The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has given grants to researchers at four U.S. cancer centers for initiatives aimed at improving lung cancer screening adherence.
According to an April 16 news release from the organization, the researchers are:
- Elizabeth Bouchard, MA, PhD, at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Debra Friedman, MD, MS, at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Katharine Rendle, PhD, at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center
- Ilana Richman, MD, and Lynn Tanoue, MD, at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health’s Smilow Cancer Hospital and the Yale Cancer Center, also in New Haven.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network is a nonprofit alliance of 34 leading U.S. cancer centers.
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