Case Comprehensive Cancer Center The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center congratulates the Cleveland Clinic's Nima Sharifi, MD, on his selection as the 2021 recipient of the American Association for Ca…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center A study by researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine suggests the rate of cancer recurrence or survival may be no…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Two studies led by Baylor College of Medicine shed new light on the unanswered question of why estrogen receptor-positive…

Moffitt Cancer Center Santosh Mohan, MMCi, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, has joined Moffitt Cancer Center as the new vice president of digital. This newly created position will be instrumental in Moffitt’s …

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Xiongbin Lu, PhD, has been named co-program leader of the Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics (EDT) research progra…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center has begun utilizing a new program called MyCareCompass that is designed to support patients with necessary information about thei…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified a protein that operates in tandem with a specific genetic mutation to spur lung cancer growth and …

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD, will join the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh as chief of the Division of Hemato…

Cancer Center at Illinois Several Cancer Center at Illinois members are joining forces with scientists from the Mayo Clinic and Georgetown University on an expansive project targeting improved…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, New York University, and University Hospitals have been awarded a five-year, $3 million National Cancer Insti…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center The immunotherapy agent pembrolizumab can provide clinical benefit to some patients with metastatic breast cancer whose tumors were found to have a h…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center In a new paper, researchers at UC San Francisco and the Whitehead Institute describe a CRISPR-based tool called "CRISPRoff," which allows s…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new study from UK Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that Artemisia annua, a plant that has been traditionally used for its anti-malaria components, shows promise…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Wei Zheng, MD, PhD, MPH, has been named associate director for Population Sciences Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. He replaces William Blot, PhD, w…

Siteman Cancer Center Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, has been awarded the George M. Kober Medal from the Association of American Physicians in recognition of his contributions to the field of gut microbiome…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center A new University of Florida study finds that male patients who have a single general physician were more likely to receive a prostate cancer screenin…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Mount Sinai researchers have received a grant award to lead a collaborative team of New York institutions in an initiative that addresses disparities …

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center A $10 million grant from the AbbVie Foundation will support scientific and educational activities at the University of Chicago Me…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Sameer Patel, MD, FACS, chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Arizona residents, including underserved and underrepresented populations, will have better access to cutting-edge cancer therapies as the University of…

Stanford Cancer Institute A new study has found a substantial rise nationwide in new diagnoses at age 65 for lung, breast, colon, and prostate cancer, suggesting that many wait for Medicare to…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center A study led by The University of Kansas Cancer Center, with AlloVir, Certara, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, compares the economic burden, h…

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Mark Juckett, MD, was appointed medical director of the Masonic Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office for the Cellular, Gene and Immunotherapy Ini…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Lynne E. Maquat, PhD, the founding director of the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester, has been honored with the 2021 Wolf Prize in Medicine. …

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD, will join USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center as associate director for cancer equity, a newly created position. Her appo…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah The National Academy of Sciences has elected Mary Beckerle, PhD, Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO and distinguished professor of biology and oncologi…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health A nursing team at Fox Chase Cancer Center has been honored as a recipient of the 2021 I AM Patient Safety award from the Patient Safety Authority. The third fl…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) recently announced that a multi-institutional team led by Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center researcher Veda N. Gi…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Chronic side effects among melanoma survivors after treatment with anti-PD-1 immunotherapies are more common than previously recognized, according to a new stud…

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University The Lurie Cancer Center announces several new leadership appointments, effective April 1, 2021: Marcelo Bonini, PhD, asso…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Ichiko Kinjyo, MD, PhD, was recently named a 2021 recipient of the Liz Tilberis Early Career Award. She was recognized for her work with Sarah Ad…

UK Markey Cancer Center UK HealthCare, home to the UK Markey Cancer Center, has officially been recognized as a System of Excellence for Hidden Scar breast cancer surgery, the highest level of Hidde…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A long noncoding RNA whose function was previously unknown turns out to play a vital role in mobilizing the immune response following a bone marrow t…

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration with Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery …

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Last spring, as COVID-19 began to tear through American cities and was disproportionately affecting communities of color, a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A team of Roswell Park researchers has identified a new biomarker that could predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitors shortly after patients wi…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine In January, breast oncologist Ruth O’Regan, MD, officially joined the University of Rochester Medical Center from the University of Wisconsin. Now she will…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Heather Hampel, MS, LGC, has been elected secretary/treasurer-elect for the National Socie…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A collaborative study by Stony Brook University scientists takes an initial step toward better understanding how KRAS drives immune evasion and demonstrates a lowerin…

Siteman Cancer Center Whole genome sequencing is a potentially viable approach for determining the best treatment regimen for individual patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Gaining a better understanding of physical frailty could eventually help people age more healthfully, suggests a Johns Hop…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A high rate of genetic mutations within a tumor, known as high tumor mutation burden, was only useful for predicting clinical responses to imm…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists have identified a new protein that provides insights into a fundamental biological process and may also lead to …

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute demonstrate that changing the gut microbiome can transform patients with advanced melanom…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has named Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH, associate director for training, education and career development. S…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute A five-year, $1.47 million National Cancer Institute grant has been awarded to researcher Justin Leung, PhD, at the University of Arkansas for Med…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Stephanie Greco, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently named a new councilor for the Associat…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act, the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Prevention honors Christi…

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center John D. Carpten, PhD, founding chair for the Department of Translational Genomics in the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named to the 2021 class of fe…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD, MS, has been named Duke Cancer Institute’s new associate director of community outreach and engagement. Before joini…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A study by Vanderbilt researchers that analyzed both smoking history and genetic risk variants for lung cancer supports modifying current guidelines to include …

