Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah For years, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute have honed a process of developing breast cancer models using tumors donated by breast c…

Stanford Cancer Institute For more than 25 years, researchers around the world have been trying to find the structure of Janus kinases, or JAKs, a class of proteins that play a key role in cel…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University It may be possible to identify the presence of an aggressive brain tumor in children by studying their cerebrospinal fluid…

Stanford Cancer Institute An unexpected link between tuberculosis and cancer may lead to new drug treatments for the bacterial disease, according to a study led by researchers at Stanford Medi…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Suzanne M. Miller, PhD, a professor in the Cancer Prevention and Control research program, has received a two-year research gra…

UK Markey Cancer Center A recent UK Markey Cancer Center study gives more insight into how lung cancer differs in Kentucky compared to other U.S. populations. The research shows that Kentucky …

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, National Medical Fellowships, and the American Association for Cancer Research have announced a new name for a $100 mill…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Roy A. Jensen, MD, vice chancellor and director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center, was awarded the Kansas Masonic Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award…

This month AACI welcomes the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT to its membership. Directed by Matthew Vander Heiden, MD, PhD, the Koch Institute focuses on five strategic areas: n…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center has competed successfully for a third renewal of its Clinical and Translational Science Award by the National Institutes of…

Monique Phillips, PMP, will deliver the keynote presentation at the 14th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting. Phillips is the People & Business Resource Groups lead of the Blac…

University of Virginia Cancer Center A study has identified the Virginians least likely to know that there is a vaccine available for human papillomavirus (HPV). More than a quarter of respond…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Combining a retrospective analysis of clinical records with in-depth laboratory studies, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Ca…

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, has been appointed to a second five-year term as director of the Abramson Cancer Center. Highlights o…

Break Through Cancer will award $50 million in grants to support cutting-edge interdisciplinary research at five top cancer centers. MIT's David H. Koch Professor of Biology Tyler Jacks, PhD, is pres…

Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Representative Donald Payne, Jr (D-NJ) will be honored with the Cancer Research Ally Award at the 2022 AACI/AACR Hill Day, which will be held virtually on Wednesday, June…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine recently established the Sylvester Pancrea…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has recognized Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader, a…

Peter Riedell, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the new chair of AACI's CAR T Initiative Steering Committee. He succeeds Josep…

Stanford Cancer Institute Samuel Strober, MD, professor of immunology and rheumatology, died in February of multiple myeloma. Focusing on improving transplant recipients’ lives, Dr. Strober de…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Radiation to the heart during treatment for locally advanced lung cancer is associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events within …

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Terry Badger, PhD, RN, a University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher, was one of only four recipients of a $4 million American Cancer Society grant…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Adding the immunotherapy drug nivolumab to chemotherapy before surgery for patients with operable non-small cell lung canc…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey With the aid of a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, investigators from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, along with Holden…

Moffitt Cancer Center Patsy McDonald, PhD, and Derek Duckett, PhD, Moffitt Cancer Center faculty members and founders of CADW Therapeutics, sent a scientific experiment to space in April as a …

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A study led by researchers in the Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology at OSUCCC …

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine A new study from researchers at the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hosp…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Tumor biopsies are currently the most common tool for diagnosing lung cancer. However, according to a new paper published by the University…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, chief of the Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Ca…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey With the aid of a $3 million National Cancer Institute grant, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researchers aim to enhance the effectiveness of a di…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Mount Sinai researcher Natasha Kyprianou, MBBS, PhD, a leading expert on prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer, has been awarded the Richard D. Williams, MD,…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has selected four scientific research projects to receive $12 million in funding for its 2022 Endeavor Awards. Brent Fer…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah University of Utah Health scientists are launching SCALE-UP II and SCALE-UP Counts, a pair of initiatives designed to increase COVID-19 test…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center, led by Nikki Nollen, PhD, have received a five-year, $3.9 million grant to explore the effectivene…

Stanford Cancer Institute Hematologist Jason Gotlib, MD, wanted more effective treatments for patients with systemic mastocytosis. His research has led to the approval of two new treatments by…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Using the nation’s largest COVID-19 data resource, Jing Su, PhD, a researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Sim…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Elana Fertig, PhD, has been elected by her peers as a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (A…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Faced with hardships intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, Marshallese communities in the United States mobilized to help one another. According t…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Searching for ways to extend the survival benefit of targeted therapies, a team led by researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute identified…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A recent study that shows manipulating and deleting a specific gene (AMN1) from yeast could provide a foundation for a new approach to combating drug resistance when …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Combining a beta-blocker with the cancer immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab could be a promising new treatment option for many hard-to-treat solid-tumor …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center In a small but multi-institutional study, an artificial intelligence-based system improved providers’ assessments of whether patients with bladder ca…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Indiana University School of Medicine has named Shelley Johns, PsyD, ABPP, the Walther Scholar in Psycho-Oncology. Dr. Johns is t…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine African American adult patients are more likely than white patients to receive substandard gastrointestinal cancer surgery, according to a large stu…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine A recent study demonstrates the first successful living-donor liver transplants in North America for patients who have liver-confined colorectal cancer tum…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center A recent study conducted by researchers from VCU Massey Cancer Center, the University of Florida College of Medicine and UF Health Cancer Center found th…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine To increase access to tumor genetic screening and study the utility of this strategy, the National Cancer Institute (NCI)…

WVU Cancer Institute A new data-driven mechanistic approach that predicts cell types within tissue will help to reduce drug costs and treat diseases that were difficult to develop drugs for. D…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine An analysis by Yale Cancer Center researchers identified accelerated genetic aging in breast tissue adjacent to breast cancer tumors. Their findings…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine M. Patricia Rivera, MD, has joined the faculty of the University of Rochester Medical Center with several prominent positions, including associate director…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center The UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Amy L. Cummings, MD, its new director for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI). Dr. C…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle found that 20 percent of early-stage breast cancer patients will develop metastasis within 20 years …

