Volume 4, Number 31 - October 19, 2009

In this issue:

• NCI boosts City of Hope researcher’s investment in up-and-coming scientists
• $11.4 million from NCI backs national model to help lung cancer patients and their families
• Molecular test aids stomach cancer diagnosis
• New surgical oncologist joins the head and neck program at City of Hope
• A new way to give, on the couch or on the go
• Ghosts, ghouls and goblins to descend on City of Hope
• Yoga and art and music therapy on tap at Biller Patient and Family Resource Center
• Time for a change

Fair play

Jo Ann S. Namm, M.S., C.C.L.S., talks about Child Life services with passersby at the City of Hope Community Health Fair. Namm staffed one of 72 booths at the Sept. 24 fair, which attracted more than 1,100 attendees and featured both City of Hope services and programs and local health-oriented organizations, markets and restaurants.

The fair was sponsored by City of Hope, the Duarte Chamber of Commerce, the city of Duarte and the League of United Latin American Citizens. (Photo by p.cunningham)