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine An essential mineral used to boost the immune system and block sunburns, zinc—in a different form—can also stabilize a protein that helps to prevent most c…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Historically, researchers have mostly generated transcriptomic data from cancer tissues, seeking clues about altered cell…

Stanford Cancer Institute Kavitha Ramchandran, MD, and her team have drawn on their knowledge of both online and in-person environments to develop a virtual palliative medicine clerkship to pr…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center A new technique for sampling and testing cells from Barrett's esophagus patients could result in earlier and easier identification of patients whose disease ha…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Mount Sinai researchers found that nearly one-third of Black patients in their study would not have qualified for liver cancer screening using common …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center New research from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center provides the first evidence that a cancer patient’s level of financial worry as they begin t…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Anthony Faber, PhD, and a team of researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center are studying how the gene MYCN and an abundance of iron can drive cancer cell d…

University of Virginia Cancer Center Cynthia M. Yoshida, MD, is one of six winners of a national award recognizing health care providers and institutions for their work to increase colorectal cancer…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center From cyanobacteria blooms found off the Florida coast near Fort Lauderdale, University of Florida researchers have discovered a novel marine natural …

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Michelle Ozbun, PhD, and her team developed a way to measure how many infectious human papillomavirus particles are left on a surface after…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey has named Michael E. Salacz, MD, as director of its neuro-oncology program. He joins Rutgers from the University o…

Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford researchers have found that initiating colonoscopy screening between the ages of 45 and 49 halves the risk of subsequent development of colorectal cancers. …

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Contrary to long-held beliefs, Type I collagen produced by cancer-associated fibroblasts may not promote cancer development but instead plays …

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A new cancer immunotherapy prototype uses engineered T cells to target a genetic alteration common among all cancers. The …

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS, a surgical oncologist at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, was recently announced as an award honoree by the National Organizat…

Siteman Cancer Center Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have established the Brain Tumor Center. The multidisciplinary practice of physicians and…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Two new studies published by investigators at The Ohio State University and the UNC …

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center A new study finds that inherited genetic variation plays a role in who is likely to benefit from checkpoint inhibitors. The study also poin…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Utah researchers report significant new insights into the development of blood cancers. In recently published work scientists describe an an…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center A study conducted by a team of scientists at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, led by Greg Delgoffe, PhD, shows how che…

UK Markey Cancer Center After conducting a study to assess the need for cancer education materials in Appalachian Kentucky, members of UK Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in …

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center City of Hope scientists have combined a checkpoint inhibitor with an anti-parasitic drug, ivermectin, to successfully treat triple-negative breast canc…

In a survey of the status of care across cancer center networks, AACI has found that many opportunities exist for such networks to increase patient satisfaction and outcomes and decrease treatment de…

American Association for Cancer Research José Baselga, MD, PhD, who was a major force in the development of molecularly targeted therapies, died March 21 at age 61 from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disea…

The University of Vermont Cancer Center An interdisciplinary team of Vermont researchers and a partner at Yale's Smilow Cancer Center conducted an economic evaluation to establish an overall c…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas Cancer Center researchers have received a $4.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study bazedoxifene and low-do…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center A new University of Florida Health intervention gives patients who qualify access to colorectal cancer screening information and tests from the comfo…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center A research team led by Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, has identified new targets in metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma that could …

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Outstanding professional dedication to the needs of cancer survivors and their caregivers has earned a lifetime achievement award for Terry Badger, PhD, RN, P…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Cancer researcher Alan Tackett, PhD, has been named deputy director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas …

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A team of researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded two research grants totaling $6 million from the National Inst…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Jill Biden, EdD, the First Lady of the United States, met with scientists, doctors, and community leaders at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Canc…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center University of Florida Health Cancer Center researchers have found a potential new way of targeting tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells that could p…

University of Virginia Cancer Center Pioneering research into how our bodies manufacture the cells that make blood has moved us closer to regrowing tissues and organs. The findings also may le…

Siteman Cancer Center A newly created Washington University professorship honors the contributions of Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, director of Siteman Cancer Center, and his wife, Kimberley A. Ebe…

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized with severe COVID-19 disease, 33 days after the onset of symptoms. She was un…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center The initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines are now available in the U.S. following incredibly fast development and testing. Not so incredibly, there’s a lot of confus…

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Building upon previous research, an international team led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has validated a more inclusi…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $1 million pledge from Larry Crain, Sr., to support the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Can…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Biotechnology company Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has awarded a two-year, $750,000 research grant to Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cance…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The Schueck/McCarty family has pledged $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to s…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Women in academic medicine are facing the prospect of career setbacks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH, an…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, together with RWJBarnabas Health, have announced the publication of research that has identified and validated th…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Doctors are increasingly using genetic signatures to diagnose diseases and determine the best care, but using DNA sequencing and other techniques to dete…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine A study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals a novel role of the steroid receptor coactivator 3 (SRC-…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A urine test based on University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center research could have avoided one third of unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies while …

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Children’s Mercy has been designated a non-core member of the Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network, enhancing their ability to deliver the lates…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Daniel E. Spratt, MD, will join the UH Seidman Cancer Center team and hold the Vincent K. Smith chair in radiation oncology, effective May 1. Dr. Spratt joins …

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center In a recent message to faculty, Duke Cancer Institute Director Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, detailed institutional changes, including new p…