UH Cancer Center

The UH Cancer Center is home to Nā Wahine Hula ʻAkala — a halau composed of breast cancer survivors. It was to be part of a pilot study measuring the benefits of hula for cancer survivors. More than a decade later, dozens of women have taken part in the halau.

Almost 75 years ago, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore cultured the first immortal cell line that could be easily grown in the lab. Those cells were taken from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent. Her grandson told his family’s story this weekend to an audience at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center.

A researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center has garnered this year's Prevention Science Award, a prestigious prize for contributing research about prevention in the medical sphere. Dr. Scott Okamoto is the first person from Hawaiʻi to receive this recognition, according to UH.

Members of Hawaiʻi's chapter of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network gathered at the state's capitol last week to lobby for bills that they hope will save lives.

Kalo Cornett became a health advocate with the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center while receiving treatment for her second diagnosis. She now offers free rides to Tongan women from Hauʻula to Honolulu to get mammograms. HPR's Zoe Dym has more.

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