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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Kevan Shokat, PhD, has received the Sjöberg Prize from the Swedish Academy of Sciences, the same body that awards the Nobel prizes for physics, c…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Foundation Chair and CEO Peter Huntsman has announced that Kim Wirthlin will be president and chief operating officer. Durin…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Jaime Merchán, MD, is the new Translational and Clinical Oncology Research Program co-leader at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCCP, FRCP (London), director of the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, has been named enterprise vice preside…

The Cancer Research Institute has announced that two members of its scientific advisory council (SAC), Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, of The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, and Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute President Joe Biden has appointed Ohio State University’s Fred Tabung, PhD, MSPH, to the N…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Director of the Duke Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination, Gerard C. Blobe, MD, PhD, has been electe…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A new clinical and preclinical study from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center identifies the DNA roots of resistance to targeted cancer therapy, p…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University It is now widely understood that cancer is a disease of acquired defects in genes and gene function. A recently published …

Siteman Cancer Center Tess Thompson, PhD, MPH, has received a five-year $1.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study unmet social needs of cancer patients and their caregiver…

UK Markey Cancer Center The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and UK HealthCare has received a $1.6 million gift from the Telford Foundation to establish the John R. van Nagell, Jr. …

In 2022, AACI focused on leadership, hosting the inaugural Leadership Diversity and Development Initiative (LDDI) Workshop and its first-ever meeting designed for new cancer center directors. Also in…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine The severity of immune-mediated intestinal diseases such as graft-versus-host disease or inflammatory bowel diseases is k…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Risk model-based lung cancer screening strategies, which select individuals based on personal risk, are more cost effective than current recom…

The AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) distributed surveys to understand unintended consequences of the 21st Century Cures Act mandate on the immediate release of clinical informati…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Vaping cannabidiol (CBD), leads to more severe lung damage than vaping nicotine, according to a study from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Un…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A large first-of-its-kind study finds that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) leads to better survival outcomes for you…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center University of Florida researchers have made a significant discovery in the development highly targeted chemotherapies for breast and other cancers. T…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center will soon be examining the potential for using cutting-edge radioisotope technology called 177 Lu-PSMA-…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Priyamvada Rai, PhD, is the new Tumor Biology Research Program co-leader at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – …

LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center Yaguang Xi, MD, PhD, MBA, has been appointed associate director for translational sciences at the LSU-LCMC Cancer Center. Dr. Xi is a professor and vice chair for…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center has achieved Magnet designation for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for the sixth consecutive time. Fo…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Five University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center members were elected as 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Rogel …

AACI welcomes the Prevent Cancer Foundation® to its sustaining members. The Prevent Cancer Foundation is the only U.S.-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to cancer prevention and early det…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Women who ovulate for longer over their lifetimes have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, suggesting that suppressing ovulation can lower this risk. A new i…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study will help inform policy on the sale and marketing of two different tobacco products recently introduced to the U…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have developed a new nanotechnology-based test that can detect and profile prostate cancers – even in microscopic amounts. Their work sugg…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Jordan Berlin, MD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, has been named director of Vanderbilt’s Division of Hematology and Oncology. The appointment was effecti…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine has been awarded more than $5.8 million in grants by the Cancer Prevention & Research Inst…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center The University of Pittsburgh was awarded a five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a Head and Neck Cancer Specialized …

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute's Alana Welm, PhD, received a five-year extension in her role as Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed Chair …

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Pending approval by The Ohio State University Board of Trustees, a new interdiscipli…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine New data from a Yale Cancer Center-led clinical trial shows improved rates of survival and reduced risk of recurrence in patients taking osimertinib…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Jennifer Hatcher, PhD, MPH, MSN, has been appointed associate director of Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility for the University of Arizona…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Duke Cancer Institute surgical oncologist Betty Tong, MD, MHS, MSME, BME, has won the inaugural "Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery A…

George Weiner, MD, director of University of Iowa (UI) Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, will step down from the leadership role on March 31. Dr. Weiner is a past president of AACI. Michael Henry, …

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center has formed a new Department of Urology that will be chaired by Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS. On average, the department publishes …

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded 15 grants totaling $19.38 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research I…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina As a young researcher fresh out of graduate school, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center’s Benjamin Toll, PhD, was thrilled to present his researc…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center has received the highest ranking possible—"exceptional"—by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and was awarde…

Stanford Cancer Institute Edgar Engleman, MD, is the senior author on a study demonstrating that activated neutrophils can be harnessed to induce eradication of tumors and reduce metastatic se…

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University of Virginia Cancer Center To expand access to cancer screenings for underserved groups in three regions of Virginia, UVA Cancer Center is establishing partnerships with community he…

Association of American Cancer Institutes AACI recently received a fraudulent email message that incorporated AACI’s domain name. Please remain alert to possible phishing and email scams, espe…

Siteman Cancer Center Researchers at Siteman Cancer Center have identified an important transition point in the shift from chronic to aggressive leukemia, showing that blocking a key molecule …

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Although widespread use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced lung cancer has led to meaningful improvements in survival in youn…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD, has been elected secretary of the Metastasis Research Society (MRS), which supports progressive research on processes fundam…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Calgary have devised a new approach for conducting gene-based analyses for cancer su…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are learning more about ways to prevent serious side effects from chem…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have identified a mechanism for why a subset of patients’ tumors grow, rather than sh…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Retired colonel and Duke Cancer Institute member Judd Moul, MD, has been named to receive a Distinguished Contribution Award for his "prolific c…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Billy Truong, a doctoral candidate at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was awarded the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Abstract Achievement Award for a poster tha…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A new study by researchers at OSUCCC – James suggests a way to re-energize critical …

