It can take years before scientists understand how a basic research discovery will impact the clinical care of cancer patients. IU Simon Comprehensive Cencer Center is committed to following these discoveries from the laboratory to the clinical environment and back.
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Indiana's first mobile lung screening program, which includes a 40-foot truck with a CT scanner, is bringing life-saving lung screenings directly to Hoosiers across the state. The program will offer a convenient and accessible way to detect lung cancer early, when it is most treatable.
"Concocting slime in crazy goggles and giant white lab coats” in high school science classes turned out to be Emily White’s first step toward helping cancer patients at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The awardees of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 2024 Merilyn Hester Scholarships – Noah Burket and Maya Krishnan – believe medical research will inform their patient interactions.
Both awardees of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 2024 Deutsch Scholarship – Eyram Kpenu and Devon McCourry – have one thing in common: the passionate desire to solve medical problems through discoveries.
Lung cancer therapies have come a long way since the 1980s, when treatments were limited and screening was decades away. Today, a lung cancer diagnosis comes with hope for recovery—and research through clinical trials is the primary reason why.
The National Cancer Institute has renewed the prestigious comprehensive cancer center designation to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, awarding it a five-year, $14.2 million grant.
2nd Annual Lung Cancer Advocate Rally
IU Indianapolis Campus Center Atrium 420 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202
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Did you know that for the first time ever, more women are being diagnosed with lung cancer than men? This shift highlights a need for awareness and action! Join End Lung Cancer Now at the 2nd Annu...Read more
~Virtual~ IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds with Shadia Jalal, M.D.
IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds presents, Shadia Jalal, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Lawrence H. Einhorn Scholar in Oncology, IU School of Medicine “Innovating Lun...Read more
~In-Person~ IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series with Y. Alan Wang, Ph.D.
JOSEPH E. WALTHER HALL
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IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series presents, Y. Alan Wang, Ph.D., Paige Brown Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Brown Center for Immunotherapy, Professor of Medicine, IU School ...Read more
