Scientists Named to Influential Researchers List
Siteman Cancer CenterNine research members of Siteman Cancer Center were named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list of 2021. The nine, who are faculty members of Washington University Schoo…
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Improved Treatment Options Found for Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
City of Hope has announced study results of a Phase II clinical trial showing monotherapy with sotorasib resulted in anti-tumor activity and a favorabl…
Greco Inducted as American College of Surgeons Fellow
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple HealthStephanie Greco, MD, FACS, an assistant professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, became a Fellow of the American College of…
Call for Abstracts: 14th Annual AACICRI Meeting
The AACI CRI Steering Committee is currently soliciting abstracts for the 14th Annual AACI CRI Meeting. This year’s meeting theme will focus on innovation in cancer clinical research. The purpose of …
Research Contributes to FDA Approval of First-Ever Drug for Acute GVHD
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever drug to be used for the prevention of acute graft versus host disease (aGVH…
Homing in on Shared Network of Cancer Genes
Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine
Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers are a step closer to understanding the complex gene interactions that cause a cell to become malignant. In a new study,…
Genetic Mutation Could Play Role in Improving Leukemia Treatment
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
In the battle against one type of leukemia, a genetic mutation could hold the key to more effective, lower-dose treatments. The new, early findings b…
Holcombe Invested as Inaugural J. Walter Juckett Chair in Cancer Research
The University of Vermont Cancer Center
With $3 million in support from a longtime donor to the University of Vermont Cancer Center, Director Randall F. Holcombe, MD, MBA, was invested as the …
Rising Star Reflects on Winding Road to Cancer Disparities Research
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
STAT News has named Arnethea Sutton, PhD, as one of this year’s 27 STAT Wunderkinds – the news organization’s award recognizing rising stars in biomedical rese…
T‑Dxd Analysis Shows Encouraging Results in Controlling Stable Brain Metastases in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
A subgroup analysis of a Phase III study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found consistent progression-free survival …
Skoracki Named Director of Breast Center
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Roman Skoracki, MD, has been named medical director of the Stefanie Spielman Compreh…
Research to Examine Racial Disparities in Immunotherapy Effectiveness
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University
Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University received a $2,997,215 federal grant to help determine why African Americans show poorer r…
Venetoclax Combination Therapies Effective Against Challenging Subtypes of AML
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Combination therapies including venetoclax and another therapy have displayed promising results against subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia(AML…
Study Shows Lymphoma Patients Can Benefit From Receiving CAR T Sooner
Moffitt Cancer Center
Results from the ZUMA-7 clinical trial, led by Frederick Locke, MD, vice chair of Moffitt Cancer Center’s Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Departmen…
Study Sets Framework for Precision Surveillance of Colorectal Cancer
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
A team of Vanderbilt researchers has revealed some of the mechanisms by which polyps develop into colorectal cancer, setting the framework for improved surveill…
Colorectal Cancer Screening Lags Among Rural Women, Study Reveals
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Women who live in urban and rural areas get screened for breast cancer at similar rates, but rural women get screened for colorectal cancer at significantl…
Research Leads to Unique Clinical Trial of Mesothelioma Treatment
The University of Vermont Cancer Center
Since 2004, only two therapies have been approved for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma, which affects about 3,000 people a year in the United Sta…
Growth Hormone in Colon Found to Play Role in Aging Process
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified growth hormone in the colon that increases as the colon ages – a discovery that can help guide the development of a new anti-a…
Rogel Earns Rectal Cancer Accreditation
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer CenterThe University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer, a qu…
Hematologists Present New Research on FLT3 Inhibitors, CART-19
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center hematology experts in leukemia, lymphoma, and other specialties presented new research at the 63rd annual meet…
Drug Compound Makes Pancreatic Cancer Cells More Vulnerable to Chemo
Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center have identified a drug compound that makes pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy. Studying mi…
Leadership Changes to Advance Innovation, Excellence
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
The University of Florida Health Cancer Center announces two leadership changes aimed at advancing innovation and excellence in cancer research, care…
Computational Biologist Will Lead Efforts to Integrate Data Science
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has named computational biologist Robert Bradley, PhD, scientific director of the Hutch’s Translational Data Science Integr…
The History of the Association of American Cancer Institutes
Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act, AACI is pleased to share The History of the Association of American Cancer Institutes. Written by Donald L. Trump, MD, and Eric T. Rosenth…
COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in People With Cancer, Study Finds
Stanford Cancer Institute
The mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing infection in most cancer patients, according to a nationwide study of veterans diagnosed with cancer in t…
Scientists Research New Device to Diagnose Skin Cancer
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah have created a device, named URSKIN, that exploits changes in the electr…
New Tool Shows Prognostic, Clinical Significance of Recently Approved Diagnostic Imaging Modality
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center led a large international study providing what is believed to be the first evidence (albeit ind…
How AI and Machine Learning Will Contribute to Cancer Patient Care and Vaccine Design
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
In a recent viewpoint paper, investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School explored how artificial intell…
Does Cancer Immunotherapy Work Differently in Men Versus Women?
