"You have cancer." This year, more than 2 million Americans will hear these three life-changing words. Yet, while a cancer diagnosis can change everything, so can... 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞. Read an Open Letter of Hope in this week's @OCBizJournal & @ocregister from Robert Stone, CEO of City of Hope, and Annette Walker, president of City of Hope Orange County.

Physician-in-Chief Edward S. Kim, M.D., M.B.A., has championed trailblazing work in making clinical trial studies more inclusive and recruiting diverse faculty at City of Hope Orange County’s cancer center. Dr. Kim led American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)’s collaboration with Friends of Cancer Research to develop, publish and promote new recommendations for changing cancer trial eligibility requirements, helping reverse an age-old blind spot and making trials more accessible to diverse patient populations. In preparing for the opening of City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center, Dr. Kim recruited a team of renowned multilingual physician-scientists, developed crucial partnerships in the community, and built new clinical programs. Under his leadership, City of Hope established a first-of-its kind national integrative oncology program that brings together the best of Eastern and Western medicine to improve outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients and their families. #MinorityCancerAwarenessMonth