UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Use of electronic cigarettes costs the United States $15 billion annually in health care expenditures—more than $2,000 per person a year—ac…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Moffitt Cancer Center h…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer A first-of-its-kind LGBTQ+ cancer symposium is part of Cedars-Sinai's effort to equalize healthcare access and treatment for all – including patients who identify as LGBTQ+…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center In early research led by the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center, the oral medication zanubrutinib was found to help most patients with…

The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee, with the assistance of peer reviewers from CRI committees, have selected three abstracts from 73 submissions for formal presentation on…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center People undergoing active cancer treatment, including stem cell transplant, should receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study. People with can…

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone In the presence of pancreatic tumors, certain immune cells break down structural proteins into molecules that trigger the building of de…

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center In a recent study, investigators at Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center report that Black and Hispanic patients had outcomes and side effects foll…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Eden Biltibo, MD, has been selected for the 2022 ASH-CIBMTR-ASTCT Career Development Award. The award is part of the ASH Minority Hematology Fellow Award program, whi…

The 2022 AACI/AACR Hill Day is scheduled for Wednesday, June 15. All faculty and staff of AACI cancer centers and AACR members are invited to spend the day advocating for cancer research funding thro…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Scientists at Yale Cancer Center have found that patients with breast cancer and high levels of insulin in the blood may be responsive to metabolism…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health The Pennsylvania Medical Society has announced its 2022 Top Physicians Under 40 award recipients. Two Fox Chase Cancer Center doctors were honored: Kristen Man…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center immunologist Philip Greenberg, MD, has begun a year-long term as president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research …

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center The UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer has named Beth Glenn, PhD, co-director of its Cancer Control and Survivorship research program. Dr. Glenn is a pr…

AACI's Board of Directors, staff, and cancer center leaders firmly believe that the epidemic of gun violence must be confronted with a sense of urgency – just as we address cancer, COVID-19, and othe…

UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute Masood Muhammad Hassan, MD, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center as an assistant professor of pathology. At UMMC, he is a member of…

"The Patient Resource guides improve and extend referring provider relationships while providing them confidence in their referral decisions." – Lina Wilson, Physician Relations, The University of Ka…

University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center The University of Maryland Medical Center has broken ground for a $219 million, nine-story patient care tower—…

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center A small clinical trial conducted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found that every rectal cancer patient who received an experimental immunother…

National Cancer Institute The Cancer Grand Challenges program, funded by the National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK, will award $100 million to four interdisciplinary teams from arou…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah announces a formal expansion of its catchment area. In addition to Utah, it now includes…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is celebrating the groundbreaking for a 244,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Sylvester Compreh…

A national search for a director for the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC) has culminated in the selection of cancer biology researcher Joe W. Ramos, PhD. Dr. Ramos is currently the interim dir…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is implementing a new statewide patient navigation program to help cancer patients across the st…

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center An estimated one-quarter of adults in the U.S. have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an excess of fat in liver cell…

Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Three Mayo Clinic Cancer Center leaders have assumed new roles: Stephen M. Ansell, MD, PhD, has been named enterprise deputy director and senior deputy …

Pavan Reddy, MD, is joining Baylor College of Medicine as director of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. He will lead oncology services, research, and strategic growth at Baylor St. Luke’s…

Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS, a pancreatic cancer surgeon and researcher and pioneer in cancer health disparities research, has been selected to serve as the next president and chief executive officer…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Carlos Ortiz-Bonilla, a Puerto Rican native who has been studying science at the University of Rochester (UR) for the past seven years, is the first gradua…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Cancer screening guidelines published last year expand eligibility for those at high risk for lung cancer, and new research shows that they also…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A novel, automated liquid biopsy test in development by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center can accurate…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has been awarded an $11 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to support research aimed at …

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A $10 million gift from the Brock family will establish the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The gift will ac…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Sameer Patel, MD, FACS, chief of the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently inducted into the American Assoc…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center An unexpected trick in cancer’s playbook may fool an important component of our immune systems into knocking down our natural defenses against solid tumors. Scien…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute New data show that ammonia—typically known as a waste byproduct from protein degrada…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Heath D. Skinner, MD, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, effective July 1. Clinically, he will focus on advancing UPMC Hillman Ca…

Moffitt Cancer Center In a new study, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers report on their identification of biomarkers based on a type of genetic modification called methylation that predicts th…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Male sex hormones interfere with the body’s ability to fight bladder cancer, likely explaining why males experience higher cancer rates and more deadly disease, according t…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A team of scientists from Stony Brook Cancer Center and Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University believe they have found a new process through which d…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Androgen receptor signaling affects response to BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy in both males and females with melanoma, researchers from MD Anders…

On June 15, AACI jointly hosted the 2022 virtual Hill Day with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). During meetings with legislators, cancer center directors, researchers, physician-s…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center After losing a close friend to acute myeloid leukemia, Kris Wood, PhD, devoted his research to helping find better treatment options for p…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Mount Sinai researchers have validated for the first time that a liquid biopsy could be a better predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will be suc…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH, has been awarded a 2022 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award, which supports future research leaders and ensures they receiv…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A study of the lead agent (CPI-613) in a class of anticancer drugs undergoing U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved clinical trials reveals that CPI-613 is effec…

University of Colorado Cancer Center For Sharon Pine, PhD, racial and economic disparities in cancer diagnosis and care add an urgency to lung cancer research. Dr. Pine will bring that motivat…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas Cancer Center researchers have released the results of a clinical trial that examined the effectiveness of varenicline in Africa…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center A Duke Cancer Institute study led by Gayathri Devi, PhD, finds chronic stresses such as racism and poverty alter cellular functions that p…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A team of researchers at Roswell Park, led by Dhyan Chandra, PhD, have uncovered evidence that could lead to the development of a new treatment option …

