The Power of Collaboration to Fight Cancer (lunch session)
Presented by City of Hope
Featuring Peter Clardy, Lead, Google Health Enterprise Team, Google; Greg Simon, Former Executive Director, White House Cancer Moonshot, President, Simonovation, LLC and Robert Stone, CEO, City of Hope
Moderated by Julianne Pepitone, FastCo Works
Pancreatic cancer is the third deadliest cancer, with the worst average five-year survival rate of 12%. Despite advances in medicine, progress in pancreatic cancer research has stalled and remains significantly underfunded.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, City of Hope and the nation’s leading cancer experts are altering the trajectory of treating this painful and too often deadly disease. This initiative unites top minds across diverse organizations and industries to transform how cures are discovered, developed, and delivered.
