Research
The Four Diamonds Fund has been actively involved in funding
research conducted at Penn State
College of Medicine through start-up grants for projects relating to the
causes, prevention, treatment and cure for pediatric cancer.
In 1998, in an effort to expand their research potential, an initiative was
launched to establish the Four Diamonds Research Institute at Penn State College
of Medicine. Thanks to the generosity of many donors, including the Penn State Dance
Marathon, this Research Institute has been funded. Two endowed chair positions
have been established including endowed lab funding and two endowed research
scholarships. Currently a national search is in progress for scientists to lead
the charge.
Clinical Research
In addition to the basic scientific research that occurs within the labs at The
Four Diamonds Research Institute at Penn State College of Medicine, the
Division of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology is actively involved in the management of clinical
trials to treat childhood cancer.As members of the Children's Oncology Group, the physicians and nurses are
involved in the development and management of protocols used internationally to
treat children with cancer. This provides our patients with access to the most
advanced clinical trials available. It is through this participation by
institutions worldwide that the cure rates have improved from a universally
fatal disease to one that carries an 80% long-term survival rate.
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