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Hyundai Hope on Wheels delivers $400,000 grant to fund pediatric cancer research at Georgia Cancer Center, Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia
August 08, 2024
Hyundai Hope on Wheels donated $400,000 to Dr. Ted Johnson's pediatric brain cancer research. Johnson and his research team are studying the mechanisms that suppress the body's immune response and allow tumor survival. This information can help them identify ways to counteract those processes and fortify the immune system to fight the tumor instead.
Hyundai Hope on Wheels delivers $400,000 grant to fund pediatric cancer research at Georgia Cancer Center, Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia
CON alumna earns director role, discusses nursing family legacy
June 04, 2024
This month, we’d like to highlight nursing alumna, Angela Hornsby, MBA, BSN, RN, OCN. Hornsby, class of 2016, is an experienced oncology nurse that has served Augusta University for over 20 years working in both the Emergency Department and Georgia Cancer Center. She earned her BSN from the Augusta University College of Nursing while working… Continue Reading CON alumna earns director role, discusses nursing family legacy
CON alumna earns director role, discusses nursing family legacy
Unite in the Fight Against Cancer Funding Free Prostate Screening for the Community
April 24, 2024
If you were to look at a map of Georgia and ask to point out the area that you believe has the highest rates of prostate cancer mortality, would you point out the CSRA? “We are the higher number in the state of Georgia,” says Avirup Guha, the director of the Cardio-Oncology Program, at […]
Unite in the Fight Against Cancer Funding Free Prostate Screening for the Community
Wellstar MCG Health holds free screening clinic to recognize Head and Neck Cancer Screening Month
April 19, 2024
Once a year in April, Wellstar MCG Health’s Department of Otolaryngology holds a free cancer screening clinic to celebrate Head and Neck Cancer Screening Month. On April 19, about 19 people signed up to be screened – free of charge – for a variety of cancers that can show up anywhere around the head, the […]
Wellstar MCG Health holds free screening clinic to recognize Head and Neck Cancer Screening Month
Unite Providing Cooling Caps for Chemotherapy Treatments
Unite Providing Cooling Caps for Chemotherapy Treatments
Cancer Patients Requiring Feeding Assistance Getting the Support they need from Unite in the Fight Against Cancer
Cancer Patients Requiring Feeding Assistance Getting the Support they need from Unite in the Fight Against Cancer
Unite in the Fight Against Cancer Covers Cost for Lymphedema Treatments
Unite in the Fight Against Cancer Covers Cost for Lymphedema Treatments
Unite in the Fight Against Cancer Funding Aids in Tobacco Cessation
Unite in the Fight Against Cancer Funding Aids in Tobacco Cessation
Georgia Cancer Center researcher awarded $2.8 million NCI grant
Georgia Cancer Center researcher awarded $2.8 million NCI grant