AACR Taps Knudsen for Board of Directors
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
The members of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have elected Karen E. Knudsen, PhD, executive vice president of Oncology Services an…
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CRI Meeting Spotlight: Ciolino to Present on Changes to CCSG
Henry Ciolino, PhD, director of the Office of Cancer Centers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will participate in a panel session at the 11th Annual AACI CRI Meeting that will highlight the NC…
Total Cancer Care Protocol Opened to Pediatric Patients
UK Markey Cancer Center
UK HealthCare recently opened the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network’s (ORIEN) Total Cancer Care Protocol to pediatric patients, becoming the first cancer p…
Texas Raises Tobacco Sales Age to 21
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center applauds the Texas Legislature for passing Senate Bill 21, which raises the minimum legal sa…
Clinical Trials Collaboration Launched with Beijing Friendship Hospital
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Fox Chase Cancer Center and Beijing Friendship Hospital in China have initiated a collaborative agreement that will provide both institutions with added …
New Brain Tumor Imaging Technique Uses Protein Found in Scorpion Venom
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
A novel imaging technique that uses a synthesized form of scorpion venom to light up brain tumors has shown promise in a clinical trial. The imaging system enables neurosur…
Could a Simple Blood Test Replace the Invasive Tissue Biopsy?
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Recently presented clinical trial results showed that a commercial blood test was as effective as tissue biopsies at detecting multiple genetic mutations in lung …
New Leader of Cancer Immunotherapy
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has appointed Jason Luke, MD, FACP, to direct the newly established Cancer Immunotherapeutics Center. A medical oncologist and clinical in…
Gift Pushes Chuckstrong Tailgate Gala Past $1.8 Million
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
On a night when Chuck Pagano returned to Indianapolis, Colts owner Jim Irsay pledged $1 million to cancer research in his f…
AACI to Co-Host Congressional Briefing on HPV-Related Cancers
AACI is among nine partner organizations that will co-host a congressional briefing from 12:00 to 1:30 pm on Thursday, June 27. "Let's End HPV-Related Cancers" will provide an overview of the global …
UVA Partnering to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates in Western Virginia
University of Virginia Cancer Center
University of Virginia Health System is joining a coalition of health care organizations to improve vaccination rates in western Virginia for human papillo…
Computational Tool Enables Powerful Molecular Analysis of Biomedical Tissue Samples
Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have invented a computational technique called CIBERSORTx that can analyze the RNA of individual cells taken from w…
DeLuca Foundation Grant to Fund Hematology Research Center
Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital announce a five-year grant awarded by The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation to establish The DeLuca Cente…
Endowed Gift Establishes Katzen Family Director
GW Cancer Center
The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center has established the Dr. Cyrus Katzen Family Director of the GW Cancer Center, thanks to a gift from GW alumnus and former B…
$1.47 Million Grant to Continue Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Physician-scientist Donald J. Johann Jr., MD, has been awarded a $1.47 million grant from the Food and Drug Administration to continue a clinical …
June 2019
NCI Renews Roswell Park Comprehensive Designation
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has affirmed its support for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, renewing its status as one of 50 Comprehensi…
City of Hope to Invest More Than $1 Billion in a Comprehensive Cancer Campus
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
City of Hope has revealed plans to invest more than $1 billion to develop and support a new comprehensive cancer campus at FivePoint Gateway in Orange …
Biomarker Predicts Which Pancreatic Cysts May Become Cancerous
Siteman Cancer Center
A multicenter team led by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has taken a big step toward identifying pancreatic cysts that are likely …
$5.4 Million Awarded to Investigate Novel Therapies for Liver Cancer
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center were awarded $5.4 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to investigate the potential for novel therapi…
POLO Trial for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A New Standard of Care
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Treatment with the drug olaparib significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or death from metastatic pancreatic cancer…
UCSF Unveils Precision Cancer Medicine Building
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC San Francisco has opened a pioneering cancer center to provide adult patients with genetic counseling, immunotherapy, molecular profilin…
Out of Many Ovarian Precancerous Lesions, One Becomes Cancer
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
In a novel study of cancer genetics using fallopian tube tissue from 15 women, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Can…
Landmark Scientific Paper Turns 40
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Forty years ago, a team of scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center published the first unequivocal report in humans that immune cells called T cells …
Unhealthy Gut Promotes Spread of Breast Cancer
University of Virginia Cancer Center
An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of the body, new research from the UVA Cance…
Significant Knowledge Gap Exists in Use of Genetic Testing to Decide Cancer Treatment
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
On a questionnaire aimed at assessing how well community oncologists understand "molecular profiling" results from tumor specimens, 69 percent o…
Identifying Colorectal Cancer Subtypes Could Improve Treatment
