夏威夷大学癌症中心获250万美元赠款：在全州扩大癌症诊疗与科研
夏威夷大学癌症中心10月22日宣布，获得勒娜·M·和哈里·B·赫姆斯利慈善信托（Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust）250万美元赠款，用于通过“Ka ʻUmeke Lama”项目在全州扩大癌症诊疗、临床研究和专科医师培训。该项目于2024年与约翰·A·伯恩斯医学院合作启动，旨在减少癌症治疗的地理障碍，尤其服务邻岛和乡村居民。这笔新赠款接续此前赫姆斯利信托120万美元赠款，该款用于启动 Hoʻōla 早期临床研究中心。
根据癌症中心一项研究，2021至2023年夏威夷居民赴州外就医的癌症治疗支出至少达2.3亿美元，凸显本地专科治疗资源不足。赠款将资助建立夏威夷首个肿瘤内科专科培训项目，让医生无需离岛即可完成专科培训；同时扩大“癌症诊疗通道项目”，改善全州患者转诊导航和临床试验参与。此外，资金还将强化精准肿瘤学基础设施、支持针对夏威夷多元人群的基因组研究，并扩大多学科肿瘤登记系统。
夏威夷大学马诺阿分校校长 Vassillis Symros 表示，这笔支持彰显该校作为R1旗舰研究型大学服务全州民众健康的承诺。癌症中心主任 Naoto Ueno 指出，资金将用于解决全州系统性的诊疗壁垒。癌症中心是夏威夷和太平洋地区唯一获美国国家癌症研究所指定的癌症中心。
UH Cancer Center receives $2.5 million grant: expanding cancer care and research statewide
The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center announced on October 22 that it has received a $2.5 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to expand cancer care, clinical research and specialist training across Hawaiʻi through Ka ʻUmeke Lama. Launched in 2024 in partnership with the John A. Burns School of Medicine, the statewide initiative aims to reduce geographic barriers to cancer treatment, particularly for neighbor island and rural residents. The award follows a previous $1.2 million Helmsley grant that supported the launch of the Hoʻōla Early Phase Clinical Research Center.
A UH Cancer Center study found that Hawaiʻi residents spent at least $230 million on out-of-state cancer care from 2021 to 2023, highlighting the shortage of specialized treatment locally. The grant will fund Hawaiʻi's first medical oncology fellowship, allowing physicians to complete specialty training without leaving the state, and will expand the Cancer Care Access Program to improve patient navigation, referrals and clinical trial participation statewide. It will also strengthen precision oncology infrastructure, support genomic research focused on Hawaiʻi's diverse populations and expand multidisciplinary tumor registries.
UH Mānoa Chancellor Vassillis Symros said the support underscores the university's commitment as an R1 flagship institution to serving the health of the entire state. Cancer Center Director Naoto Ueno said the funding will address systemic barriers to care across Hawaiʻi. The center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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