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Investigators at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center have conducted various clinical trials with the hope of positively impacting survivorship among those diagnosed with cancer. These studies seek to decrease cancer mortality through improving the treatments and care of cancer patients and the quality of life for cancer survivors.
In Hawaiʻi, more than 16,000 patients have been enrolled in cancer clinical trials since 2016. These studies have caused the mortality rate of cancer to fall, and the number of cancer survivors to increase.
“In 2016, there were over 62,000 cancer survivors in Hawaiʻi a number that has been steadily increasing since then. The