Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 25-November 1, 1999

Volume 28, Number 10

Grant to the Yale Cancer Center
will support lymphoma research

The Yale Cancer Center has received a second pledge of $500,000 from the Ted Mann Foundation of Los Angeles, California, to support lymphoma research at the center.

"We are sincerely indebted to Mr. Mann for his ongoing support of our program," says Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr., director of the Yale Cancer Center. "It represents a valuable demonstration of support for our research efforts, and will go a long way in helping to establish new treatment paradigms for many types of lymphomas."

One of the projects funded by Mann's first donation is the lymphoma vaccine program of Dr. Frank Hsu, which focuses on a vaccine using dendritic cells to stimulate the immune system into attacking its own tumor. Clinical trials of the vaccine are underway.

The Mann donation represents a timely infusion of important private funding in an era when federal support of research costs remains stagnant, says DeVita. Income from the endowment portion of the gift will support new projects in lymphoma and other cancers, while providing the Yale Cancer Center with the flexibility to pursue exciting new research directions on promising ideas, and the stability to conduct this research on a permanent basis, he adds.

Through the Ted Mann Foundation, Mann and his wife, Rhonda Fleming Mann, support numerous philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors. After Rhonda Mann's sister died of ovarian cancer, the couple established the Rhonda Fleming Mann Clinic for Comprehensive Care at the UCLA Medical Center. They also created the Rhonda Fleming Mann Research Fellowship at the City of Hope Medical Center in California to advance research and treatment associated with women's cancers.

The Yale Cancer Center is one of a select network of comprehensive cancer centers in the country designated by the National Cancer Institute and the only one in Southern New England.

Bringing together the resources of Yale-New Haven Hospital and the School of Medicine, its mission encompasses patient care, research, cancer prevention and control, community outreach and education. The Cancer Information Service, a Yale Cancer Center program funded by the National Cancer Institute, provides up-to-date information on cancer prevention, detection and treatment. Trained cancer information specialists are available to answer questions 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).

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