...values." In return for Mr. Cheeks' party switch, Mr. Perdue gave Augusta a ringing endorsement as a site for a top-tier cancer center under the Georgia Cancer Coalition. He did not, however, make any specific commitment. "I cannot imagine...

...Georgia Cancer Coalition, officials said. The $250,000 in matching grants are the first step toward creating a top-tier cancer center in the $1 billion initiative. The joint application was submitted by the Medical College of Georgia, the...

...the end of the month, those involved in the Athens-Augusta Cancer Network will apply for a planning grant for a top-tier cancer center through the $1 billion Georgia Cancer Coalition. The new application for what is now being called a Regional...

...Members of the ad hoc Augusta Cancer Center of Excellence committee met to discuss plans to attract one of three top-tier cancer centers envisioned in Gov. Roy Barnes' $1 billion Georgia Cancer Coalition initiative. The proposed Augusta center...

...will include representatives of a physician committee working on Augusta's bid. Augusta is seeking one of three top-tier cancer centers envisioned in the Georgia Cancer Coalition initiative; one center has already been designated for Atlanta...

...aside the cancer money to quickly hire personnel and upgrade facilities should Augusta be designated one of three top-tier cancer research and treatment centers in the $1 billion Georgia Cancer Coalition initiative. Gov. Roy Barnes has already...

...said. Any margin it does keep it will put back into the organization, such as if Augusta receives one of the three top-tier cancer centers envisioned in Gov. Roy Barnes' $1 billion Georgia Cancer Coalition initiative. Augusta leaders are looking...

...ways to enable the research capacity here. And everything else will be a spinoff." The target is one of three top-tier cancer centers of excellence, a key component of Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes' $1 billion cancer initiative. The Augusta...

...which is leading a $1 billion effort to upgrade cancer research and treatment in the state. That includes a few top-tier cancer centers, which is what Augusta is seeking. It includes each hospital's five-year projection of what it will...

...such as salaries, Dr. Rahn said. It could aid the school's efforts, though, to help Augusta land one of the top-tier cancer centers envisioned in the $1 billion Georgia Cancer Coalition, Dr. Rahn said. The combined planning also allows...