NEWPORT BEACH : Nancy Reagan Gives $25,000 to Hospital
Hoag Hospital has received a $25,000 grant from the Nancy Reagan Foundation for research on the effect of heredity in developing cancer.
The Richard J. Flamson Heredity Screening program, a division of the hospital’s cancer center, helps people identify and understand their risk for developing hereditary cancers. Heredity plays a role in 10% or more of all cancers, hospital officials said.
The most common inherited cancers are breast, colon, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic and malignant melanoma (skin cancer).
Hoag Hospital was one of 20 organizations to receive grants from the foundation this month.
The former First Lady was the keynote speaker at a 1990 fund-raising event for the hospital’s cancer center. She is also a survivor of breast cancer.
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