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
New research shows that women with advanced melanoma are twice as likely as men to die when treated with a combination of the checkpoint inhibit…
Social Worker Selected as Emerging Palliative Care Leader
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson HealthRebecca (Becky) Cammy, LCSW, manager of social work at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health, has been accepted into the Cambia Health F…
Translational Studies Have Potential to Find Lung Cancer Therapies
University of Illinois Cancer Center
University of Illinois Cancer Center member Jiyeon Kim, PhD, received a four-year grant from the American Cancer Society to investigate whether the pathway…
New Grant Program to Support Community-Led Health Initiatives
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
The new Massey Cancer Center Community Grant Program will help community partners expand programs focused on the promotion of health, health equity, pers…
Correction — December 2021AACI Update
Dr. Wendy Brewster is associate director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. A story in the “Leadership Transitions” section of the December 2021 AACI U…
Team Identifies Accelerator of Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
An international research team co-led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Cent…
Cancer Clinician and Researcher to Serve as Director of GW Cancer Center
The George Washington University (GW) is pleased to announce that Julie E. Bauman, MD, MPH, will join its academic medical enterprise to serve as the director of GW Cancer Center in March 2022. In th…
January 2022
Understanding Catchment Area Coverage to Address Cancer Disparities
As part of the presidential initiative of Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD, AACI surveyed its members in 2020 to understand catchment area coverage. Results of the survey were published in a manuscript, "A…
2021AACI Report Now Available Online
In 2021 AACI continued to take a strong position on the impact of systemic racism and other forms of discrimination in public health. The 2021 AACI Report details the association’s efforts to promote…
New Initiative Aims to Create Shared Data Hub for Cancer Centers
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Massey Cancer Center is working with analytics company SAS to power vital research into higher cancer and mortality rates among low-income and vulnerable…
Dolan Named Deputy Director
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCCCC) has appointed M. Eileen Dolan, PhD, as its deputy director…
CRI Abstract Submissions Now Open
The AACI CRI Steering Committee is currently soliciting abstracts for the 14th Annual AACI CRI Meeting. The purpose of the abstracts is to inform meeting attendees about clinical trials office challe…
Land Purchase Approved for New Outpatient Center
UK Markey Cancer Center
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has approved a purchase agreement for $6.9 million to acquire residential parcels across from UK Albert B. Chandler Hospita…
Champion for Cures Nominations Due February 28
AACI cancer center directors are invited to submit nominations for the 2022 Champion for Cures Award by Monday, February 28. The Champion for Cures Award will be presented during the 2022 AACI/CCAF A…
Study: Receiving CAR T Therapy Sooner Improves Lymphoma Survival
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
According to a new study co-authored by Joseph McGuirk, DO, a form of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy known by its brand name, Yescarta …
Addressing High Lung Cancer Rates Among Female Asian Non-Smokers
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
The FANS (Female Asian Never Smokers) Study aims to collect data from Asian American women to shed light on the issue of non-smoking lung c…
$7.6 Million Gift Launches New Lung Cancer Research Initiative
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Grasping the genetic mutations that drive non-small cell lung cancer has led to new treatments. Yet when a patient is diagnosed with an alteration in…
Encourage Your Legislators to Pass the FY2022 Budget
As of today, the United States government has not passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget. The federal government is currently operating with funding through a Continuing Resolution at spending levels …
Survey Finds Support for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Less than half of Americans understand that alcohol consumption increases cancer risk, and a majority of people surveyed say they would support warning lab…
Signaling Mechanisms in Pancreatic Cancer Cells That Could Provide Treatment Targets Identified
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research led by scientists at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA provides new insights into molecular "crosstalk" in pancreas cancer cells…
MAPK4 Emerges as Novel Therapeutic Target for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
Scientific evidence supporting the involvement of the enzyme MAPK4 in cancer growth and resistance to certain therapies h…
Can Prozac Fight Brain Cancer?
