维尔·万罗,休斯顿量子能源合作公司的总裁兼首席执行官,深情地回忆起他和父亲西德尼·万罗一起玩接球和踢足球的情景。他的父亲很喜欢指导年轻人在球场内外如何努力工作,如何有决心和体育精神胰腺癌对每个人来说,这都是一个困难的诊断。
一年之后辐射和化疗治疗在MD安德森2013年3月,西德尼·凡洛(Sidney VanLoh)在接受惠普尔(Whipple)外科手术的同时,也失去了与疾病的斗争。
为了表达对该机构致力于改变癌症病程的感谢,年轻的VanLoh和他的妻子,Jennifer,做了一份战略性的礼物给安德森的胰腺癌登月。VanLohs夫妇的灵感来自于登月计划对早期探测和更有效治疗的重视。
“我家庭的个人经历让我们看到了这个机构有多么特别,”VanLoh说MD安德森2015年癌症中心的访客委员会。我们遇到的每一位医生、外科医生和护士都流露出同情和专业精神,以及永不放弃的态度。安德森的多学科、功能性团队的方法将从根本上改变未来十年癌症护理和治疗的进程。”
外科肿瘤学教授、老VanLoh的医生Jason Fleming是领导胰腺癌登月计划的团队成员之一。它最近的进展包括建立安德森的首次对胰腺癌高危门诊进行筛查和咨询。
“在这一点上是为早期发现,如乳房X线照片检测乳腺癌,或任何有意义的干预没有真正的方法,”弗莱明说。“这是一个高风险的诊所,仅在国内少数之一的起源。以后有可能对成千上万的人的生活产生影响显著,这家诊所将允许那些固有的风险进行跟踪,追溯和映射。这是真正的变革。”
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