PVH receives Komen grants

FORT COLLINS – Poudre Valley Hospital has an additional $96,000 in grants to treat breast cancer patients who might otherwise go untreated or under-treated.

PVH received two grants from the Komen Foundation, the hospital announced Wednesday.  The grants will be used to treat low-income, uninsured or medically underserved patients.  

An $80,000 grant will be used to treat low-income or uninsured patients in need of surgery, radiology, chemotherapy or other treatment and follow-up care.  A $16,000 grant will be used to bring more underserved patients into the National Cancer Institute clinical trials at PVH.

Last year, enrollment in the clinical trials stood at…