Stanford Cancer Institute
Pathologist Paul Mischel, MD, and postdoctoral scholar Junfeng Bi, PhD, have discovered that fluoxetine (commonly known as Prozac) appears to target glioblastoma, at …
Stegh Named Brain Tumor Center Research Director
Siteman Cancer Center
Alexander H. Stegh, PhD, a leading brain cancer scientist, has been named research director of the Brain Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center, which brings together the …
Kamal is First Chief Patient Officer for ACS
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has hired Arif Kamal MD, MBA, MHS, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO, as its first chief patient officer to lead its p…
Save the Date: 2022AACI/AACR Virtual Hill Day
AACI will jointly host its annual Hill Day with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) on Wednesday, June 15. The event will be held virtually for the third year. All faculty and staff o…
Agreement Announced to Establish Life Sciences Genomic Resource
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville Biosciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has announced an agreement with Illumina, a leading genomic technology…
Olopade Recognized for Transformative Breast Cancer Research
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of Chicago Medicine breast cancer expert Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, has been named the recipient of this year’s William L. Mc…
Children With Cancer and Other Special Needs Deserve Support During Online Learning
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
When thousands of schools transitioned to online learning in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many children with cancer …
Research Identifies a Key Pathway Fueling Cancer Metastasis
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
A collaborative research team led by scientists from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has det…
$3.15 Million Awarded to Advance Drug Development Platform for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
The National Cancer Institute has awarded Mount Sinai researchers Arvin Dar, PhD, Ernesto Guccione, PhD, and Amaia Lujambio, PhD, $3.15 million in gra…
Market Differentiator: Patient Resource Navigator
Of more than 85,000 patients surveyed:Improves outcomes: 95% state the guides assist them in following their doctor’s treatment plan
Increases market share: 90% report the guides will influence the…
Flores Named Associate Center Director of Basic Science
Moffitt Cancer Center
Elsa R. Flores, PhD, has been named Moffitt Cancer Center’s associate center director of basic science. In her new role, Dr. Flores will oversee the Basic Science Divisio…
Malik Honored by American Thoracic Society
University of Illinois Cancer CenterUniversity of Illinois Cancer Center member Asrar Malik, PhD, was awarded the 2021 Solbert Permutt Trailblazer Award in Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine by the …
Targeted Two-Drug Therapy Effective to Treat Advanced Cervical Cancer
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The combination of two novel immune therapy agents could be an effective new treatme…
Genetic and Lifestyle Calculator Reveals Which Younger Adults Are Most at Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
A new risk score can identify men and women under age 50 most likely to develop a cancer of the colon or rectum, an international study …
Colorectal Cancer Screening Lagging Among Rural Women
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Women who live in urban and rural areas get screened for breast cancer at similar rates, but rural women get screened for colorectal cancer at significantl…
Lucas Named Chief Community Impact Officer
Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine
Candice Lucas, EdD, MBA, has been named Wilmot Cancer Institute’s first chief community impact officer. The position is located within the Community Outrea…
Two Antibodies Synergize in Triple Whammy to Pediatric Cancers, Study Finds
Stanford Cancer Institute
A combination of anti-cancer antibodies produced a powerfully synergistic response in two hard-to-treat pediatric cancers, according to a new study in mice, led by re…
Study Shows How Ovarian Cancer Starts in High-Risk Women
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Some women with BRCA-1 mutations choose to have their breasts or ovaries and fallopian tubes surgically removed even though they may never develop cancers in these tissues.…
Genetic Score Developed to Improve Pediatric Cancer Treatments
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
University of Florida researchers have developed a new genomics-based score to deliver more personalized and effective chemotherapy treatments to ped…
Cancer-Immu Data Portal Launched for Predicting Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
A new data portal called Cancer-Immu established by a team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center biostatisticians can help cancer clinicians and researchers p…
Blood Test Helps Predict Who May Benefit From Lung Cancer Screening
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A blood test, combined with a risk model based on an individual’s history, more accurately determines who is likely to benefit from lung cance…
Two New Leaders Named to Enhance Patient Care
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
The University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center has named David C. Smith, MD, chief medical officer and associate director for cancer clinical …
Sampson Joins UNM Cancer Center as Clinical Research Administrator
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cheryl Sampson, MBA, has joined the Clinical Research Office at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. She brings more than 20 years of exper…
Physicians Receive ACS Awards
UMMC Cancer Center and Research InstituteTwo University of Mississippi Medical Center physicians have been honored by the American Cancer Society for partnering with the nonprofit in preventing and…
Study Details Chromosome-Level Changes That Allow Melanomas to Develop Drug Resistance
