Category: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Money and medicine KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle’s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle’s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they [...]
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program will host its third annual Moving Beyond Cancer to Wellness educational event on Saturday, June 13, 2009. The event, which is designed for cancer patients and survivors including caregivers, friends, family and health care professionals, is free, but registration is required.
Video by Ken Westermann of Seattle. For more videos from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s “Get Screened!” video contest click here.
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has announced the winners of it’s “Get Screened!” video contest. The purpose of the competition was to promote colorectal-cancer screening. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the U.S., but is curable if detected early. Zach Smith of Spokane, Washington won first prize with [...]
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced today that it will layoff 83 members of its staff. The Center blamed the global economic downturn. While income from federal research grants and contracts have remained stable, income from donations and investments is down, the Center said.
A woman’s risk of breast cancer drops “markedly” after she stops taking hormone therapy commonly used to treat menopause, according to a study in this week’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Three of the study authors are from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Ross L. Prentice, Garnet Anderson, and Aaron K. [...]
The deadline for Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s innovative YouTube video contest to promote colon cancer screening is coming up: Jan. 30. The spots should be 30 to 60 seconds long. You can shoot them with any video gear you want, even your cellphone, as long as it can be posted to YouTube. Once [...]
Starting January 29, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will be offering a series of four free evening lectures on the fundamentals of cancer and cancer research for the general public by top scientists. The ”Science for Life” series will break down the concepts, skip the homework and offer a chance to interact [...]
Starting January 29, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will be offering a series of four free evening lectures on the fundamentals of cancer and cancer research for the general public by top scientists. The ”Science for Life” series will break down the concepts, skip the homework and offer a chance to interact with world-class researchers [...]
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