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Siteman Cancer Center Richard J. Cote, MD, a research member at Siteman Cancer Center, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. He has developed tools for analyzing tum…

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…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center When people go to an emergency room after being injured, suspicious images may show up on scans that are unrelated to their injuries but may indicate cancer. A …

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, has been named deputy chief medical officer and chief integration officer at Smilow Cancer Hospital. Dr. Chiang will partner w…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center New research led by scientists from UC San Francisco and the Catalan Institute of Oncology in Barcelona shows that a distinctive pattern of…

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) cannot be cured by drugs alone, and targeted therapies are only modestly effective, with a high rate of drug resistance…

Michael J. Weber, PhD, has passed away following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Weber was key to the founding of the University of Virginia Cancer Center in 1984, obtaining a grant from the Nat…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed into law a new bill to ensure immediate access …

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai A research team led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has built the first cellular model to depict the evolution of acute myeloid leukemi…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A new targeted RNA nanoparticle designed to carry a chemotherapy drug along with a t…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center In a new study, researchers led by Aaron Fleischman, PhD, and Maciej Zborowski, PhD, report on a new device they’ve developed to identify and perform different…

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham polymer and radionuclide chemists report what they believe may represent a maj…

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…

The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published “Status of the Clinician Investigator in America: An Essential Health Care Provider Driving Advances in Cancer Care,” a report b…

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…

In 2007, the State of Kansas established a budget line item of $5 million per year in support of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s goal of obtaining National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation…

Registration is open for the 13th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting, which will be held virtually July 13-15. The three-day online meeting will deliver the innovative, quality ed…

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…

AACI's Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "The State of Telehealth" on Wednesday, March 10 at 1:00 pm eastern time. The webinar will examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…

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…

A new podcast from AACI aims to expand the dialogue about cancer health disparities and to identify strategies to mitigate them. Accelerating Equity: Cancer Care for All is hosted by AACI President K…

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…

Prompted by a recent mass shooting targeting Asian-American women, AACI issued a formal statement urging the cancer community, policymakers, and other stakeholders to address racism, discrimination, …

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…

To prioritize the health and well-being of AACI meeting attendees, supporters, and cancer center patients, AACI's Board of Directors and the 2021 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting Program Committee have decid…

Registration is now open for the 2021 AACI/AACR Hill Day, scheduled for Wednesday, June 9. The virtual advocacy day will consist of video and conference call meetings organized by Soapbox, a firm tha…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act (S. 168/H.R. 708) is a critical, bipartisan piece of legislation that will allow any licensed health care provider in good standing…

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…

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…