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
To investigate mutations in a key cancer-promoting genetic pathway, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers led the development of a melan…
New Hope for Patients With Relapsed Large B‑cell Lymphoma
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Over the past four years, Manali Kamdar, MD, has been the lead investigator on a global, multicenter, Phase III clinical study that shows that Breyanzi (li…
New Color-Coded Test Quickly Reveals if Medical Nanoparticles Deliver Their Payload
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a color-coded test that quickly signals whether newly developed nanopart…
New Program Leadership
University of Colorado Cancer Center
The University of Colorado Cancer Center is pleased to announce several leadership transitions. Patricia Ernst, PhD, will join Tin Tin Su, PhD, as co-leade…
Jenkins, Kovak Appointed to New Leadership Positions
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Amy Jo Jenkins, MS, CCRP, has been named associate director of administration for the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Succeeding Je…
VA Data Analyzed to Study Prostate Cancer Disparities
Moffitt Cancer Center
Moffitt Cancer Center has been conducting research on disparities in prostate cancer, specifically evaluating the interplay between social and biological mechanisms that …
Sensitivity to Chemotherapy May Guide Treatment of Patients With Stomach Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
A study led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that chemotherapy after surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma is significantly…
Researchers Pilot Device for Earlier Ovarian Cancer Detection
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
University of Arizona Cancer Center Member Jennifer Barton, MD, has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its earl…
Novel Compound Doubles Mean Survival in Pre-Clinical Study
University of Illinois Cancer Center
Researchers from the University of Illinois Cancer Center have developed a compound that more than doubles mean survival time in animal models of pancreati…
New Chair of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care Named
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
On March 1, Renato G. Martins, MD, MPH, will become the new chair of hematology, oncology and palliative care at VCU Massey Cancer Center and the Departm…
Inaugural Director of Center for Blood Cancers Appointed
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
Faith E. Davies, MD, has been appointed the inaugural director of the Center for Blood Cancers at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer…
Farma Elected to Leadership Position in the Society of University Surgeons
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS, chief of the Division of General Surgery and co-director of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, …
Fully Vaccinated Cancer Patients Who Had Breakthrough COVID-19 Show 13 Percent Mortality Rate
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
The first study to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections indicate…
Uy Named Leukemia Committee Co-chair of Clinical Trials Group
Siteman Cancer Center
Geoffrey L. Uy, MD, a Washington University physician at Siteman Cancer Center, has been named co-chair of the Leukemia Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in O…
Study Shows How Changing Gut Microbiota Can Affect Lupus Disease Activity in Mice
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medic…
Sorting Cancers by Immune Archetypes May Offer New Approach for Precision Immunotherapies
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Using data from over 300 patient tumors, UC San Francisco researchers have described 12 classes of "immune archetypes" to classify cancer t…
Surgeon-Scientist Tapped as Chair of Department of Neurosurgery
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Gerald Arthur Grant, MD, an internationally known surgeon-scientist, has been named the new chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Duk…
Clinical Trials Office Medical Director Appointed
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Bobbie J. Rimel, MD, has been appointed medical director for the Cancer Clinical Trials Office (CCTO) at Cedars-Sinai Cancer. Dr. Rimel’s research has focused on clinical t…
Park Named New Director of VICC
Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, Cornelius Abernathy Craig Professor of Medicine, and deputy director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named the center’s new director. Park will begin ser…
February 2022
Register Now for PCLI Career Development Webinar
The AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "Career Development: Making the Transition From Training to Clinician Investigator" at 1:00 pm eastern time on Wednesday, March 9. T…
Thompson to Step Down
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Craig B. Thompson, MD, has announced his intention to step down as president and chief executive officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. T…
Largest Publicly Shared Gift for Liver Research Announced
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University will radically expand treatment options for liver and liver-related metabolic diseases thanks to a historic $104 million…
Op-Ed: Ending Cancer As We Know It
On February 17, an opinion piece co-authored by AACI President Caryn Lerman, PhD, and Vice President/President-elect Robert A. Winn, MD, appeared on TheHill.com. In "Ending Cancer As We Know It," Drs…
Oncologist Shares His Own Cancer Experiences in Podcast
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
When Abraham Chachoua, MD, walks into a patient’s room, he stays for a while. His patients are an extension of his family, and he loves …
Drug Combination Trial Shows Promising Results in Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
A Phase II study led by Anwaar Saeed, MD, and investigators at The University of Kansas Cancer Center shows promising efficacy in people with metastatic …