Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Beginning radiation therapy on time is critical for people with head and neck cancer. A multidisciplinary team at MUSC Hollings Can…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Researchers at Sylvester and collaborating organizations will study how new technology can help patients manage symptoms and related …

Stony Brook Cancer Center Researchers are trying to unlock the mysteries of how gliomas originate from normal cells. A new study centers on epigenetic rather than genetic changes that drive no…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina E-cigarettes do have value as a smoking cessation aid, according to a new study by a team of MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Researchers at the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center said they have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from …

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Dapo Amosu, MS, PharmD, DPLA, as its new senior director of pharmacy. Dr. Amosu has more tha…

UK Markey Cancer Center While cancer survivors have an increased risk of developing cancer in the future, that risk is notably higher in Kentucky and Appalachian Kentucky, according to a new U…

Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A recently published draft paper underlines the need for a more detailed molecular, histological, and clinical assessment of h…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine A common side effect of treatment for ovarian cancer is chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Currently, there is only one treatment wi…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah An examination of the SCALE-UP Counts program, designed to promote COVID-19 testing through collaboration with local schools, especially tho…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A team of researchers from Winship Cancer Institute and Case Western Reserve University has developed a method using artificial intelligence and ma…

Stanford Cancer Institute A Stanford study shows that cancer cells can be prompted to activate cellular death, a finding that has therapeutic applications in cancer treatment, regenerative med…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center A team of University of Florida medicinal chemists and cancer biologists has created a chemical compound that powerfully and selectively helped cells…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Using a novel proteogenomic strategy and a variety of machine learning tools, investigators from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and colle…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Abby Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD, has received a $1.5 million National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases New Innovator Award for her project, "Microbiota initi…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The New Mexico Cancer Care Alliance has rebranded as the New Mexico Cancer Research Alliance to strengthen its focus on delivering cancer c…

Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital found immune and tumor cells compete over glutamine, a major nutrient in t…

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute welcomes Arnold D’Ambrosio as its new chief development officer. He brings the National Cancer Institute-designated …

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are using a new method they developed to accurately predic…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Susan Tsai, MD, has been named the chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at The…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center As work advances on a significant expansion of its cellular therapy production and research facilities, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has na…

AACI will present the 2023 Public Service Awards to U.S. Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Monday, October 2, during the AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting at the Salaman…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Immune system T cells that should be able to kill cancer cells become dysfunctional or "exhausted" within hours of encountering a tumor, according to a new stud…

University of Colorado Cancer Center The University of Colorado Cancer Center is doubling down on its diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) efforts, with the addition of DEIA Associa…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Director of Radiation Research Anurag Singh, MD, has been named a 2023 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTR…

With the end of the fiscal year approaching on September 30, Congress has not passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget. To avert a shutdown, Congress must reach a bipartisan agreement to fund the govern…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A new center at Winship Cancer Institute will focus research efforts on eliminating cancer disparities in Georgia and nationwide. Gifts from the Wi…

This fall, AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) will welcome Thomas J. George, Jr., MD, FACP, University of Florida Health Cancer Center, as the new CRI Steering Committee chair. CRI will also wel…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has seven new research program leaders. Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, Eric Grogan, MD, MPH, and Daniel Barocas, MD, MPH, lead the Cance…

VCU Massey Cancer Center will present the 1st Annual Catchment Area Data (CADA) Conference: Beyond Definition, December 7-9, in Richmond, VA. The conference is open to AACI members and all eligible s…

Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will provide more than $50 million in funding to launch and implement six new groundbrea…

Robert A. Winn, MD, director of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, became AACI's president—the first person of color to hold the position—on October 3, at the conclusion of the 2023 AACI/CCAF An…

Joann B. Sweasy, PhD, a comprehensive cancer center director and an expert in the genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry of DNA repair, has been named the next director of the Fred & Pamela Buf…

The newly renamed Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) has been awarded comprehensive designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the ultimate standard achieved by only 55 …

Richard Bold, MD, has been named site director of Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Arizona. Dr. Bold joins Mayo Clinic from the University of California, Davis, where he has built an impres…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, executive director of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, was awarded the Paul A. Bunn, Jr. Scientific Award at the 2…

UK Markey Cancer Center has earned a National Cancer Institute (NCI) "Comprehensive" Cancer Center designation, the highest level of recognition awarded by the NCI. Markey received an initial NCI des…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A three-year, $24.8 million cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health will drive the development of a programmabl…

Nearly 500 cancer center colleagues, exhibitors, and supporters, representing 97 AACI member centers, gathered in Washington, DC, for the 2023 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting. It was the first time since 20…

GW Cancer Center Lekhaj Daggubati, MD, MS, has joined the GW Cancer Center as director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology. He specializes in malignant and benign nervous system tumors, focusing on min…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center The boisterous Rollies Mexican Patio in Tucson may seem an unlikely place for a scientific talk, but for the University of Arizona Cancer Center’s outre…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center UCSF Health has performed 150 robotic focal high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) procedures for patients living with prostate cancer, b…

Siteman Cancer Center The National Cancer Institute has awarded Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center a $11.6 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) g…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center The American Society of Hematology has selected Jonathan D. Licht, MD, director of the UF Health Cancer Center, as the inaugural editor-in-chief of one of …

The AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "A Practical Approach to Building a Survivorship Program" at 1:00 pm eastern time on Tuesday, November 14. Survivorship care should …

