CancerWorld shared a post on LinkedIn:
“A Survivor’s Perspective: San Diego’s Rise as a Cancer Research Hub
A cancer caught too late is often a system failure, not just a clinical one.
In a reflection shared with CancerWorld, Robin Toft recalls a colorectal cancer diagnosis in her early forties, detected only through emergency imaging before screening guidelines had caught up. Early detection changed everything.
Why do some regions turn discovery into survival faster than others?
San Diego is emerging as one answer-anchored by UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and connected with The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.
In a constrained funding landscape, Curebound is helping sustain early discovery through collaborative investment models.
The lesson is clear: systems shape survival.
Read the full CancerWorld article by Robin Toft.”