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health New research shows in an animal model that using viral and bacterial vaccine approaches together is safe and far more effective at fighting trea…

The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center The Glioma Longitudinal Analysis Consortium (GLASS) is investigating why gliomas develop resistance and recur. By analyzing tumor samples from patients bef…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University New laboratory research directed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Bloomber…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A research leader with a record of important discoveries in cancer biology and precision therapeutics, Roswell Park’s Erik Knudsen, PhD, has been promo…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Stacy L. Palmer, MBA, has joined Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University as the new vice president of cancer clinical administration and strat…

Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has announced a new community outreach and engagement (COE) leadership team to help develop targeted interventions that will l…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Experts from Cedars-Sinai Cancer have analyzed patient samples, along with studies conducted in animal models, to identify a novel immune checkpoint pathway to treat hepato…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center A new study led by Joel Palefsky, MD, found that routine screening for and removal of precancerous anal lesions can significantly reduce th…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center In a Phase II clinical trial, immune checkpoint blockade before surgery was associated with favorable responses and outcomes in undifferentiat…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that an advanced radiotherapy technique called radiation segmentectomy may be effecti…

WVU Cancer Institute Edward Harrison has joined the WVU Cancer Institute as its vice president of cancer services. His first day on the job was May 16. Prior to WVU, he served in various leade…

University of Colorado Cancer Center With more than 20 years of experience in gene therapy and personalized medicine, Hatim Sabaawy, MD, PhD, steps into the role of associate director of trans…

UK Markey Cancer Center The UK Markey Cancer Center has received a $5 million gift to establish the Ambassador William Stamps Farish Program of Excellence in Urologic Cancer. Read Mo…

Moffitt Cancer Center Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have revealed a mechanism by which prostate cancer cells become resistant through molecular modification of the androgen receptor protei…

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone A team of New York City lung cancer experts, led by investigators at NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center, have received a thre…

Registration at the regular rate begins today for the 2022 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, which will take place October 2-4 at InterContinental at the Plaza, Kansas City, MO. There is still time to regist…

AACI will host its inaugural Leadership Diversity and Development Initiative (LDDI) Workshop, November 8-9, at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. The pilot event will convene emerging le…

The June 24 Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson reversed the 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade, allowing individual states to determine access to abortion. As state leaders weigh the implications of …

The AACI Board of Directors has selected the recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Scientist, Cancer Health Equity, and Champion for Cures Awards. The awards will be presented in person on Monday, Oct…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Coral Omene, MD, PhD, medical oncologist in the Stacy Goldstein Breast Cancer Center at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has been awarded a grant …

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has selected Chyke A. Doubeni, MBBS,…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) has been designated a "Comprehensive" cancer center – the highest level of recognition award by the Nationa…

UK Markey Cancer Center Kentucky has established a lung cancer screening program, supported by the Kentucky Cancer Consortium (KCC) Lung Cancer Network—with over 100 organizations—and the Kent…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Surveillance programs for people at high risk of developing pancreatic cancers can help detect precancerous conditions and…

Registration is now open for AACI’s new Leadership Diversity and Development Initiative (LDDI) Workshop, which will be held November 8-9 at Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel. The event will convene a divers…

Cancer Center at Illinois Developed by Cancer Center at Illinois scientists, an innovative camera technology recently led to a $9 million award from the National Cancer Institute in which rese…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A team of researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center were the first to generate a bona fide mouse model of a Merkel cell carcinoma…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A study that surveyed cancer screening data included in medical journals worldwide from January 2020 into December 2021 showed significant decreases in the number of …

In 2021, AACI surveyed members on diversity in cancer center leadership. A group led by Caryn Lerman, PhD, AACI president and director of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, shared the results of…

The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee is seeking nominations. The CRI Steering Committee helps guide and implement activities to disseminate best practices across AACI cancer…

Moffitt Cancer Center Turnstone Biologics Corp. and Moffitt Cancer Center have announced the formation of a broad strategic alliance, deepening their existing multi-year research collaboration…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has announced Kimberly Hoggatt Krumwiede, PhD, as dean of MD Anderson’s School of Health Pro…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a $3 million grant to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptis…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai The Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded $4.2 million over five years to Mount Sinai resea…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Data collected by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immu…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Howard Sandler, MD, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer, has been named president-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). H…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical trials form the backbone of the care provided at UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. "At the end of the day, everything we do that is…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center University of Michigan and Rogel Cancer Center researchers have discovered brain tumors contain highly active cells that move throughout tissue in co…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A new study conducted by Winship Cancer Institute finds that COVID-19 vaccines are much less effective for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and c…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Marc Botnick, MD, has been named regional medical director for radiation oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer. His primary clinical practice site will be at Cedars-Sinai Tarzana…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have been awarded a Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Health Disparity Research Award for New Investigators. T…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Zambia are partnering on a program to develop a cadre of researchers and educators to lead cancer epi…

UK Markey Cancer Center The UK Markey Cancer Center’s Community Impact Office recently launched Cancer InFocus: Kentucky – a new, online data mapping application that allows users to explore c…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Although there has been a significant increase in the number of U.S. residents insured through Medicaid since the expansion of the Patient Protectio…

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern is joining with medical centers around the nation to apply advanced sequencing to pediatric brain tumors as …

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center The Cancer Research Institute announced two UCSF investigators in the newest cohort of scientists chosen for the Lloyd J. Old STAR Program …

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center UCLA Health’s Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division has been designated a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence by the Societ…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University In an investigator-sponsored study, 91 percent of participants with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) experienc…