All cancer patients need hope. No matter what their prognosis, feeling some kind of hope is the only way they can carry on. Thus the City of Hope – nearly 100 years old – is a phenomenal charitable organization that helps these patients live with a little hope. The organization is recognized around the globe for how compassionate it is toward patient care. As well City of Hope is a leader in biomedical research and treatment and education institution, engaging in innovative scientific projects, and developing breakthroughs in the world of cancer research that ultimately result in new therapies, which have led to the improvement of the patients’ quality of life and have thus again given more hope to these patients. Indeed, some of the biggest advances in modern medicine have come from the organization’s physicians and scientists who have “offered insights that have reshaped the world's understanding of diseases.”
The City of Hope is located near LA, California. Director of the Beckman Research Institute of the organization is Dr. Richard Jove, who is also a professor of Molecular Medicine. He studied at Columbia University, Rockefeller University and the State University of New York, Buffalo.