WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.007 >> THE IU MELVIN AND BREN SIMON CANCER CENTER HAS BEEN ADVANCING HEALTH CARE IN THE STATE FOR TWO DECADES, AND JUST THIS WEEK, IT 2 00:00:08.007 --> 00:00:14.414 EARNED ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS IN THE COUNTRY. BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER KYLIE VELETA HAS MORE. 3 00:00:14.414 --> 00:00:19.986 >> THANK YOU, GERRY. THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATED THE IU SIMON CANCER CENTER AS A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER 4 00:00:19.986 --> 00:00:26.793 CENTER. IT'S THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS CATEGORY IN THE COUNTRY AND PUTS IT IN THE COMPANY OF PLACES LIKE THE MAYO 5 00:00:26.793 --> 00:00:33.833 CLINIC CANCER CENTER AND THE DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE CENTER AND 6 00:00:33.833 --> 00:00:39.239 FOR HOOSIER PATIENTS IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE IU SIMON CANCER CENTER DR. PATRICK LOEHRER. THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SHOW. 7 00:00:39.239 --> 00:00:45.912 >> MY PLEASURE. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW ACHIEVEMENT. >> THANK YOU. 8 00:00:45.912 --> 00:00:54.721 WE ARE EXCITED. >> IT HAS BEEN A CLINICAL CANCER CENTER FOR 20 YEARS. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 9 00:00:54.721 --> 00:01:02.095 BEING BUMPED UP? >> THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES. ONLY A FEW BECOME NCI DESIGNATED 10 00:01:02.095 --> 00:01:09.169 CANCER CENTERS, WE'VE BEEN THAT WAY 20 YEARS. THIS IS LIKE GOING FROM A COLLEGE FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM 11 00:01:09.169 --> 00:01:17.544 TO BEING IN THE NBA. TO BE IN THE ELITE GROUP OF HOSPITALS, AS YOU MENTIONED WITH DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, 12 00:01:17.544 --> 00:01:25.552 M.D. ANDERSON, JOHNS HOPKINS, WE ARE NOW AT THE TABLE WITH THEM. IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE THIS RESPECT TO BE IN THAT GROUP OF 13 00:01:25.552 --> 00:01:30.890 PEOPLE. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE I.U. CANCER CENTER, FOUND THE CURE FOR 14 00:01:30.890 --> 00:01:36.229 TESTICULAR CANCER. THIS NEW DESIGNATION, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, AND THE FUNDING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR RESEARCH 15 00:01:36.229 --> 00:01:41.634 MOVING FORWARD? >> THE DESIGNATION OF COMPREHENSIVENESS MEANS WE HAVE EXCELLENCE IN BASIC RESEARCH, 16 00:01:41.634 --> 00:01:49.576 CLINICAL RESEARCH AND POPULATION SCIENCE, AND WE SHOW GREAT SYNERGY BETWEEN THESE AS WELL AS DOING WORK AROUND INDIANA AND 17 00:01:49.576 --> 00:01:55.648 BEYOND. THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE DO IS TEAM SCIENCE, WE HAVE OVER 250 MEMBERS OF OUR CANCER CENTER. 18 00:01:55.648 --> 00:02:07.393 SO IF YOU HAVE A DISEASE LIKE TESTES CANCER, AND WORKED WITH THE UROLOGIST TO PUT TOGETHER A REGIMEN, CANCERS ARE COMPLEX, 19 00:02:07.393 --> 00:02:13.233 UNDERSTANDING THE BIOLOGY OF THIS. WHAT MEANS, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR PATIENTS, IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE 20 00:02:13.233 --> 00:02:19.672 GOING TO HAVE A TEAM OF PEOPLE BEHIND THEIR PHYSICIANS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR