International Activities of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Summary Report March 2014 This report is not a comprehensive summary of the international efforts of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers and not all of the efforts outlined in this report are NCI or NIH-funded. Rather, this report summarizes information that was provided by Cancer Centers who responded to requests from the NCI Center for Global Health for information on international activities. This is an ongoing data- collection effort, the data collection status for individual cancer centers can be found in Appendix A. Any additions or corrections are welcome. Please contact Rebecca Minneman ([email protected]). Table of Contents Abramson Cancer Center - University of Pennsylvania ....................................................................................4 Albert Einstein Cancer Center - Yeshiva University ..........................................................................................4 Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center - Washington University ..................................................................................5 The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute – Wayne State University ............................................................6 The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Case Comprehensive Cancer Center - Case Western Reserve University ......................................................... 12 Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center - University of California, Irvine .................................................. 12 City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center .................................................................................................. 14 The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University ....................................................................... 16 Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center - Baylor College of Medicine ............................................................................ 20 Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center............................................................................................................. 21 Duke Cancer Institute ................................................................................................................................... 23 Eppley Cancer Center - University of Nebraska .............................................................................................. 24 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - University of Washington Cancer Consortium .............................. 25 Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center .................................................................................. 27 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center ........................................................................................................................ 28 Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center - Columbia University .............................................................. 31 Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center – University of Iowa .......................................................................... 32 Hollings Cancer Center - Medical University of South Carolina ....................................................................... 34 Huntsman Cancer Institute - University of Utah ............................................................................................ 36 Indiana University Melvin & Bren Simon Cancer Center ................................................................................ 37 Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center - University of California at Los Angeles ............................................ 37 Kimmel Cancer Center - Thomas Jefferson University .................................................................................... 38 Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at Langone Medical Center ........................................................... 41 Masonic Cancer Center - University of Minnesota ......................................................................................... 41 Massey Cancer Center - Virginia Commonwealth University .......................................................................... 42 Mayo Clinic Cancer Center ............................................................................................................................ 44 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ...................................................................................................... 45 Page 2 of 134 Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth ................................................................................................... 51 The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center .............................................................................. 52 Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center - Northwestern University ..................................................... 54 Roswell Park Cancer Institute ....................................................................................................................... 55 Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ......................................................................................................... 56 Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center - Johns Hopkins University ..................................................... 58 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ............................................................................................................ 60 Stanford Cancer Institute ............................................................................................................................. 67 University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center ............................................................ 68 University of Arizona Cancer Center ............................................................................................................. 70 University of California Davis Cancer Center ................................................................................................. 72 University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center .............................................................................. 73 University of California at San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center ........................... 74 The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center .............................................................................. 75 University of Colorado Cancer Center ........................................................................................................... 77 University of Hawaii Cancer Center .............................................................................................................. 78 University of Kansas Cancer Center .............................................................................................................. 78 University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greene-Baum Cancer Center ................................................... 82 University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center .................................................................................... 83 University of New Mexico Cancer Center ...................................................................................................... 84 University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center ......................................................... 86 University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute ...................................................................................................... 87 University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center ......................................................... 96 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ........................................................................................ 101 University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center .......................................................................................... 109 Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center ............................................................................................................... 109 Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University ............................................................................................. 113 Yale Cancer Center ..................................................................................................................................... 114 Appendix A: Data Collection Status of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers ........................................................ 118 Appendix B: Commonly Used Abbreviations ............................................................................................... 121 Page 3 of 134 Appendix C: URLs from Links Embedded in Report ...................................................................................... 125 Appendix D: MD Anderson Cancer Center Supplemental Information .......................................................... 133 Abramson Cancer Center - University of Pennsylvania Institute-wide activities and consortia BOTSWANA: Penn has established a Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)1 Core in Botswana and there is currently a pilot project in AIDS-malignancies there. Investigator-initiated activities AFRICA: Dr. Timothy Rebbeck is involved in an international consortium working on prostate cancer in men of African descent