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Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) was founded in 1988 by Richard J. Stephenson following the death of his mother, Mary Brown Stephenson, who died from lung cancer. [3] Stephenson purchased the American International Hospital in Zion, Illinois , in 1988 and expanded the hospital to include a radiation center, the Mary Brown Stephenson ...
In 1991, Stephenson founded Gateway for Cancer Research, which to date has raised more than $85 million to fund more than 170 clinical trials around the world. [6] Gateway spends 99 cents of every dollar donated to directly support research. [6] [7] Gateway hosts an annual gala to raise funds for cancer research; in 2019 it raised $4.2 million. [8]
Richard Pazdur is an American oncologist serving as the founding director of the Oncology Center of Excellence within the Food and Drug Administration. He was appointed to the position in 2005. He was previously the director of the FDA's Office of Hematology Oncology Products from 1999 to 2005. [1]
Steve Gaines told his congregation about his diagnosis during Sunday worship services. He will be seeking treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Well-known pastor and author Rick Warren recounts his call to full-time ministry as a 19-year-old student at California Baptist College, when in November 1973 he and a friend skipped classes and drove 350 miles to hear Criswell preach at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco. [7] Warren stood in line to shake hands with Criswell afterwards. [7]
The Evangelical Church of North America (ECNA) is a Wesleyan-Holiness, Protestant Christian denomination headquartered in Clackamas, Oregon. As of 2000, the Church had 12,475 members in 133 local churches. [ 1 ]
It received comprehensive cancer center status in 1991 and continues to be an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center today. [1] From 1991-2018, it was known as the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The center was renamed the Rogel Cancer Center in 2018 in recognition of a $150 million commitment from Richard and Susan ...
Travel writer and TV host Rick Steves has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, Steves, 69, shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he was preparing to have surgery at ...