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Saint John’s Health Center – 2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (map & directions)
Translating Innovative Science into Compassionate, Patient-Centric Care
Saint John’s Cancer Institute is renowned for advancing therapeutics, translational science, and establishing standards of care. We foster robust fellowship programs, implement and initiate clinical trials, and collaborate with academic and industry partners worldwide.
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Saint John’s Cancer Institute (SJCI) is a pioneer in drug discovery, therapeutics, clinical trials, and research. SJCI established the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy under the late Dr. Donald L. Morton, which has become the standard of lymph node care for melanoma and breast cancer worldwide.
Today, our patients continue to have access to innovative treatments, therapeutics, and trials. We are at the forefront of understanding the biology of cancer as well as expanding treatment for under-served communities.
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Your Healthy Dose Podcast: Urologists Dr. Movassaghi and Dr. Wilson lend their expertise on Prostate Cancer
What you should know about Prostate Cancer
Listen to Doctor’s Mehran Movassaghi, Director of Men’s Health, and Timothy Wilson, Chair of Urology and Urologic Oncology, and Director of Urology and Urologic Oncology Research Program, in their first podcast on prostate cancer, hosted by Saint John’s Health Center Foundation’s, Your Healthy Dose.
News & Podcast Video (28:06): Your Healthy Dose Podcast: Urologists Dr. Movassaghi and Dr. Wilson lend their expertise on Prostate Cancer
Stage 4 Prostate Cancer Survivor Swims the Mediterranean
Less than 3 weeks after robotic surgery to remove his prostate, Dan Garr swam from the coast of Piombino, Italy to the island of Elba—a 23 km journey in about 8 hours.
Dr. Timothy Wilson and Dr. Przemyslaw Twardowski, M.D. provided expert care after Dan interviewed five different medical teams from surrounding hospitals.
BLOG & VIDEO (19:34): Stage 4 Prostate Cancer Survivor Swims the Mediterranean
Dr. Timothy Wilson and Dr. Przemyslaw Twardowski Discuss Dan Garr’s Remarkable Prostatectomy Recovery
Hear from Dan’s care team as they dive in-depth regarding his cancer treatment in a candid discussion.
Did Dan have stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer? Dan’s prostate cancer stage was reassessed after his postoperative care.
Actively Recruiting: White Button Mushroom Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
A novel approach aimed at early prostate cancer progression – Saint John’s Cancer Institute is now enrolling patients for this trial.
“We have had prior evidence that it may have anti-cancer activity in patients with early-stage prostate cancer.”
– Przemyslaw Twardowski, M.D., Principal Investigator
Learn more about trial eligibility.
New Precision Medicine Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Open, and Actively Recruiting
Dr. Parvin Peddi, Director of Breast Medical Oncology and Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, is the Principal Investigator in 4 New, Targeted Therapy Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer.
BLOG: New Precision Medicine Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Open, and Actively Recruiting.
Dr. Parvin Peddi, Director of Breast Medical Oncology at Margie Petersen Breast Cancer Center, specializes in breast cancer treatment and recently achieved the Super Doctors Southern California 2023 award.
What is it like to Participate in a Clinical Trial?
Mark Perzely was diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma—a rare and aggressive cancer that developed in his bladder.
“Once small-cell spreads, it won’t stop, and there are no approved treatments,” according to Mark’s video testimonial.
Read more about Mark’s story and listen to his outlook several years after the trial.
BLOG & VIDEO (5:43): What is it like to Participate in a Clinical Trial?
A Legacy of Research Excellence
“He was ahead of his peers in anticipating the genetics era of cancer research, for decades he carefully maintained archival specimen resource for correlative translational studies.”
– Laura Morton Rowe, Chief Human Resources Officer, Saint John’s Health Center
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