Werb Elected AACR Academy Fellow
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Zena Werb, PhD, has been named a 2019 AACR Academy Fellow for her contributions to the understanding of cellular microenvironments, inflammation, …
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Join Us at Hill Day to Advocate for the NIH and NCI
As a member of AACI, your advocacy is critical to sharing our message with legislators: that stable, predictable funds are vital to advancing cancer research and care. On Tuesday, April 30, AACI will…
Cohn Receives AACR Research Award
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has named Susan Cohn, MD, dean for clinical research at the University of Chicago Me…
CRI Meeting to Highlight Innovation, Resiliency
The 11th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting will be held July 9-11, at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel. The theme for this year's meeting is "Strategies to Maximize Innovation to A…
Briefing Highlights Importance of Funding, CAR T Therapy
On March 27, AACI hosted a Congressional briefing titled "Breaking Down Barriers to a Cure." The briefing highlighted the importance of robust and sustained funding levels for the National Institutes…
Topical Immunotherapy Reduces Skin Cancer Risk
Siteman Cancer Center
A combination of two topical creams already shown to clear precancerous skin lesions from sun-damaged skin also lowers the risk that patients will later develop squamous …
Andriole Elected to American College of Surgeons Academy
Siteman Cancer Center
Gerald L. Andriole, MD, the Washington University chief of urologic surgery at Siteman Cancer Center, has been elected to the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surg…
April 2019
$15.1 Million Awarded for Redesignation as Comprehensive Cancer Center
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers Cancer Institute has been awarded a $15.1 million grant as part of its successful 2019 redesignation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a …
Ashworth Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and noted cancer biologist, was among three UCSF scienti…
Ovarian Cancer Patients Undertested for Mutations That Could Guide Clinical Care
Stanford Cancer Institute
Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients diagnosed between 2013 and 2014 in two states underwent genetic testing for canc…
Rating of ‘Exceptional’ Earned for Second Consecutive CCSG Review Cycle
Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute
After extensive peer review, The Wistar Institute’s Cancer Center has received an “exceptional” rating on its Cancer Center Suppor…
Barbershops Will Play a Role in Reducing Colon Cancer Disparities Among Black Men
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
With a grant from the National Cancer Institute, HCI researcher Charles R. Rogers, PhD, MPH, MS, CHES®, will implement and evaluate culture-…
Turning Silenced Cancer Genes Back Into Fighters
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Working with human colon cancer cells and mice, researchers led by experts at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say t…
How Immune Cells Help Tumors Escape Body’s Defenses
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center sheds light on how tumors use the body’s regulators of immunity …
University of Chicago to Lead the NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of Chicago will lead the NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center, which is receiving six more years of …
Bhatia is Interim Director at Alabama
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ravi Bhatia, MD, has been named interim director of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Al…
$10.8 Million Grant to Expand Clinical Trials
Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma
The Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine has been awarded a $10.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to expand its clini…
$8.9 Million Awarded for Clinical Research
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) successfully re-competed for its status as a Lead Academic Participating Site for the National Clinical Trials …
$7.5 Million to Develop Better Treatment For a Rare, Incurable Cancer
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
City of Hope recently received $7.5 million in grant awards to study a rare type of blood cancer that affects the skin: cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL…
New Role Uncovered for Tamoxifen in Triple-Negative Breast Cancers
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Seeking to better understand triple-negative breast cancer's (TNBC) ability to disarm proteins that suppress tumors and mutate them into tumor drivers,…
Genetic Testing in Women with Breast Cancer Decreases Cost of Care Nationwide
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
A new study by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and National Cancer Institute researchers suggests that Oncotype DX-guided treatm…
A UVA Doctor Reflects on Her Work with NASA
University of Virginia Cancer Center
When NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned from a yearlong stay on the International Space Station on March 3, 2016, a young physician-scientist, Francine Ga…
UPMC Joins National Acute Myeloid Leukemia Trial
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is one of just 15 cancer centers nationwide to take part in a groundbreaking collaborative clinical trial for acute myeloid leukemia (AML)…
Tarloxotinib Shows Promise Against NRG1-Fusion Cancers
University of Colorado Cancer Center
A study by University of Colorado Cancer Center and Rain Therapeutics, Inc., shows that the clinical-stage drug, tarloxotinib, is active against NRG1-fusio…
Addiction Training Program Awarded $2.1 Million
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
