Neurosurgical Oncologist Joins Lurie
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Neurosurgical oncologist, Amy Heimberger, MD, has joined the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern …
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Brown Center for Immunotherapy Names Inaugural Executive Director
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Indiana University School of Medicine has named its first executive director of the Brown Center for Immunotherapy. Huda Sa…
Heitman Elected to German Academy
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has elected Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microb…
Unique Aspects of Pancreatic Cancer Proteins Could Lead to Early Detection, New Treatments
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
A large international collaboration led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has identified promisin…
Patients Agree in Life to Donate Biological Samples in Death for Cancer Research
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
A study at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hosp…
New Computational Method Opens Window Into Immune Cell Behavior
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
A new computational method called CoNGA could help bring into focus the hidden biological patterns that link T-cell receptor, or TCR, gene sequences and T-cell fu…
Tempera Appointed Associate Director for Cancer Research Career Enhancement
Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute
The Wistar Institute announces the appointment of Italo Tempera, PhD, as associate director for cancer research career enhancement…
Epidemiologist Joins Massey
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
For the last 17 years, Emmanuel A. Taylor, MSc, DrPH, served as health scientist administrator and program director in the Office of the Director of the …
Phase III Trial Shows First Systemic Therapy for Metastatic Uveal Melanoma to Significantly Improve Overall Survival
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
Tebentafusp, an investigational bispecific fusion protein, significantly improves overall survival among patients with metastatic uveal melanoma…
Researchers Identify Mechanism Driving COVID-19 Mortality
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
An enzyme with an elusive role in severe inflammation may be a key mechanism driving COVID-19 severity and could provide a new therapeutic target to red…
Cancer Clinical Trials Exclude Too Many Patients: That is Changing
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
A new study by Joseph Unger, PhD, MS, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, showed there was little evidence of enrollment reductions to treatment trials dur…
$2.5 Million Grant to Help Develop Lab-Grown Mini Tumors for Rare Tumors
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Alice Soragni, PhD, has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop lab-grown mini tumors that can help identify treatm…
Liquid Biopsies May Aid Diagnosis, Treatment of Bladder, Nerve Tumors
Siteman Cancer Center
Blood and urine tests could lead to faster and less invasive methods to diagnose and monitor various types of tumors, according to new research from Washington University…
Colorectal Surgeon Joins Cancer Team
UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute
Kelly Brister, MD, a colorectal surgeon, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center Interdisciplinary Gastrointestinal Cancer Team. She w…
Researcher Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Develop Lung Cancer Treatment
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
John Turchi, PhD, a researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a five…
Researcher Makes List of Game Changers
Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine
Popular Science magazine has named Michael Giacomelli, PhD, a member of the Wilmot Cancer Institute, to its "Brilliant 10" list for 2021. The early-career biomed…
Friese Appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
President Joseph Biden named Christopher Friese, PhD, RN, among seven new members of the National Cancer Advisory Board. Dr. Friese is associate director f…
New Drug Target Found for Pancreatic Cancer
University of Illinois Cancer Center
University of Illinois Cancer Center researchers have discovered a potential drug target for treating aggressive pancreatic cancer. Their findings showed t…
National Pilot Project to Increase Diversity in Cancer Treatment Trials
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
The University of Kansas Cancer Center was invited to participate in a national pilot project being conducted by the American Society of Clinical Oncolog…
Link Between Inflammation and Pancreatic Cancer Development Uncovered
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A new discovery from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has clarified the long-established connection between in…
Lab Finding May Broaden Understanding of How Some Cancers Begin
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Cells have quality controls, or checkpoints, to keep mistakes from happening. One of the last steps in cell division is a quality control pr…
Rutgers Leader Selected as American Academy of Nursing Fellow
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Carolyn Hayes, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer for Oncology Services at RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has been selected…
Sharpless, Ciolino Featured in Facebook Live Series
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute Director Ned Sharpless, MD, and Office of Cancer Centers Director Henry Ciolino, PhD, joined Roy Jensen, MD, director of The Un…
$3 Million Grant to Focus on Understanding, Combating Racial Inequities in Lung Cancer
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center has won a SPORE grant intended to move research findings quickly from the laboratory to patients to…
UCSF Selected for ASCO Mentor Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Under the leadership of Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, fellow in medical oncology, UCSF, was chosen as one of only five institutions nationwide …
