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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine recently established the Sylvester Pancrea…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has recognized Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader, a…

University of Virginia Cancer Center A study has identified the Virginians least likely to know that there is a vaccine available for human papillomavirus (HPV). More than a quarter of respond…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Combining a retrospective analysis of clinical records with in-depth laboratory studies, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Ca…

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, has been appointed to a second five-year term as director of the Abramson Cancer Center. Highlights o…

Break Through Cancer will award $50 million in grants to support cutting-edge interdisciplinary research at five top cancer centers. MIT's David H. Koch Professor of Biology Tyler Jacks, PhD, is pres…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center has competed successfully for a third renewal of its Clinical and Translational Science Award by the National Institutes of…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, National Medical Fellowships, and the American Association for Cancer Research have announced a new name for a $100 mill…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Roy A. Jensen, MD, vice chancellor and director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center, was awarded the Kansas Masonic Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award…

This month AACI welcomes the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT to its membership. Directed by Matthew Vander Heiden, MD, PhD, the Koch Institute focuses on five strategic areas: n…

UK Markey Cancer Center A recent UK Markey Cancer Center study gives more insight into how lung cancer differs in Kentucky compared to other U.S. populations. The research shows that Kentucky …

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Suzanne M. Miller, PhD, a professor in the Cancer Prevention and Control research program, has received a two-year research gra…

Stanford Cancer Institute An unexpected link between tuberculosis and cancer may lead to new drug treatments for the bacterial disease, according to a study led by researchers at Stanford Medi…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University It may be possible to identify the presence of an aggressive brain tumor in children by studying their cerebrospinal fluid…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine The simple distraction of looking at art and discussing it helped bring calm to a group of patients at the Wilmot Cancer Institute. The results of a random…

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center A research team led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has devised a novel and highly promising strategy for overcoming a key …

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah For years, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute have honed a process of developing breast cancer models using tumors donated by breast c…

Stanford Cancer Institute For more than 25 years, researchers around the world have been trying to find the structure of Janus kinases, or JAKs, a class of proteins that play a key role in cel…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Rural women are likely to face significant challenges finding secure and reliable employment following cancer treatment if they did not already ha…

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Amyloid beta, a protein known to build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when the…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Targeting a specific protein that is often overexpressed in prostate cancer can help prevent or delay the disease from spreading to other parts of the body, according to a …

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A new study has found that nearly one third of older adult female survivors of color…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has inducted Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, and Yu Shyr, PhD, into the 2022 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy. Read…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center epidemiologist Christopher Li, MD, PhD, was recently selected as the inaugural recipient of the Helen G. Edson Endowed Chair for …

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Donald McDonnell, PhD, associate director for translational research, Duke Cancer Institute, was awarded the Science Foundation Ireland St. Patr…

WVU Cancer Institute The WVU Cancer Institute Cellular Therapy Program was recently awarded its sixth consecutive Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) reaccreditation for bloo…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully leveraged an FDA-approved drug to halt growth of tumors driven by mutations in the RAS ge…

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center Albert Einstein Cancer Center has announced the appointment of three faculty members to key leadership positions, including new deputy director …

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey The Rutgers University Board of Governors voted to approve Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized expert in nutrition and cancer epidemiol…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center About one in seven breast cancers detected by mammography screening are over-diagnosed, according to a Duke Cancer Institute study designe…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Kaiser Permanente Northern California have identified the fir…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Scientists at Yale Cancer Center have discovered new consequences of specific gene mutations that play a role in the development of myelodysplastic …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A new clinical trial from a team at the Rogel Cancer Center uses innovative basic science research methods to offer hope and a new treatment to gliob…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A new computational approach developed by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center successfully combines data from par…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Surgical oncologist Itzhak Nir, MD, is the founding chief of the new Division of Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery in the UNM Depart…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center VCU Massey Cancer Center, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center secured a four-year, $3 million grant from Stand Up…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Anup Kasi, MD, MPH, is evaluating whether adding a novel agent called CEND-1 helps chemotherapy better permeate cancerous tumors. The Phase I/II investig…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey With the aid of a recently awarded $3.5 million, five-year National Cancer Institute grant, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Tufts Medical Cent…

Siteman Cancer Center A new study in mice suggests that blocking a major inflammatory pathway that is activated in pancreatic cancer makes the tumors sensitive to chemotherapy and a type of im…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a novel therapy for patients with metastatic or inoperable melano…

University of Illinois Cancer Center University of Illinois Cancer Center member Constance Jeffery, PhD, has been named a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Sh…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center has appointed Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH, as associate director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). In this newly created rol…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Dorothy Graves, PhD, has been appointed assistant vice president and associate director for administration at Sylvester Comprehensive…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Stephanie Blank, MD, associate director of women’s cancer for The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, has taken on the role of president of the Soc…

University of Illinois Cancer Center The American Cancer Society awarded the University of Illinois Cancer Center a $4.08 million, four-year grant to establish the Illinois Cancer Health Equit…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center About half of people undergoing chemotherapy report changes to their taste buds, such as a bitter taste in their mouth. Discussions with members of the T…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine A Yale Cancer Center research team has identified novel oncogenic gene fusions in lung and pancreatic cancer, as well as sarcoma. The fusions involv…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center has opened the Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization Registry Study, which is sponsored by the Ameri…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A research team led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has discovered a molecule that inhibits the growth and metastasis of panc…

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center The collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) following the 9/11 attacks exposed first responders to potential carcinogens. A new study reported …

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone The Brain and Spine Tumor Center at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center is now using ExacTrac Dynamic, a patient positioning and moni…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Colorectal cancer experts have launched a new initiative aimed at improving early de…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Krishna Komanduri, MD, has been named the new chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UCSF Health. Dr. Komanduri will also assume t…