UK Markey Cancer Center A new UK Markey Cancer Center study highlights the need for increased outreach and education to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities in Black communities. Acc…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer A new study led by Cedars-Sinai and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has determined that altering a cellular process can lead stem cells—cells from which…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A team of researchers led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has developed a novel delivery system for messenger RNA (mRNA) …

Siteman Cancer Center A study from Siteman Cancer Center found the quality of care for lung cancer in the U.S. varies widely, with significantly worse outcomes among patients whose surgeries f…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Researchers have discovered key molecular players that drive prostate cancer to progress into a highly aggressive form of the disease called neu…

UK Markey Cancer Center The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is excited to announce that Eddy Shih-Hsin Yang, MD, PhD, will join the college as the new chair of the department of rad…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Travis Poole, MHA, has been appointed as associate director of research administration at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. Poole works …

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center A study led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC not only directly links circadian clock proteins to liver cancer, but also shows precise…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center A comprehensive analysis of more than 100,000 colorectal cancer cases, led by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and 200 scientific collaborators wo…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Two promising metastatic breast cancer drug discoveries have emerged from the McDonnell Lab at Duke into the clinic. One of the drugs, Ela…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In a new study from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, researchers described a novel mechanism of tumor formation in …

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center In a study published in Science, Kevin Lou, an MD-PhD student, Luke Gilbert, PhD, and Kevan Shokat, PhD, revealed the discovery of a cellul…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center A $1.1 million gift will support the development of a University of Arizona Cancer Center program that aims to integrate traditional medicine and therap…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Gifts totaling $3 million will create an endowed chair in cancer informatics at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simo…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A cutting-edge upgrade of an online tool developed by genetic experts and data scien…

Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Cancer Institute member Jiangbin Ye, PhD, and colleagues found that mitochondrial uncoupling is an effective metabolic and epigenetic therapy for reversing t…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine In a new study, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals that the commercial tool that has been th…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Jeffrey Holzbeierlein, MD, was named physician in chief of The University of Kansas Cancer Center. He will assume the role held by Terry Tsue, MD, who re…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina An MUSC Hollings Cancer Center team, led Evan Graboyes, MD, published results of a pilot trial evaluating a tele-cognitive behavior…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, has been named one of three new members of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action …

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Daniel Ermann, MD, hematology and oncology fellow at Huntsman Cancer Institute, has been selected as a scholar for the 2023 Lymphoma Scientific Re…

Moffitt Cancer Center A January groundbreaking and naming celebration for "Speros FL" officially kicked off construction of the 775-acre Pasco County, FL campus featuring 16 million square fee…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center The transition of a low-grade, slow growing brain tumor to a lethal one can be delayed if neurosurgeons remove as much as possible soon aft…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Faye Rogers, PhD, associate professor of therapeutic radiology, has been appointed associate cancer center director for diversity, equity, and inclu…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Andrea Wolf, MD, director of the New York Mesothelioma Program at the Mount Sinai Health System, has received the 2022 Irving J. Selikoff Lifetime Achieveme…

Moffitt Cancer Center Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have identified a relatively natural way to increase the numbers and antitumor activities of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). A ne…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Patients whose brain tumors have a mutated enzyme called IDH1 typically live longer than those without the mutation. But even as these tumors are ini…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center In a new paper, Dario Marchetti, PhD, and his team at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center describe the process they used to identify the ge…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Wm. Kevin Kelly, DO, has been appointed chair of the Department of Medical Oncology for the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson Un…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center Jatinder Lamba, PhD, a professor in the department of pharmacotherapy and translational research in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, ha…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Jennifer Wargo, MD, has received a 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Tec…

University of Illinois Cancer Center VK Gadi, MD, PhD, whose laboratory and clinical research has focused primarily on breast cancer, is the new deputy director of the University of Illinois C…

The Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program established by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation announced that Amgen, a global biotechnology company, has committed to contribute $8 m…

In January the Louisiana State University-Louisiana Children’s Medical Center (LSU-LCMC) Health Cancer Center became the 108th member of AACI. Professor of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Oncology John…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Cedars-Sinai Cancer is taking on the country’s leading cause of cancer-related death with a new lung cancer screening program designed to reach more patients, simplify the …

Stanford Cancer Institute Irv Weissman, MD, was presented with the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) highest honor, the 2022 Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology. He …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that putting a three-day limit on opioid prescriptions to treat surgical pain after hospital…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center UF Health was a study location for a multicenter Phase I-II trial showing that the KRAS G12C inhibitor sotorasib achieved anticancer activity with an…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Joining more than 100 previous orators, Robert Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS, president and CEO of Fox Chase Cancer Center, delivered the Rhoads Oration for the Philadel…

University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Kevin J. Cullen, MD, the longtime director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Compre…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas Cancer Center was awarded $43 million through the federal spending bill, which President Joe Biden signed into law in December 2…

Gary Schwartz, MD, will become director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center this spring, succeeding Stanton L. Gerson, MD, a past AACI president, who has led the center since 2004. Dr. Schwartz i…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer has recognized Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, with the 2022 Asclepios Award. The foundation recognized Dr. Lovly for her work on underst…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center In a new study, researchers from UC San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified specific immune cells that drive…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Cynthia Owusu, MD, is the new associate director for diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is the principal investigat…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Swayam Prabha, MBA, PhD, a member of the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment research program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently awarded a $792,0…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A large global clinical trial has found that non-Hispanic Black women with Hormone Receptor positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, with 1-3 involved…