Nearly $9 Million Awarded for Ovarian Cancer Research
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Teams of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center are combining eff…
Two New NIH-Funded Centers to Explore Impacts of Genomic Variation in Health, Disease
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Duke University is the recipient of two large grants totaling nearly $12 million from the National Human Genome Research Institute as part…
Grant Awarded for Clinical Trial to Treat Brain Cancer
Stanford Cancer Institute
Crystal Mackall, MD, director of the Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, was awarded nearly $12 million to investigate whether CAR T cell therapy can be modified…
Case Receives Merit Extension From NCI
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned an additional $12 million from the National Cancer Institute as a two-year merit-based extension of its Cancer …
Baylor Awarded NIH Funding for Clinical Genome Resource
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine and Stanford University received an award for more than $25 million over five years from the N…
NCI Renews Comprehensive Designation for UNM
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center has again been awarded the highest designation and rating in the United States for…
Investigators Uncover Cellular Pathway Involved in Cancer Growth
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have found a potential way to block the functioning of a gene mutation that promotes cancer immortality and growth in 70 percent of bladde…
UVA Earns Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation
University of Virginia Cancer Center
University of Virginia Cancer Center has been awarded a Comprehensive Cancer Center designation effective Feb. 1, 2022, by the National Cancer Institute. T…
Winkfield Named to National Cancer Advisory Board
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
President Joseph Biden has appointed Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, to the 18-member National Cancer Advisory Board, where she will serve a six-year term helping to guide …
Finance Professional Moves Into Executive Role for Cancer Center
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center announces the promotion of Todd Maier, CPA, to vice president of finance. Maier joined Roswell Park in 2014 an…
Supporter Message: Patient Resource Navigator
Patient Resource Navigator provides the tools to guide patients through their care continuum. This leading-edge platform offers one-to-one patient education guides and apps, created with specific con…
Kheterpal Leads New DCI Oncodermatology Clinic
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
The Duke Cancer Institute Melanoma (and advanced skin cancers) Disease Group has expanded clinic services at its Duke Cancer Center Durham…
Study Confirms Effectiveness of New Personalized Approach for Radiation Therapy
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Moffitt Cancer Center have fou…
Mechanism for Development of Rare Colorectal Cancer Subtype Identified
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey recently discovered a mechanism to explain what drives the formation of mucinous colorectal adeno…
Inhibition of Key Pathway Promotes Iron-Dependent Cell Death in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
A new study led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center demonstrates how inhibiting a key enzyme known as GOT1 can flip a switch in the can…
Hugo Named Medical Physics Director
Siteman Cancer Center
Geoffrey Hugo, PhD, a Washington University professor of radiation oncology at Siteman Cancer Center, has been named director of the Medical Physics Division in the Depar…
Camarata Named President of Neurosurgical Society
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Paul Camarata, MD, neurosurgery clinical service chief at The University of Kansas Health System, has been elected president of the Neurosurgical Society of Am…
Vaping Prevention Critical as Teens Head Back to School During Ongoing Pandemic
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to live in relative isolation fo…
Physically Active Women With Breast Cancer Have Less Brain Fogginess
Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine
A new study shows that women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, who were exercising moderately or vigorously before chemotherapy (getting the recommended …
Feeling the Impact of Pancreatic Disease
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
Patients with various forms of pancreatic disease are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and other conditions that negatively impact…
Discovery Suggests Potential New Treatment for Deadly Blood Cancer
University of Virginia Cancer Center
A drug used to treat certain advanced breast cancers may offer a new treatment option for a deadly blood cancer known as myelofibrosis, new research from U…
Adoptive Cell Therapy Plus Checkpoint Inhibitors Show Promise in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Moffitt Cancer Center
Researchers in Moffitt Cancer Center’s Lung Cancer Center of Excellence believe a combination of checkpoint inhibitors with adoptive cell therapy could be the answer for …
Katzenellenbogen is Cancer Prevention and Control Co-Leader
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Rachel Katzenellenbogen, MD, has joined Susan Rawl, PhD, and Todd Skaar, PhD, as a co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and C…
Putting Cancer Screening on Wheels
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center is launching a Mobile Cancer Screening program to better serve vulnerable populations in Greater …
Fox Chase Staff Member Recognized for Advancing Patient-Centered Care
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Delinda Pendleton, BSN, MSN, staff liaison for the Fox Chase Patient and Family Advisory Council, has been named a Planetree Fellow in Person-Centered Care. Th…
Study Predicts Who May Benefit From CAR T‑Cell Therapy for Blood Cancers
Stanford Cancer Institute