University of Virginia Cancer Center An unexpected discovery at UVA Cancer Center has allowed scientists to halt the development of small-cell lung cancer in lab mice, and the finding could op…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center A research team led by Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, director of the UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, has discovered novel…

WVU Cancer Institute The WVU Cancer Institute has named Courtney DeVries, PhD, as the new deputy director effective Monday, March 14. She will help lead research initiatives within the Institu…

UK Markey Cancer Center UK HealthCare announced a historic $10 million gift from Central Bank to support expanded patient care at the UK Markey Cancer Center. It is the largest gift in UK Heal…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Fred Hirsch, MD, PhD, received the 2022 Heine H. Hansen Award from the European Society for Medical Oncology in recognition of his lifelong outstanding cont…

On March 17, Ruben A. Mesa, MD, participated in a House Energy and Commerce committee hearing, titled "The Future of Medicine: Legislation to Encourage Innovation and Improve Oversight." The hearing …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Crowdfunding has become a means for people with cancer to get help managing the financial impact of their disease. But while there’s relief in paying…

Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute The Wistar Institute announces that Ronald Caplan, founder and president of PMC Property Group, Inc., and his wife Ellen, have don…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center The University of Chicago Medicine plans to build a $633 million, 500,000-square-foot facility dedicated to cancer care on its me…

Siteman Cancer Center Two Washington University physician-scientists at Siteman Cancer Center have been elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Kory Lavine, MD, PhD, and …

Jefferson Health has named Andrew Chapman, DO, FACP, director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and executive vice president of oncology services. Dr. Chapman has been serving as the center’s interi…

Stanford Cancer Institute Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, has been jointly awarded the 2022 Wolf Prize in Chemistry for creating a new biochemical field of study and contributing to the understanding of the …

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported that the MEK inhibitor trametinib reduced the risk of…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Compared to U.S. urban adults, rural adults were more likely to think fatalistically about cancer and feel overwhelmed by information about …

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Using data from over 100,000 malignant and non-malignant cells from 15 human brain metastases, UCSF researchers have revealed two functiona…

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Nancy Chan, MD, a medical oncologist who treats people with breast cancer, joined NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center in Septe…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Vince Jensen has been appointed chief clinical operating officer for City of Hope. He will lead clinical operations on the institution’s main campus, a…

Siteman Cancer Center The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has reaccredited the radiation oncology practice at Siteman Cancer Center. After a comprehensive evaluation by ASTRO, Sitema…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center is home to seven members selected as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Elizabeth R. Hughes, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the Duke University School of Medicine’s Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine The American Society for Clinical Investigation has elected two Baylor College of Medicine faculty members to its new class of …

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Yale Cancer Center is pleased to announce four 2021 Young Investigator Award winners selected by the American Journal of Hematology (AJH). The winners wer…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health The two leaders of the Immersion Science Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, which allows students to explore science in a hands-on way while also providing va…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine A new study by researchers at Yale Cancer Center shows inhibition of the CECR2 gene prevents triple-negative breast cancer from advancing or metasta…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine are discovering new ways to find out how effective a drug might be a…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a potential new target for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The study outline…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Tung Nguyen, MD, has been named associate director for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensiv…

University of Colorado Cancer Center University of Colorado (CU) Cancer Center leader Wells Messersmith, MD, has been named chief medical officer of oncology services at UCHealth. He will over…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Researchers with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health and Research recently published four articles o…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center In the latest and largest study yet of a novel technique for treating leukemia patients, researchers have affirmed that it dramatically reduces chronic graft vs. …

University of Virginia Cancer Center Paola A. Gehrig, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She joins UV…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Mignon Loh, MD, and Elizabeth M. Swisher, MD, have been appointed deputy directors of the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium. They replace Nanc…

Stanford Cancer Institute People who have been treated with the cancer drug rituximab, or similar drugs, respond poorly or not at all to subsequent COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, according to a study…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Researchers from the University of Rochester and University of Chicago teamed up for one of the first known projects to successfully isolate and study extr…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Dual studies by Cedars-Sinai Cancer researchers have found significant differences in the durability of antibody responses and frequency of breakthrough cases in patients w…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center The anti-fogging sprays and cloths many people use to prevent condensation on their eyeglasses when wearing a mask or face shield may cont…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Two recent discoveries by stem cell scientists at Cedars-Sinai may help make cancer treatment more efficient and shorten the time it takes for people to recover from radiat…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Immunotherapy given before surgery caused liver cancer tumors to die off in one-third of the patients enrolled in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Using advanced cell sequencing technology and state-of-the-art imaging techniques, researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have provide…

University of Virginia Cancer Center New guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain are poised to improve care for patients and help many live longer, better lives. The new …

University of Colorado Cancer Center Marie Wood, MD, has been named the medical director of the cancer clinical trials office at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. She completed medical…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Stephanie Blank, MD, has been named associate director of women’s cancers for The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai. In this role, Dr. Blank will …

Siteman Cancer Center The Washington University Cardio-Oncology Center at Siteman Cancer Center has been recognized by a leading international group. The center received designation as a Center of E…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A genome study undertaken by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers, directed by Marikki Laiho, MD, PhD, looking f…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Mateusz Opyrchal, MD, PhD, is the inaugural Vera Bradley Foundation Chair in Breast Cancer Discovery in the Vera Bradley Fo…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine When Edward Messing, MD, FACS, assumes the American Urological Association (AUA) presidency in May 2022, he will follow in the footsteps of other leaders in the …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Arul M. Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, was awarded the 2022 Sjöberg Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which also awards Nobel Prizes. He is being honor…