External committee approves of University of Hawaii Cancer Center-med school consolidation

An External Advisory Committee for the University of Hawaii Cancer Center approves of its plan to consolidate with its neighbor, the university's John A. Burns School of Medicine, medical school Dean and Interim Director Jerris Hedges told PBN Thursday. Cancer experts from around the country visited the UH Cancer Center in Honolulu on Tuesday to evaluate its progress and make recommendations about how to keep its NCI designation. Every NCI-designated cancer center is required to have an external…