CANCERS. >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 21 00:02:19.672 --> 00:02:25.845 THE PATIENTS. IF YOU'RE A NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENT WITH CANCER IN INDIANA, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THEM? 22 00:02:25.845 --> 00:02:31.351 >> WELL, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, IT MEANS THAT PATIENTS DON'T NEED TO TRAVEL TO GET THE BEST CARE. 23 00:02:31.351 --> 00:02:37.824 THIS IS REALLY AN ELITE CANCER INSTITUTE THAT IT HAS OUTSTANDING DOCTORS AND NURSES. BUT ALSO HAS A TEAM OF 24 00:02:37.824 --> 00:02:44.731 RESEARCHERS BEHIND IT. THE CANCER ITSELF IS FAR MORE COMPLEX THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO WHEN WE MIGHT 25 00:02:44.731 --> 00:02:51.304 PICK A DRUG OFF THE SHELF AND TRY TO TREAT IT. WE NOW REALIZE THAT THE GENETIC MAKEUP OF CANCER IS UNIQUE WITH 26 00:02:51.304 --> 00:02:58.778 EACH PATIENT WHO HAS CANCER, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PATHWAYS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT, ALLOW US NOW TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC 27 00:02:58.778 --> 00:03:04.017 MARKERS AND TREATMENTS THAT CAN IMPACT THE OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH CANCER AND ALSO THEIR SYMPTOMS. 28 00:03:04.017 --> 00:03:10.156 >> THE CENTER HAS ALSO BEEN A SPRING BOARD FOR START-UP COMPANIES, PATENTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 29 00:03:10.156 --> 00:03:16.162 HOW DOES THIS DESIGNATION BUILD MORE MOMENTUM FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? >> AGAIN, WE HAVE THE BEST AND 30 00:03:16.162 --> 00:03:19.499 THE BRIGHTEST IN INDIANA UNIVERSITY. AND THEY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 31 00:03:19.499 --> 00:03:28.775 MANY OF OUR RESEARCHERS, HAVE WORKED ON PATHWAYS, IDENTIFIED DRUGS AND CREATED START-UP COMPANIES TO HELP SUPPORT THESE. 32 00:03:28.775 --> 00:03:36.049 WE'VE HAD PROBABLY ABOUT 65 DIFFERENT PATENTS THAT HAVE COME THE LAST FEW YEARS, ABOUT 13 DIFFERENT START-UP COMPANIES. 33 00:03:36.049 --> 00:03:42.655 OUR RESEARCH ACTUALLY IS AN INCUBATOR FOR THE BUSINESS HERE IN INDIANA. >> AND THERE ARE ONLY 50 OTHER 34 00:03:42.655 --> 00:03:52.665 COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR INDIANA, FOR I.U. CANCER CENTER ON A 35 00:03:52.665 --> 00:04:00.707 NATIONAL SCALE? >> WE HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK MANY YEARS. THIS PUTS AN IMPRIMATUR ON OUR 36 00:04:00.707 --> 00:04:05.044 WORK. THE LAST CANCER CENTER IN THE COUNTRY THAT CAME FROM THE MIDWEST WAS 11 YEARS AGO. 37 00:04:05.044 --> 00:04:10.850 SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY RARE PRIZE TO GET. GREAT AS A NATION. BASICALLY WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF 38 00:04:10.850 --> 00:04:15.755 THIS, AS CITIZENS OF INDIANA THAT WE ARE UP THERE IN THE RANKS OF ALL THE OTHER SCIENTISTS IN THE COUNTRY. 39 00:04:15.755 --> 00:04:24.230 >> A FEW SECONDS, NOT TO MAKE IT ALL ABOUT MONEY, BUT THIS IS A LOT MORE FUNDING. >> WE WILL GET 50% MORE DOLLARS 40 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:28.768 IN THIS GRANT PERIOD THAN LAST TIME. WE'LL USE THIS FOR HELPING TO BUY SHARED RESOURCES, EQUIPMENT 41 00:04:28.768 --> 00:04:35.708 FOR OUR GROUP, HELP WITH PILOT PROJECTS, AND THIS WILL HELP ATTRACT THE TOP TALENT FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.