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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center A new study describes how gamma secretase inhibitors, or GSIs, can reverse a disappearing act that multiple myeloma pulls on the immune system. That ability to va…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A recent Children’s Oncology Group study identified a treatment algorithm that can help reduce therapy for some patients with intermediate-risk neurobl…

Moffitt Cancer Center Moffitt Cancer Center has launched a first-of-its-kind contract research organization focused on accelerating immunotherapy research. The subsidiary will provide a one-st…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined the landmark international Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST), which…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Ronald Chen, MD, MPH, has been named the Brandmeyer Chair and professor of radiation oncology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, clinical se…

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Something happens in the months and years after cancer patients receive a blood or marrow transplant (BMT) from do…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Carolyn Menendez, MD, FACS, assistant professor of surgical oncology, has been appointed director of Duke Cancer Institute’s Clinical Canc…

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University Jyoti Patel, MD, has joined Northwestern Medicine as medical director of thoracic oncology and assistant director for cli…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute has been awarded $2.5 million from the National Cancer Institute’s Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program …

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center The UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center has launched a pioneering chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) immunotherapy trial that will attack cancer cells by …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty member Yu Leo Lei, DDS, PhD, is the principal investigator for research on new cancer prevention t…

University of Virginia Cancer Center A new discovery about pancreatic cancer sheds light on how the cancer fuels its growth and may help explain how promising cancer drugs work — and for whom …

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Claus Torp Jensen, PhD, has joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) as its first chief digital officer and head of technology. Dr. Jensen joi…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Yale Cancer Center researchers were awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a new cytokine-based immunotherapy fo…

Moffitt Cancer Center Moffitt Cancer Center has secured a new grant from the Department of Defense to advance immunotherapy research for patients whose breast cancer has metastasized to the br…

Siteman Cancer Center Neurologist David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD, has received the Abhijit Guha Award from the Society for Neuro-Oncology and the Section on Tumors of the American Association of Neurologi…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Varian have announced a new strategic collaboration to develop an integrated software pl…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In a novel study comparing healthy cells from people in their twenties with cells from people in their eighties, researche…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah The International Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Foundation has awarded the Rowley Prize to Michael Deininger, MD, PhD. Dr. Deininger leads the Center of…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Breast cancer researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have secured a fourth round of continuous Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) fundin…

Siteman Cancer Center The National Cancer Institute has awarded $7.6 million to Washington University in St. Louis to create a research center that will develop ways to implement proven cancer…

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center received a $6.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to significantly im…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Colorectal cancer researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have been awarded a Specialized Program of Research Excellence grant from the National Cancer…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center The Cancer Research Institute has awarded Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, director of the tumor immunology program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, wit…

Barry Paul Sleckman, MD, PhD, a world-renowned researcher who focuses on understanding how DNA double strand breaks are generated and repaired, has been named director of the O’Neal Comprehensive Can…

Robert Winn, MD, has been named director of Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center. Dr. Winn, an expert in lung cancer and community-based health care, will start at VCU on December 2.…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Thomas Jefferson University researchers studying the effects of cigarette smoke on tumor progression show that cigarette smoke reprograms the ce…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas Cancer Center and Midwest Cancer Alliance have been awarded a grant to expand the reach of cancer clinical trials to rural commu…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute An article co-authored by Jerad Gardner, MD, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) demonstrates the ability to use internation…

UK Markey Cancer Center Researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have made a breakthrough discovery that solves a mystery long forgotten by science and have identified a …

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah has announced the appointment of Scott Pingree, MBA, MPA, to serve as the organization’s…

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, has been appointed the new chair of the Hematology/Medical Oncology Department at Cleveland Clinic. In this capacity, he will recruit and…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A cell adhesion protein, E-cadherin, allows breast cancer cells to survive as they travel through the body and form new tu…

UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute Shannon Orr, MD, has been named chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology, a new division in the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Departmen…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The Bone Marrow Transplant program at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center recently received accreditation by the Foundation for the Accreditation…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Marcin Chwistek, MD, FAAHPM, has been appointed editor-in-chief of AAHPM Quarterly, which is published by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medici…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center A group of clinical researchers, led by Duke Cancer Institute’s Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, FACP, have reported on results from the ARCHES …

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In early test tube and mouse studies, investigators at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center h…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center In companion presentations at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, doctors from Roswell Park Comprehensiv…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Yiping Yang, MD, PhD, has been named director of the Division of Hematology at the O…

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announces that David I. Sternberg, MD, thoracic surgeon, has joined its medical team as of August 1.…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center While people in rural areas across the U.S. are less likely than urban dwellers to be diagnosed with cancer, they are more likely to die from it. A multi…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Jeffrey N. Weitzel, MD, and Kathleen Blazer, EDD, MS, LCGC, as the 2019 recipients of the Arno Motulsk…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have designed a comprehensive health assessment survey to better understand how patterns in social, behavioral, a…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health A standardized medical school exam, often used as a criterion for medical residency programs, may reduce the diversity of applicants in radiatio…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have successfully treated a months-old infant with a rare childhood leukemia using a targeted therapy app…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Kevin G. Billingsley, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center and professor of surgery at Yale…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Stacy Gray, MD, is one of six physicians to receive an inaugural "Genomic Innovator Award" from the National Human Genome Institute, part of the Nation…

GW Cancer Center PTEN, a tumor suppressor gene mutated in approximately 20 percent of primary prostate cancers, and in as many as 50 percent of androgen deprivation-resistant prostate cancers,…

Stanford Cancer Institute Irving Weissman, MD, director of Stanford's Ludwig Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research, will receive the 2019 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Researc…

Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Javier Jo, PhD, a University of Oklahoma researcher, is developing computer technology and a new medical device to improve early detection of o…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has named Evan T. Keller, DVM, PhD, associate director for shared resources. In his new role, Dr. Kell…

Siteman Cancer Center Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $5 million grant to establish and endow a new center focused on advancing research and improving trea…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Tara Henderson, MD, MPH, and her collaborators have found that childhood cancer survivors had only a slightly higher chance of dy…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey In what is believed to be the largest dataset study to date examining the role of race on survival outcomes for pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma,…

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Regular screening mammograms are unlikely to benefit women 75 and older who have chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease or diabetes. N…

Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine recently launched a new clinical trial testing an immunotherapy drug, Provenge, for men who are on acti…

UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute Talal Hilal, MB, BCh, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Cancer Center and Research Institute to work with patients with b…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Roy H. Decker, MD, PhD, a professor of therapeutic radiology, has been named associate director for clinical services at Yale Cancer Center. Dr. Dec…

Stanford Cancer Institute Melissa Bondy, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, effective October 1. Dr. Bondy, who joins Stanford from Baylor C…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is moving a new three-part strategy for treating advanced cancers forward with support from a U.S.…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Denise Aberle, MD, was honored with the Joseph W. Cullen Prevention/Early Detection Award by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer for he…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center has announced that Denise Connolly, PhD, has won the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation’s Teal Trailblazer Award. Dr. Connolly is c…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers provides new insight on targeted therapy for colorectal cancer metastasis. The study focused on N…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center A computational software program developed by UChicago researchers can help identify "driver genes," or those with mutations most…

Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, has been named vice chancellor and director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Birrer specializes …

Cedars-Sinai Cancer A scientific team led by Cedars-Sinai has been awarded $10 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate the risk factors and behaviors that contribute to panc…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) recently broke ground on the Kathryn F. Kirk Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care and Women’s Cancers at HCI…

Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute Researchers at The Wistar Institute have described the role of mitochondrial fission factor (MFF) in controlling survival of cance…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Michigan’s two elite cancer programs are joining forces to find new solutions for prostate cancer. The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and…

University of Virginia Cancer Center UVA Cancer Center is part of a new five-year study seeking to reduce the disproportionately high rates of cervical cancer—and deaths from cervical cancer—i…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Steven R. Patierno, PhD, deputy director of Duke Cancer Institute, is the recipient of the 2019 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) D…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center D. Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD, president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will step down in 2020. His accomplishments at Fred Hutch are numero…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center A new five-year, $13 million grant will help scientists and clinicians at Fred Hutch improve outcomes for lung cancer patients. The Specialized Program of Researc…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center UC San Francisco announced it will establish the UCSF Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research, made possible by a $35 million gift …

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Physician-scientist Dennis Slamon, MD, PhD, has received the 2019 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for the development of Herceptin (trastuzumab…

UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute Michael Stefanek, PhD, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Cancer Center and Research Institute as head of its Cancer Contr…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Higher-than-normal blood sugar levels are linked to heightened DNA damage that is fixed less often, which could explain why people with diabetes have a…

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Research led by Robert Welner, PhD, has now mapped distinct bone marrow niche populations and their differentiatio…

Stanford Cancer Institute A combination of two drugs keeps patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia disease-free and alive longer than the current standard of care, according to a Phase III …

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Angeles Secord, MD, MHSc, has been awarded a four-year, $1 million grant funded by the 2019 Kay Yow Cancer Fund and The V Foundation For C…

WVU Cancer Institute The Bonnie’s Bus Mobile Mammography Program began its screenings in 2009 through a donation from Jo and Ben Statler. The bus is named in memory of Jo Statler’s mother, Bon…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center launched "Connected by Cancer," a new narrative podcast, on August 20, 2019. The seven-part audio documentary will be updated wee…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of using virtual reality (VR) to combat pain for hospitalized patients. The study builds on previous work led by Brennan Spiegel,…

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) that occurs commonly in the mouth following a stem-cell transplant, but little has been done to effect…

University of Virginia Cancer Center Elderly women battling breast cancer who have anxiety, depression, or other mental health conditions are more likely to use opioids and more likely to die,…

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham To better understand the financial impact of cancer clinic closures and travel times on rural Americans, Gabrielle…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Robert Eoff, PhD, has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his work at the University of Arkansas for Me…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Chicago Medicine oncologist and professor Richard A. Larson, MD, will receive the 2019 Henry M. Stratton Medal from the Am…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center A team of researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health …

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has announced that Jeffrey Bradley, MD, FASTRO, will become the new executive vice chairman of the Dep…

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center has achieved the highest recognition from the National Cancer Institute: Comprehensive Cancer Center, signifying research excellence. Overal…

GW Cancer Center GW Cancer Center was selected as the first global site for a clinical trial for patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. The study, sponsored by Regeneron in…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Alice Soragni, PhD, received a $1.8 million, five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop better ways to treat and detec…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new study by University of Kentucky researchers examines breast cancer survivors’ experiences with communicating with their oncology team about employment and work is…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center An international consortium that includes Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will begin recruiting thousands of volunteers on three continents in la…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health A new study by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center provides more evidence that colorectal cancers diagnosed in younger patients may be distinct from t…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center The results of a Children’s Oncology Group clinical trial show excellent survival can be maintained in patients with intermediate…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center While immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment of many cancers, nearly two-thirds of patients fail to respond to them. Funded by a five-year, $2…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and some cities to limit the availability and appeal of e-cigarettes to young users could…