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University How microbiota impact cancer development and therapy has become an expansive area of research. Although a few associations…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS, an internationally recognized leader in the diagnosis and treatment of complex orthopaedic and spinal oncology conditions, has joined Cedars-Sinai…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Dan Mulkerin, MD, has been promoted to medical director and associate chief medical officer for Wilmot Cancer Institute. He joined the team at Wilmot two y…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai The National Cancer Institute has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a $3.4 million grant to create a model that identifies the best …

The University of Kansas Cancer Center A new $11.5 million five-year federal grant will support researchers’ efforts to apply implementation science to ensure everyone benefits from the latest…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Angelo Moore, PhD, MSN, RN, NE-BC, director of the Duke Cancer Institute Office of Health Equity, has been named a Fellow of the American Academ…

Stanford Cancer Institute The Stanford Cancer Institute is establishing the Stanford Advanced Melanoma Program. This effort involves assembling a team of experts, addressing the shortage of cl…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center As cells grow and divide, their DNA needs to be accurately replicated and properly segregated to new cells. Errors during replication or segregation can alter t…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Initial results from an in-progress Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center clinical trial offer important insights into hormone receptor-positive and…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center The UF Health Cancer Center has announced that Alison M. Ivey, RN, MS, MBA, OCN, CCRP, has been promoted to associate director for administration and…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new compound called d16 that can reduce tumor growth and overc…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Three new cancer researchers have joined the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center to spearhead initiatives aimed at advancing the understand…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Sara Small, MD, PhD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant a…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center An interdepartmental group of researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center received a grant from the National Cancer Institut…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center In a sign that exposure to certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals may be playing a role in cancers of the breast, ovary, skin, and uterus, …

WVU Cancer Institute Head and neck surgeons with WVU Medicine Otolaryngology and the WVU Cancer Institute have performed WVU Medicine’s first jaw reconstruction using a bone-containing thigh f…

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center An international research team led by scientists in the Center for Genetic Epidemiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Norris Comprehensiv…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina In a recently published paper, researchers showed that encoding the CAR T cells with instructions to create a hyperactive form of p…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A five-year $3.04 million grant from the National Cancer Institute will help researc…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A shining beacon of care, warmth, and hope to the patients and families who encounter her, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Kimberly Sweeney,…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher Amanda Stolarz, PharmD, PhD, recently received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the Nat…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center sheds new light on why tumors that have spread to the brain from other parts…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A molecular signature that predicts aggressive thyroid cancer could help guide treatment approaches for patients, according to a new study. Teams from three med…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center New research reveals an alarming lack of access for non-English speakers who called hospitals across the United States looking for information on can…

Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Cancer Institute member Millie Das, MD, was elected by the board of directors of the Association of Northern California Oncologists as its new president. A practic…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center discovered a new class of iron-targeting compounds that hamper the proliferation of malignant cel…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health announce the hiring of Randall A. Lee, MD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Urology and a member …

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Hematologist/oncologist Kevin Scher, MD, MBA, an expert in patient-centric care with more than 10 years of experience on the Cedars-Sinai Cancer faculty, has been appointed…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Hien Dang, PhD, is among an initial group of 11 early-career researchers who will receive five-year Cancer Moonshot awards to advance their work…

Integra Connect offers oncology-specific solutions to improve care quality and research while also reducing costs with: Information from industry-leading specialty care data Insights from powerful A…

Association of American Cancer Institutes The AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "A Practical Approach to Building a Survivorship Program" at 1:00 pm eastern time o…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has earned a Merit Extension Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in recognition of more than a decade of susta…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center will present the 1st Annual Catchment Area Data (CADA) Conference: Beyond Definition, December 7-9, in Richmond, V…

Andrew Mesecar, PhD, distinguished professor of biochemistry and the Walther Professor in Cancer Structural Biology, has been named assistant vice president for research and director of the Purdue In…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A free online tool could save some prostate cancer patients more than $9,000 in out-of-pocket drug costs. Researchers from the University of Michigan…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center will be the national coordinating center for a new epidemiological cohort study among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific…

Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD, has been appointed executive director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC). Dr. Owonikoko will also take on…

AACI will hold the 2024 Leadership Diversity and Development Workshop (LDDW), March 11-13, at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. LDDW began as a component of the Leadership Diversity and Dev…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A program launched at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center three years ago to advance health equity and access by strengthening connections between…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute The Ohio State University has been awarded a $20 million Tobacco Center of Regulator…

Siteman Cancer Center Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have established a comprehensive Head & Neck Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center. A…

Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Cancer Institute member Reena Thomas, MD, PhD, was awarded nearly $12 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for a Phase I clinical …

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center With a renewed Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant, the UC San Francisco Brain Tumor Center is receiving $12 million o…

UK Markey Cancer Center The University of Kentucky will host a new research center, the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team, focused on tobacco regulations and funded with a $19 millio…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of sound waves to break down tumors—a technique called histotripsy—in humans for liver tre…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina MUSC Hollings Cancer Center has recruited Thai Ho, MD, PhD, to lead the development of the Precision Oncology Program and a precisi…

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa A $10.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help establish the UH Pacific Center for Genome Research. …

Siteman Cancer Center The National Cancer Institute has awarded Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center a $10.9 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) g…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, an immunologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition o…

Moffitt Cancer Center The Center of Excellence for Evolutionary Therapy at Moffitt Cancer Center has received a $10.4 million grant to study the eco-evolutionary dynamics responsible for non-s…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Two five-year grants totaling more than $6 million from the National Cancer Institut…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health The Philadelphia Communities Conquering Cancer (PC3) coalition consists of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health; Abramson Cancer …

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A team of investigators from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UCLA School of Dentistry received a five-year $4.6 million grant from…