Making news across the country
By H. Chung So
photo: Paula MyersThese are just a few of the City of Hope developments that have been making news across the country:
On Feb. 27, actress and singer Miley Cyrus discussed her participation in City of Hope’s pediatric cancer patients’ picnic on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”
Articles on the California Supreme Court’s decision on the dispute between City of Hope and Genentech trial ran in numerous outlets on April 24 and 25, including the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, FOX Business, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg News Service, Dow Jones News Wire, San Francisco Chronicle, Pasadena Star- News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, KCBS-AM and KFWB-AM.
Vijay Trisal, M.D., was quoted in an April 21 TIME.com story about recent research showing patients with scalp or neck melanoma have lower survival rates compared to other sites. He was also interviewed on this topic for segments on KCAL-TV on April 21 and KCBS-TV on April 21 and 22.
Commentary from Behnam Badie, M.D., about Senator Edward Kennedy’s brain cancer diagnosis was included in May 21 articles in the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Newsday.com, AM New York and Arizona’s East Valley Tribune.
Joanne Mortimer, M.D., was quoted in a May 16 Los Angeles Times article about a Canadian study linking vitamin D deficiency to breast cancer. Her commentary was also included in a May 15 KABC-TV segment.
Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., director of the Department of Cancer Etiology, was featured in an April 25 New York Times blog post and podcast about how exercise can lower cancer risk.
On March 6, Reuters Health highlighted a lung cancer biomarker study conducted by Karen Reckamp, M.D., M.S., assistant professor in the Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology Program, and her colleagues at City of Hope in collaboration with researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mark H. Kawachi, M.D., associate professor in the Department of urology and Urologic Oncology, was featured on KABC-TV on March 14 in a segment about prevalence of and screening for penile cancer.
photo: Amy Cantrell.comCity of Hope’s 32nd annual “Celebration of Life” Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Reunion was covered by KABC-TV, KTLA- TV and KCOP-TV on April 25 and the Los Angeles Daily News, Dodgers.com, Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily News on April 26.
The 10th annual Hike for Hope fundraiser in Palm Springs, Calif., received substantial local media coverage, including the Desert Sun on Feb. 24, Palm Springs Sun on Feb. 29, the March issue of Inland Empire and KPSP-TV (CBS), KMIR-TV (NBC) and KESQ-TV (ABC) on March 2.
An April 25 HealthDay article that was picked up in numerous outlets, including WashingtonPost.com and MSN.com, included commentary from vijay Trisal about recent findings suggesting former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt may have had melanoma.
On March 18, LATimes.com reported on a bone marrow drive City of Hope held in collaboration with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Traffic Division for an officer diagnosed with leukemia.
The January/February 2008 issue of Nurses World magazine featured Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Nursing Research and Education, and her colleagues in their cover article, discussing their ongoing study of cancer pain management.
THINK CURE
photo: Jon SooHoo Photograpy/Los Angeles DodgersThe Feb. 28 edition of the Los Angeles Times reported on the Dodgers’ historic exhibition game on March 29 against the Boston Red Sox, noting that the event benefited ThinkCure, the Dodgers’ official charity supporting cancer research at City of Hope and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The event raised $2 million for ThinkCure, including $1 million in net proceeds from the game, and a $1 million matching personal donation from the McCourt family. The game as well as a related fundraising telethon aired on KCAL-TV in Los Angeles.