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Men diagnosed with prostate cancer prefer physicians to explain their life expectancy in quantitative terms—either as a number of years or as a probability of living at a t…

Moffitt Cancer Center Evan Zaslow has joined Moffitt Cancer Center as the new vice president of payer strategies, overseeing all aspects of Moffitt’s managed care strategy. Before joining Moff…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Breast surgical oncologist Lauren DeStefano, MD, was recently added the growing roster of cancer specialists at Cedars-Sinai Cancer in Tarzana. She joins Cedars-Sinai Cance…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Co-leader of the Duke Cancer Institute Melanoma Disease Group Georgia Beasley, MD, MHSc, is among 40 recipients nationally of a Young Physician-…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Neda Hashemi, MD, and her team at UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center are offering several clinical trials, including a National Cancer Institu…

UK Markey Cancer Center The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation received a $1 million gift to create the world’s first distinguished professorship in neuroendocrine tumor research.…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health (SKCC), along with the American Cancer Society (ACS), has been selected as a Faces of Philanthropy…

Influence of Patient Resource on referrals Over a 3-year period, one cancer center shares a 12% increase of patient referrals year-over-year With more than 48,000 patients surveyed, 83% state that th…

Association of American Cancer Institutes Effectively immediately, all mail for AACI should be directed to: Association of American Cancer Institutes PO Box 7317 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 …

The UF Health Cancer Center, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Moffitt Cancer Center will receive $100 million for cancer research and treatment in Florida's 2022-2023 spending plan, an incr…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Paul Modrich, PhD, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry, professor of chemistry, and member of Duke Cancer Institute, came to Duke in 1…

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation will provide $25 million in new grant funding to expand or establish five Ralph Lauren cancer centers, aim…

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD, director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health and an internationally renowned expe…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center A new study shows that women receiving certain common therapies for breast cancer may be at increased risk for heart attack, stroke, heart failure, other cardiova…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health (SKCC) has appointed Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, MACP, FRCP, as associate director for diversity, …

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Eric Snyder, director of informatics at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, wants to change the nation’s thinking around information technology in health care. Sn…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health have appointed Ira Braunschweig, MD, as chief, Section of Transplant and Cell Therapy at Ru…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Research from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, led by Duxin Sun, PhD, found that targeting the immune microenvironment in lymph nodes …

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that immunothera…

UK Markey Cancer Center The University of Kentucky’s Center for Cancer and Metabolism (CCM) will continue its critical mission to research the metabolism of cancer with a renewed Centers of Bi…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center The NSABP (National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project) Foundation has announced that its medical director, Priya Rastogi, MD, will also serve as the chief executi…

Livestrong Cancer Institutes, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School S. Gail Eckhardt, MD, is the recipient of the 2022 Hologic Inc. Endowed Women Who Conquer Cancer Mentorship Award…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A new study highlights how some older Americans diagnosed with cancer can face unlimited out-of-pocket spending for prescription drugs under the current structu…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Analyzing nearly 500,000 single cells, researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Cen…

Siteman Cancer Center Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, announces the appointment of Vetta Sanders Thompson, PhD, as it…

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University Marquita Lewis-Thames, PhD; June McKoy, MD, MPH, JD, MBA; Jonathan Moreira, MD; and Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI, have b…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine New research from Yale Cancer Center provides a new understanding of patients’ views of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care. While comfort l…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Patients diagnosed with a type of brain tumor survived for longer when they were treated aggressively with surgery, radiation, and chemothe…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Population health researcher Christie Befort, PhD, received a $4.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to fund her work exploring sustainabl…

University of Virginia Cancer Center UVA Health and the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation have announced the launch of the Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, the…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center University of Florida researchers have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to test an investigational new therapy in a first…

Moffitt Cancer Center In a new study, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers share the identification of a new potential target for CAR T cells called OR2H1 that they have demonstrated inhibits gro…

The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center In a new paper, a team led by Karolina Palucka, MD, PhD, and Jan Martinek, PhD, analyzed patient samples of metastatic melanoma for further insight into ho…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center In a new study, Khurshid Guru, MD, and a team of urologic oncology specialists compared the results of radical prostatectomy between 76 men with prosta…

University of Virginia Cancer Center New research from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer Center characterizes a new molecular type of high-risk pediatric liver cancer. The…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Investigators from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey led a collaborative study to examine the patterns of druggable oncogenic fusions in colon cance…

Registration is now open for the 2022 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, which will take place in person, October 2-4, at InterContinental at the Plaza, Kansas City, MO. This three-day event convenes AACI can…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute A team of scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) carried out an eight-month seroprevalence survey that found 85 perc…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Pioneering breast cancer surgeon, clinician, and researcher Armando E. Giuliano, MD—who helped introduce sentinel lymph node biopsy in the early 1990s, sparing many women t…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Zachary Frosch, MD, MSHP, a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has received a Young Investigator Award fr…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Researchers with OSUCCC – James have identified a new molecular drug target that cou…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A multidisciplinary team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered a previously unknown function of a gene that regulates p53, a prot…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that adolescent and young adult cancer survivors of acute lym…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Koen van Besien, MD, PhD, will lead the new Wesley Center for Immunotherapy at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center as well as the Division of Hematology…

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center has partnered with the Price Family Foundation to fund novel cancer therapies and improving cancer outcomes fo…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Even for individuals who do not have cancer, multiple medication use is fraught with risks and tricky to navigate because of the emotions involved, accordi…