The Addiction Research Training Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was recently awarded $2.1 million from the Natio…
New Name for UMMC Cancer Center
UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute
The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Cancer Institute is changing its name to the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute (CCRI). The CCRI…
Single Agent Umbralisib Effective for Relapsed Slow-Growing Lymphoma
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center revealed the investigational drug umbralisib as an effective treatment for patien…
Zipfel Named Head of Neurosurgery
Siteman Cancer Center
Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, has been named head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and neurosurgeon-in-chief at Barnes-…
Maihle Joins UMMC Cancer Institute
UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute
Nita Maihle, PhD, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute as associate director for research. She will lead efforts t…
Cance Named Interim Director
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
William Cance, MD, deputy director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UA) in Phoenix, has been appointed interim director, effective July 1, 20…
Grant Received to Investigate Progression, Relapse of Rare Blood Cancer
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Indiana University School of Medicine researcher Reuben Kapur, PhD, has received more than $1.8 million from the National C…
Neurotransmitter Identified That Helps Cancers Progress
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Using human cancer cells, tumor and blood samples from cancer patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have uncover…
Ault Appointed to Immunization Committee
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Kevin Ault, MD, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II. This federal comm…
Cancer Control Collaborations Extended to the Caribbean
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
For more than a decade, Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH, has been working to eliminate cancer disparities among people of African ancestry. The first step is und…
Study Finds Physicians, Patients Talking Less About Lung Cancer Screening
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
Smoking rates are down nationally, but so are discussions among physicians and smokers about lung cancer screening, University of Florida researchers…
How Estrogen Drives Brain Metastasis in Non-Estrogen-Dependent Breast Cancers
University of Colorado Cancer Center
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study shows that while estrogen doesn’t directly affect triple-negative breast cancer cells, it can affect surroundi…
Artificial Intelligence Nearly Equal to Experienced Radiologists in Detecting Prostate Cancer
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCLA researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system to help radiologists improve their ability to diagnose prostate cancer. The system…
Weiner Receives Public Service Award
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has honored Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center director Louis M. Weiner, MD, with a 20…
Promising New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Moves Forward
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
A study led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah describes a new therapeutic approach with potential …
Modified Immune Cells Issue Alert When Detecting Cancer in Mice
Stanford Cancer Institute
Immune cells imbued with the power to detect tumors could be a new method of diagnosing cancer, according to a Stanford University School of Medicine study performed …
Chronicling How a Cancer Drug Works by Triggering the Immune System
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
A new paper shows for the first time how 5-azacytidine (AZA), a drug commonly prescribed to treat myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia, causes ca…
Mullighan Named Deputy Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS, MD, deputy dir…
Washington Governor Signs Tobacco 21 Legislation
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the state’s new Tobacco 21 legislation into effect on April 5 in a ceremony at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Start…
Study Aims to Increase Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC San Francisco is collaborating with the nonprofit Lazarex Cancer Foundation on a three-year study to identify ways to improve cancer cli…
Oral Contraceptives Protect Against Most-Fatal Types of Ovarian Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers have observed that people with a history of using oral contraceptives are less likely to develop ovarian cancer. A team from Roswell Park a…
Exploring Immunotherapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Janice M. Mehnert, MD, director of the Phase I/Investigational Therapeutics Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, is among the investigators…
Blood Tests Predict Effectiveness of Hormonal Therapies
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
A multi-institutional group of clinical researchers, led by the Duke Cancer Institute’s Andrew Armstrong, MD, McS, FACP, published a new r…
Hepatitis B Foundation Prize for Seeger
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Christoph Seeger, PhD, is the recipient of the Hepatitis B Foundation’s 2019 Baruch S. Blumberg Prize for excellence in hepatitis B research. Dr. Seeger’s work …
Synthetic DNA-Based Cancer Immunotherapy Approach Shows Tumor-Clearing Ability
Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute
Wistar scientists have developed a novel synthetic DNA approach for patient-specific production of cancer-targeting molecules call…
Blood Clots Get Renewed Attention and Potential New Therapies
