cancer - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
Case

Massachusetts General Hospital: Cancer Research Center

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Boston

01 Sep 2011
News

Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer

her work that last spring he presented the MMRF with a $4.8 million gift to further its pathbreaking cancer research. Commented HBS professor Bill Sahlman, who introduced Bowes and Giusti, “Their collaboration shows how HBS alumni can and... View Details

Keywords: biomedicine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

June 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Judah Folkman and the War on Cancer

Judah Folkman, professor in the Division of Vascular Biology at Children's Hospital in Boston, is considering how best to advance the research in his lab in an era where biomedical research has gotten more interdisciplinary and collaborative. Specifically, Folkman has... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Leadership; Research; Personal Development and Career; Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Boston

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19 Feb 2015
Video

Stephen Bonner, director and former president and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America

15 Dec 2014
News

Curbing the cost of cancer care

29 Jan 2018
News

B-School Bulletin: Fighting Cancer More Efficiently

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

dendritic cells would be the coach responsible for telling the T-cells what to attack and what not to attack. Guadian Bio develops a rare subset of dendritic cells critical for activating killer T cells which can be designed to target View Details

August 2016
Article

Value-Based Breast Cancer Care: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Defining Patient-Centered Outcomes

By: Fayanju M. Oluwadamilola, Tinisha L. Mayo, Tracy E. Spinks, Seohyun Lee, Carlos H. Barcenas, Benjamin D. Smith, Sharon H. Giordano, Rosa F. Hwang, Richard A. Ehlers, Jesse C. Selber, Ronald Walters, Debu Tripathy, Kelly K. Hunt, Thomas A. Buchholz, Thomas W. Feeley and Henry M. Kuerer

Purpose. Value in healthcare—i.e., patient-centered outcomes achieved per healthcare dollar spent—can define quality and unify performance improvement goals with health outcomes of importance to patients across the entire cycle of care. We describe the process... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Health Industry

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August 2021
Teaching Note

IBM Watson at MD Anderson Cancer Center

By: Shane Greenstein and Mel Martin

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-022. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Operations; Failure; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Product Development; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Houston; Texas

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August 1999
Teaching Note

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Development Strategy, The (TN)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Note for (9-599-104). View Details

Keywords: Revenue; Operations; Investment Funds; Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Financing and Loans; Programs; Value; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry

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December 12, 2018
Article

Impact Investing Could Accelerate the Fight Against Cancer

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathryn E. Giusti

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12 May 2014
News

Brain Cancer Survivor Create App that Helps Caregivers

Keywords: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

Article

Decisions about Medication Use and Cancer Screening across Age Groups in the United States

By: Kathleen M. Fairfield, Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin, Vickie Stringfellow, Heidi Wierman and Mary McNaughton-Collins

Objective
To describe decision process and quality for common cancer screening and medication decisions by age group.

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We included 2941 respondents to a national Internet survey who made at least one decision about colorectal, breast,... View Details

Keywords: Screening; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials

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16 Mar 2017
News

Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer

Sir Harpal Kumar (MBA 1991) is CEO of Cancer Research UK, which is the world’s second largest cancer research organization. In this video, he talks about the challenges facing View Details

January 12, 2017
Article

What Cancer Researchers Can Learn from Direct-to-Consumer Companies

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathryn E. Giusti

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January 2023
Teaching Note

Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care

By: Robert S. Kaplan

This Teaching Note was prepared to aid classroom instructors in the use of "Brigham and Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care," HBS Case No. 122-010. View Details

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