CAR T-cell therapy works for many types of blood cancers, but more than half of patients relapse. Stanford researchers studied whether simultaneously targeting two mo…
Low-Dose, Four-Drug Combo Blocks Cancer’s Spread in Mice
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
New research from the University of Chicago shows that low doses of a four-drug combination help prevent the spread of cancer in …
$3.6 Million Awarded to Expand HPV Cancer Vaccine Study
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Mayumi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, was awarded $3.6 million from the National Cancer Institute to complete Phase II clinical trials of PepCan, a breakthrou…
New Concerns About Coronavirus Evolution in Immunosuppressed Patients
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
In the wake of findings that COVID-19 virus variants are more likely to spring from patients with weakened immune systems, Lawrence Corey, MD, and other leading m…
Researchers to Study Mechanisms Driving Uveal Melanoma Spread to Liver
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
Researchers at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Moffitt Cancer Center received a five-y…
Immunotherapy May Be Effective for Subgroup of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
City of Hope researchers looked at the most common type of metastatic colorectal cancer and discovered that these patients are more responsive to check…
Researchers Harness Power of Immunotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
It’s a scientific riddle tangled up in a complex web. How do you turn an immune cold cancer into one that responds to immunotherapy? Researchers led …
Genomic Markers of Aggressive Childhood Leukemias Identified
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
New research reports how two separate DNA changes appear to predict aggressive childhood leukemias when they occur in combination. Over the …
Entinostat Primes Body to Better Respond to Anti-Cancer Treatment With Immunotherapy
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Combining a histone deacetylase inhibitor drug with immunotherapy agents is safe, and may benefit some patients with advan…
Karlan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Gynecologic Oncology
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Beth Karlan, MD, director of cancer populations at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from th…
Using AI to Personalize Cancer Care
Stanford Cancer Institute
Great strides have been made in recent years combining artificial intelligence (AI) and medical imaging to improve cancer diagnosis. Now a research team led by Stanfo…
Study Identifies Biomarker for Breast Cancer Response to Immunotherapy
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
A biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma patients also has clinical relevance for breast cancer patients, accor…
Grant Awarded to Study Anal Cancer Screening in High-Risk Women
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million by the National Cancer Institute for a large-scale study …
$10 Million State Appropriation for Pediatric Cancer Will Advance Research and Treatment
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
The fiscal year 2022 New Jersey state budget included a $10 million appropriation to support pediatric cancer research. This legislation will support the…
Weinberg Named Co-Editor of Gastroenterology Journal
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
David S. Weinberg, MD, MSc, chair of the Department of Medicine at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently named one of two new editors-in-chief of Gastroenterol…
Bergom Elected Councilor-at-Large for Radiation Society
Siteman Cancer Center
Carmen R. Bergom, MD, PhD, a Washington University associate professor of radiation oncology at Siteman Cancer Center, has been elected to a three-year term as a councilor-at-l…
Model Developed to Predict Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Outcomes With Immunotherapy
Moffitt Cancer Center
Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have described a prediction model they have created that includes information calculated from computed tomography images that can identi…
Anti-Parasitic Drug Slows Pancreatic Cancer in Mice
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Gregory Riggins, MD, PhD, and his team used two different mouse models to determine that the anti-parasitic drug mebendazo…
Lasofoxifene Shows Promise for Therapy-Resistant Breast Cancer Treatment
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Chicago researchers have found lasofoxifene outperformed fulvestrant, the current gold-standard drug, in reducing o…
Hwang Named Interim Director of Breast Cancer Disease Group
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, has been named interim director of the Breast Cancer Disease Group at Duke Cancer Institute. In 2016, Time magazin…
Pediatric Neuroendocrine Tumor Program Launched
UK Markey Cancer Center
UK HealthCare recently launched a new Pediatric Neuroendocrine Tumor Clinical and Research Program to improve treatment for children diagnosed with or at high risk for …
Blood Pressure Drugs Could Improve Colorectal Cancer Survival
University of Virginia Cancer Center
After reviewing outcomes of almost 14,000 patients with colorectal cancer, researchers determined that ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, and thiazide diuretic…
Smoking Cessation Program Most Successful With Four or More Visits
Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine
When Tracy Downs decided to quit smoking, she had little faith that it would actually happen. Having smoked for 26 years, including while she received trea…
Cancer Coalition Praises Passage of First in the Nation California Cancer Patients Bill of Rights
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cancer Care Is Different, a coalition-based campaign effort to improve patient access to advanced cancer care in California, applauds the state Assembl…
Park Named to New Role as Deputy Director
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, has been named deputy director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. His elevation to deputy director follows his promotion to director of t…