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Blood clots are the next leading cause of death in cancer patients after cancer itself. Gary Lyman, MD, MPH, is studying how best to prevent blood clots in cancer…
Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Can Adopt Reversible, Chemotherapy-Resistant State
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells can develop r…
Register Today for the 2019AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting
The 2019 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting will be held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, from October 20-22. Information on the meeting, including the program and electronic registration, is now avai…
Rossi Receives ASGCT Award
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
John Rossi, PhD, was given the Outstanding Achievement Award by the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) in March. This award recognizes an ASG…
CRI Meeting Spotlight: Conducting Multicenter Trials
Conducting multicenter trials is a hot topic in AACI members’ clinical trials offices. During this CRI meeting session, panelists will discuss how to effectively run multicenter trials. In addition, …
Famiglietti Appointed DCI Chief Administrator
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Robin Famiglietti, PhD, MBA, FACHE, has been appointed chief administrator of Duke Cancer Institute and associate vice president of Oncolo…
AACI Introduces New Opportunity to Support CRI Meeting
AACI invites you to promote your cancer center by purchasing an ad in the 11th Annual AACI CRI Meeting event program. The program offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your center while support…
Fields Named Chief of Section of Surgical Oncology
Siteman Cancer Center
Ryan C. Fields, MD, has been named chief of the Section of Surgical Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Fields, who treats patients at …
Hill Day Advocates Present Unified Voice in Support of NIH, NCI Funding
On Tuesday, April 30, AACI co-hosted the 2019 Hill Day with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Ninety-one cancer center directors, researchers, oncologists, survivors, and other adv…
Saeed Joins National GI Cancer Consortium
The University of Kansas Cancer CenterAnwaar Saeed, MD, has been accepted into the Academic GI Cancer Consortium, which brings together institutions and investigators to design and rapidly complete…
May 2019
Grant Awarded for Cancer Health Equity Center
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $16 million grant to establish a cancer health equity center at the University of Florida and …
Project to Eradicate Hepatitis C in Kentucky County Gets $15 Million Grant
UK Markey Cancer Center
With $15 million from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Drug Abuse and a donation of 900 doses of a 12-week treatment from Gilead Sciences Inc…
Cervical Cancer Prevention Aim of $11 Million Grant
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
A major public health initiative aimed at preventing cervical cancer in at-risk Appa…
New Target Found to Improve Response to Cancer Immunotherapy
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
New findings suggest an unexpected path to killing cancer cells could make immunotherapy more effective. Researchers at the University of Michigan Ro…
Medicaid Could Save $2.6 Billion Within a Year if Just 1 Percent of Recipients Quit Smoking
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Reducing smoking, and its associated health effects, among Medicaid recipients in each state by just 1 percent would result in $2.6 billion…
Learning From a Rare Disease
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center molecular medicine scientist Hua-Ying Fan, PhD, studies the cells of people with Cockayne syndrome, who don…
Enhanced Anticancer Compound May Allow for Precise Activation, Tracking of Treatment
Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute
Researchers at The Wistar Institute and the University of South Florida have advanced a novel compound that specifically targets t…
Hennig Named Director of Oncology Advanced Practice
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Therese Hennig, MPAS, PA-C, advanced practice leader for the division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, has been named dir…
Over $5 Million Awarded to Investigate Pediatric Obesity and Cancer-Related Co-Morbidities
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
VCU Massey Cancer Center researcher Melanie Bean, PhD, LCP, was awarded over $5 million in grant funding by the National Institutes of Health to study fa…
Rosen Inducted Into Association of American Physicians
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
City of Hope Provost and Chief Scientific Officer Steven T. Rosen, MD, has been inducted as a member of the Association of American Physicians (AAP). Dr. Rose…
Search Progresses for Laboratory Test to Predict Spread of Breast Cancer
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University and other institutions report that a new laboratory test that induces cancer c…
Urology Professor Elected to National Association
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Christopher Saigal, MD, professor of urology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been elected to the American Association of Genitourinary Sur…
Colonna, Ley Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Siteman Cancer Center
Two physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Siteman Cancer Center were elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest …
Margenthaler is President-Elect of The American Society of Breast Surgeons
Siteman Cancer Center
Julie Margenthaler, MD, a Washington University professor of surgery at Siteman Cancer Center, has been named president-elect of The American Society of Breast Surgeons. She wil…
How Cancer Hijacks Wound Healing to Create Its Own Blood Supply