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center found that identifying a metastatic colorectal cancer patient’s Consensus Molecular Subtype (CM…
Cytophone Detects Melanoma in Earliest Stages, Could Prevent Fatal Disease Spread
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences research team led by Vladimir Zharov, PhD, DSc, has demonstrated the ability to detect and kill circ…
Colorectal Cancer Vaccine Shows Positive Phase I Results
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
A new colorectal cancer vaccine showed positive results in the Phase I clinical trial to demonstrate that the approach is safe. The patients tre…
Mentorship, Collaboration Inspire a Passion for Improving Outcomes for Older Adults With Cancer
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Li-Wen Huang, MD, received the 2019 Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Endowed Young Investigator Award…
Kuettel Named to National Health Care Advisory Panel
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Michael Kuettel, MD, MBA, PhD, FASTRO, professor and Barbara C. & George H. Hyde Chair in Radiation Medicine at Roswell Park, has been appointed to the Ad…
Cancer Program Earns CoC Accreditation With Commendation
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Duke University Hospital’s NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Program recently earned a three-year accreditation rating, with commendatio…
Study Finds Pathway for Macrophages to Nurture PTEN-Deficient Glioblastoma
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A common genetic deficiency summons macrophages that nurture glioblastoma instead of attacking it, researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center re…
New Research Helps Identify High-Risk Pediatric Cancer
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine have discovered a new way to identify potentially high-risk pediatric neuroblas…
Approach Could Help in Treating Glioblastoma, Other Rare Cancers
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Using a new approach that combines data from human tumors grown in mice with data from The Cancer Genome Atlas, a team led by University of Michigan …
Indoor Tanning May Be an Addiction Abetted by Both Genetic and Psychiatric Factors
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
A combination of elevated symptoms of depression along with modifications in a gene responsible for dopamine activity, important to the brain’s …
Radiation Plus Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Endometrial Cancer Recurrence-Free Survival
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
The standard of care for women with stage III/IVA endometrial cancer following surgery has been chemotherapy and radiatio…
Most Metastatic Colorectal Cancers Have Spread Before Diagnosis
Stanford Cancer Institute
Up to 80 percent of metastatic colorectal cancers are likely to have spread to distant locations in the body before the original tumor has exceeded the size of a popp…
Researchers Earn $4.1 Million ‘Moonshot’ Grant
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers from Indiana University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have been awarded a $4.1 million National Ca…
Telementoring Program Aims to Improve Quality of Breast Cancer Care
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
A new program led by The University of Kansas Cancer Center seeks to improve community oncology providers’ knowledge of genetic testing in breast cancer …
Brain Surgeons Turn to Basic Science to Fight Childhood Brain Cancer
Stanford Cancer Institute
In 2012, Teresa Purzner, MD, PhD, and her husband, Jamie Purzner, MD, both neurosurgery residents, traded their scrubs for lab coats in an effort to understand, at th…
New Insights Into Treatment Targets for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancers
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
A new study outlines findings from the largest-ever prospective genomic analysis of advanced prostate cancer tumors. Using comprehensive gen…
Immunotherapy Shows Doubled Median Survival Time for Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
A large, randomized immunotherapy clinical trial continues to show improved overall survival and progression-free survival in advanced lung cancer pa…
Epigenetic Therapy Shows Promise in Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Lymphomas
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health
A combination of nanatinostat (VRx-3996), an oral histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, and the oral antiviral valganciclovir appears to be well…
Goal of New BMT Medical Director: ‘Make It Happen’
Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina
Michelle Hudspeth, MD, is the new medical director of the Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program at Hollings Cancer Center at …
Grant Will Help Show How Breastfeeding Protects Against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $2.2 million, five-year grant to help OS…
Duke BRPC Receives $3.4 Million From NCI
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
Shannon J. McCall, MD, has received a grant of over $3.4 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to support the Duke BioRepositor…
AACI to Honor Lowy With Distinguished Scientist Award
Douglas R. Lowy, MD, acting director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will receive the AACI Distinguished Scientist Award on October 21, during the 2019 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, in Washington…
HAP Achievement Award Earned for Optimal Operations
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Fox Chase Cancer Center has earned a 2019 HAP Achievement Award from The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP). The award recognize…
Researchers First to Develop Comprehensive Models of ‘Seeds’ and ‘Soil’ to Combat Breast Cancer Metastasis
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified key biological pathways that regulate the spread of tumor cells to vital organs. These findings ma…
Combination Checkpoint Blockade Effective in Pre-Surgical Setting For Early-Stage Lung Cancers
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pre-surgical treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab resulted in an overall major pathologic response rate of 33 percent of treated patients …
