West Cancer Center has received what officials call “a significant gift” from Jack and Betty Moore to The University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research, the fundraising arm of West Cancer Center. The commitment to the UT/West Institute’s Capital Campaign is in honor of West Clinic’s founder, and the Moore’s brother-in-law, William H. West, MD, who lost his mother to breast cancer. The gift will rename West’s and Methodist Healthcare’s Comprehensive Breast Centers to the Margaret West Comprehensive Breast Center.
The philanthropic gift, indicated to be in the “multi-million dollar” range, will provide much-needed funds to support research and initiatives within the UT/West Institute’s Center of Excellence in Women’s Cancers.