Brentjens Joins Roswell Park as Deputy Director, Chair of Medicine
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
An influential figure in cancer immunotherapy has returned to his Western New York roots to take on leadership roles at Roswell Park Comprehensive Canc…
Statins May Improve Survival for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A study led by Kevin Nead, MD, and researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found a significant association between …
Licht Receives ASH Mentor Award
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
UF Health Cancer Center Director Jonathan Licht, MD, has received the 2021 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Mentor Award. The ASH Honorific Awards are …
New Affiliate Delivers Cancer Care Closer to Home
UK Markey Cancer Center
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center launched a new initiative to create a connected, integrated statewide cancer provider network. The initiative, which inc…
Bladder Cancer: New Subtype Discovery May Offer Better Treatment Options
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a subtype of cancer cells that could help predict how bladder cancers respond to certain therapies. Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, dir…
Baylor Receives More Than $20 Million in CPRIT Funding
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine has been awarded more than $20.7 million through 11 grants from the Cancer Prevention & Re…
Landmark Tisch Gift Announced
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
The Mount Sinai Health System has announced a $60 million gift from James S. and Merryl H. Tisch to establish the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center. Thi…
Cancer Misinformation Common on Social Media
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
A new study reports that one third of the most popular cancer treatment articles on social media contain misinformation. Further, the vast m…
Brain Cancer: Hunting What’s Left
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Like a mystery detective, Sara G.M. Piccirillo, PhD, is hunting deadly bad actors in brain cancer and immune cells by studying the crime sc…
Researchers Receive Social and Behavioral Sciences Community Partner Award
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Three researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Prevention and Control Program were recognized by Temple University with the Social & Behavioral Sciences Commu…
Study: Ibrutinib Effective for Difficult to Treat Forms of Hairy Cell Leukemia
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The oral targeted therapy drug ibrutinib is an effective treatment option for high-r…
Immune System Clock Predicts Illness and Mortality
Stanford Cancer Institute
Investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have built an inflammatory-aging clock that can predict how s…
Gene Expression Control Mechanism Found That May Create Proteins at Distinct Locations
Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute
A study by The Wistar Institute describes an important function of alternative polyadenylation (APA) in allowing certain mRNAs to …
Dendritic-Cell Vaccines Can Be Paired With Standard Therapy for Breast Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
A research team led by Fumito Ito, MD, PhD, FACS, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center reports new data on the promise of combining standard tre…
Assured Resolution
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
A UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center study, led by Stephanie Fine, MD, compared three-dimensional tomosynthesis mammography to digital mammogr…
Study Identifies Gut Microbes Associated With Toxicity to Combined Checkpoint Inhibitors in Melanoma
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found specific intestinal microbiota signatures correlate with high-grade a…
Cancer Discovery Highlights National Role of UAMS Research Team
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
A highly specialized UAMS research team that serves as a national resource recently helped the University of North Carolina discover a key driver …
Leader Tapped for New Liver and Bile Duct Center
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
Myron Schwartz, MD, is director of the new Center of Excellence for Liver and Bile Duct Cancer at Mount Sinai’s Tisch Cancer Institute.
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Colman Appointed Co-Leader of Experimental Therapeutics
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah has announced the appointment of Howard Colman, MD, PhD, as the new co-leader of t…
Phage Display-Based Gene Delivery: A Viable Platform Technology for COVID-19 Vaccine Design and Development
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics at Rice Unive…
Study Demonstrates the Benefit of Radiosensitizers in Cancer Treatment
UK Markey Cancer Center
A recent study demonstrated the benefit of utilizing drugs to promote radiation sensitivity in models of a rare tumor subtype. The research, conducted in the lab of Pio…
Leukemia Treatment Can Bait and Capture Cells in Hiding
Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine
A study led by Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers describes a three-step process for attacking leukemia and its significance for patients who face acute m…
Birrer Invested in Westbrook Director’s Chair
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, vice chancellor and director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sc…
Uniting the Black Community to Defeat COVID
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH, director of the Office of Community Engagement at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, founded Um…
Response to COVID-19 Vaccines Varies Widely in Blood Cancer Patients
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai researchers found that multiple myeloma patients mount variable and sometimes suboptimal responses after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech or …