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MCG dcotors Roger A. Vega, Daron G. Ferris and Anand Jillella

Caption: The Medical College of Georgia has again been designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program. The renewal, which comes with a five-year $2.2 million grant, provides more access to the latest cancer treatment and prevention strategies for all cancer patients, particularly minorities. Pictured are (L to R) Dr. Roger A. Vega, chief of the Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Dr. Anand Jillella, chief of the section of Hematology/Oncology, and Dr. Daron G. Ferris, family medicine physician and director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Center, all co-investigators on the grant.

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