The foundation’s co-founders — local residents Bob Mills and his wife, Barbara — presented an oversized novelty check to Dayton Children’s pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Lober during a small ceremony at the hospital attended by hospital executives, doctors and local media.
“There is nothing closer to my heart than finding new ways to fight cancer, and ultimately end it before any child has to go through what my granddaughter did,” said Bob Mills, referring to his granddaughter, Ally, who was successfully treated for cancer at the hospital. “I believe the research going on right now, right here in our community could do that.”
Deborah Feldman, Dayton Children’s president and CEO, said research has already begun at the hospital identifying different types of cells in tumor tissue harvested from cancer patients, which will ultimately be housed in the new tissue bank, to determine the best way stop tumor growth or eliminate tumors altogether.
Such research “will not only impact child health here in the Dayton region, but throughout the country, and throughout the world,” Feldman said.
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