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Cancer got personal on April 26 at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital's annual illumination gala. More than 500 guests at The Ritz-Carlton raised a record-setting $2.1 million for cancer research at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A 33-year-old man from Leasburg, Mo., is the first patient to receive a revolutionary form of highly accurate radiation treatment from the world’s first proton system of its kind. The treatment was administered today at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A new recommendation issued today by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force against routine PSA testing for healthy men age 50 and older goes too far, says a prostate cancer expert at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine and NewsChannel 5 are partnering with the St. Louis Rams for a combined team at the 2012 Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure®.

The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine is a winner of a Community Impact Project grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LIVESTRONG program. Funding will support the Pillars4Life patient support program.

The Siteman Cancer Center is once again a finalist for a Community Impact Project grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LIVESTRONG program and needs online votes from the public as the final step in the grant process. Applications receiving the most votes from the public will receive a grant.

Pedal the Cause, the annual bike challenge raising money for cancer research at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine as well as St. Louis Children’s Hospital, will announce research 12 projects made possible by the 2011 event.

Award-winning vocalist and actress Minnie Driver will perform at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s annual illumination gala benefiting the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, Saturday, April 14 at The Ritz-Carlton in Clayton.

Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have broken ground on the new Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center in south St. Louis County.

In 1972 a colleague asked Ira Kodner, MD, for a favor that ultimately changed the course of his career.