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German Cancer Aid Award for 2023 Presented

German Cancer Aid presented the German Cancer Aid Award for 2023 during a ceremony in the Old Town Hall in Bonn. The award recipients are Professor Dr. Reinhard Büttner, Professor Dr. Jürgen Wolf, and Professor Dr. Roman Thomas from Cologne. They are receiving the award in recognition of their outstanding work in the field of diagnostics and therapy for lung cancer – particularly within the framework of the interdisciplinary 'National Network Genomic Medicine (nNGM) – Lung Cancer' initiated by them. It enables patients with advanced lung cancer to receive a personalized therapy tailored precisely to them. The German Cancer Aid Award is endowed with 15,000 euros for each recipient. The interdisciplinary 'National Network Genomic Medicine Lung Cancer' has developed into the world's largest lung cancer initiative since 2018. It originated from the Cologne network 'Genomic Medicine,' which has been successfully advocating for the implementation of personalized therapies in the care of patients with advanced...