story cited City of Hope as one of Southern California’s world-class research facilities.
OK! Magazine highlighted entertainer Sheryl Crow on April 30 for her various charitable contributions, including public service announcements she recorded for City of Hope to raise cancer awareness.
On April 28, City of Hope’s 31st Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Reunion was featured on the front page of the Pasadena Star-News and also was covered by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, San Bernardino Sun and KABC-TV. Newspapers covering event participants also included the Calgary Sun on April 13, the Winnipeg Free-Press on April 27, the North County Times on April 28 and Today’s Local News (San Diego) on April 29.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on April 24 that Gail K. Naughton, Ph.D., was appointed to City of Hope’s national board of directors.
On March 19, The Associated Press ran a story about the planned retirement of Ronald Shaw, president and chief executive officer of Pen Pilot. In the article, Shaw said that after retirement, he will continue supporting City of Hope.
The Summit, a business magazine supplement in the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, quoted Robert Figlin, M.D., the Arthur and Rosalie Kaplan Professor of Medical Oncology, and chair of the Division of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, in a March 30 story about City of Hope’s global and local impact. City of Hope also was listed in the magazine as one of the largest organizations in the San Gabriel Valley.