Officials of the Spartanburg Regional Hospital recently announced that a new program has been introduced at the Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute, which will enable cancer patients to participate in clinical trials of cutting-edge drugs.
Most likely the hospital is turning to flyer printing to let patients become aware of this program so they will have more information on it and be able to participate.
According to the president of the Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute, Dr. Timothy Yeatman, the new program will be called the Gibbs Health Institute and will make clinical trials more accessible to people who may not be able to afford the money to travel to where experimental treatments are being held.
A check for $250,000 was given to the hospital by philanthropists Jimmy and Marsha Gibbs so that the program could get underway. The goal is eventually to raise $25m and they wanted to get it started with their pledge.
According to the CEO of Spartanburg Regional, Bruce Holstein, Yeatman has been working with more 100 hospitals across the country to make the concept possible by setting up a network of patients’ electronic medical records, so they may be matched with the trials for which they are best suited. Yeatman added that this program will also attract the participation of large pharmaceutical companies.
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