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed light on how cancers hijack the body’s natural wound-healing response to grow and sp…
Bone Cells Suppress Cancer Metastases
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
How can breast cancer cells from a primary tumor reach the bones when a patient is deemed "cancer free" after treatment? What allows cancer cell…
Foundation Honors Native American Researcher
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty researcher Rodney Haring, PhD, MSW, has been recognized with a Research Into Action Award from the Robert Woo…
Cancer-Focused Psychology Fellowship Receives New Accreditation
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s Clinical Health Psychology fellowship program, which focuses on onco-psychology, has earned national accreditati…
Study Aimed at Increasing Diversity Among Clinical Trial Participants
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has launched a study to determine how financial assistance for costs associated with clinical trial participation …
Partial Breast Irradiation Effective Option for Low-Risk Breast Cancer
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Partial breast irradiation produces similar long-term survival rates and risk for re…
Novel Role in Spatial Chromosome Organization Identified for Frequently Mutated Cancer Protein
Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute
New research from The Wistar Institute sheds light on the function of the ARID1A protein, encoded by a gene that is among the most…
Newly Discovered Protein Explains Leukemia’s Treatment Resistance
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
An overactive protein complex that helps drive the development of leukemia may explain why many therapies for the cancer …
Sociologist Promoted to Community Engagement Leadership Role
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Elizabeth Bouchard, PhD, has been promoted to associate director for community outreach and engagement at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. In …
Scientists Receive Grant for Lung Cancer Research
Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine
Katerina Politi, PhD, and Don Nguyen, PhD, members of the Signal Transduction Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, have received a five-year, nea…
Tumor Mutations May Predict Response to Immunotherapy
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Checkpoint inhibitor drugs that stimulate the immune system have become a growing success story in the treatment of some c…
Synthetic Biology Used to Target Cancer Cells While Sparing Healthy Tissue
Stanford Cancer Institute
Synthetic proteins engineered to recognize overly active biological pathways can kill cancer cells while sparing their healthy peers, according to a study by research…
New Method Opens Unexplored Realms for Liquid Biopsies
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new method for lifting the genetic "fingerprints" of tiny fragments of…
Four Hallmarks of Metastasis Identified
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Since the term "metastasis" was coined nearly 200 years ago, thousands of scientific papers have been published on the subject. A comprehensive literatur…
First Direct Evidence Found That Oxidative Stress Damage Shortens Telomeres
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
A new study from the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center provides the first evidence that oxidative stress acts directly on telomeres to speed up cellular aging. The key was …
Jaffray Named Chief Technology and Digital Officer
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has named David Jaffray, PhD, as its first chief technology and digital officer. Jaffray wil…
Assistant Director of Finance, Administration Joins WVU
WVU Cancer Institute
The WVU Cancer Institute welcomes Mike Ridinger, RN, MBA, as assistant director of finance and administration and the administrator of Hematology/Oncology. Ridinger has mo…
Air Pollution Poses Risks for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Poor air quality days significantly increase the risk of hospitalizations for respiratory issues in young survivors of cancer, according to …
Hall Named Chair of Clinical Genetics
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Michael Hall, MD, MS, has been named chair of the Department of Clinical Genetics at Fox Chase Cancer Center. An associate professor in the department, D…
Champion for Cures Award to Recognize Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Family
The Jon M. and Karen Huntsman family will receive AACI's 2019 Champion for Cures Award, in recognition of their significant leadership in supporting efforts to cure cancer and in inspiring others to …
Touching Base Daily Helps BMT Patients Recover More Quickly
UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute
The ability to daily monitor a bone marrow or stem cell transplant patient once they’re home is paying dividends, say members of the University of Mis…
Help to Quit
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
A new initiative at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center will offer cancer patients the tools they need to quit smoking. Led by Emrullah Yil…
Scientists Identify Genes Tied to Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
A team of researchers from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Cancer, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has identified 34 genes th…
$2 Million NCI Grant to Study Metastatic Bladder Cancer
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded $2.1 million to Duke Cancer Institute researchers to study plasmonic nanoparticle-mediated imm…
Researchers Appointed to National Scientific Leadership Roles
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO, Mary Beckerle, PhD, and HCI’s Senior Director of Pre-Clinical Translation, Martin McMahon, PhD, have been appointed …