Cancer Center Earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard Re-Accreditation
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Fox Chase Cancer Center has earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard re-accreditation for satisfying the latest comprehensive requirements of the Gold Standard. Founded …
Abstract Winners Selected for AACICRI Meeting
The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee and CRI Education Committee have selected three abstracts from 66 submissions for formal presentation at the 11th Annual AACI CRI Meetin…
Experimental Glioblastoma Vaccine Shows Promise in Slowing Brain Tumor Growth
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, director of the Brain Metastasis Research Program at Cleveland Clinic, is helping lead a clinical trial of a new glioblastoma vaccine. Sur…
$1.75 Million Grant Awarded to Study New Therapies for Metastatic Melanoma
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Alan Tackett, PhD, a cancer researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a five-year, $1.75 million grant fr…
Zuckerberg Initiative Picks IU Team for Human Cell Atlas Award
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has announced that a team of Indiana University School of Medicine researchers is joining a …
How the Lower Health Care Costs Act Will Impact the Cancer Community
On Wednesday, June 26, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) approved S. 1541, the Tobacco-Free Youth Act. The bill, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch M…
AACI Endorses Call for Elimination of HPV-Related Cancers
On June 27, AACI joined the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Biden Cancer Initiative, and Moffitt Cancer Center to host a congressional briefing titled "Let’s End HPV-related Cancers"…
Comment Period for Proton Radiation Therapy Guidelines
American Society for Radiation Oncology
The National Cancer Institute Radiation Research Program has released a draft update of its guidelines for the use of proton radiation therapy in cooper…
July 2019
Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology Launched With $102 Million Investment
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The OSUCCC – James has announced formation of the Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Onc…
AACICOI Task Force Invites Comments
In the July AACI Commentary, Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD, and Leonidas C. Platanias, MD, PhD, shared the recommendations of AACI’s Conflict of Interest (COI) Task Force, which convened in response to …
Female Physicians Report Skipping Scientific Conferences Because of Child Care
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
For oncologists in the beginning of their career, scientific conferences present an opportunity for them to network, share their research, gain new k…
New Biomarker-Guided Strategy Has Potential for Liver Cancer Treatment
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered a cellular pathway tied to cancer that may be beneficial in reducing s…
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Earns NCI Designation
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, has received designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Sylvester joins a highl…
Scientists Discover Autoimmune Disease Associated With Testicular Cancer
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Using advanced technology, scientists at Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub, Mayo Clinic, and UC San Francisco, have discovered an autoimmune dise…
Shinde Appointed Inaugural Wistar Fellow
Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute
The Wistar Institute announces the appointment of Rahul Shinde, DVM, PhD, as the first Caspar Wistar Fellow. Dr. Shinde’s research…
Associate Director Named for Education and Training
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has named Lawrence Boise, PhD, as its new associate director for education and training. Dr. Boise is …
$19.2 Million Trial Will Test Red Cell Exchange to Treat Advanced Sickle Cell Disease
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, supported by a $19.2 million National Institutes of Health grant, will lead the largest clinical trial of its k…
BC Cancer Names New Leader
The Provincial Health Services Authority of British Columbia has selected Kim Nguyen Chi, MD, as vice president and chief medical officer of BC Cancer. An internationally recognized expert in prostat…
Three-Day CRI Meeting Focuses on Innovation, Collaboration
From July 9-11, AACI’s Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) convened its 11th annual meeting in Chicago. The 2019 meeting introduced a new three-day format, including poster discussions. A record-break…
Research Finds That a New Culprit Can Cause Breast Cancer to Spread
Stanford Cancer Institute
For decades, breast cancer was believed to be a disease that was purely genetic in origin. However, recent science is upending this notion by showing that the surroun…
Immunotherapy Prevents Relapse in Small Leukemia Trial
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
The statistics are grim: for patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML), more than 60 percent will relapse within two years of a bone marrow transplant.…
Former NFL Player Devon Still to Keynote AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting
Devon Still, an advocate for childhood cancer awareness and a former professional athlete, will deliver the keynote address during the 2019 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Still will spea…
Discovery Shows How Difficult-to-Treat Prostate Cancer Evades Immune System
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered how an aggressive form of prostate cancer called double-negat…
Sebti Named Associate Director for Basic Research
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Drug discovery, design and development expert Saïd M. Sebti, PhD, has been named associate director for basic research and the Lacy Family Chair in Cance…
Register Today for the 2019CAR T Symposium
AACI, in collaboration with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), will host a CAR T symposium on Monday, October 21, during the 2019 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting. Participants will identify the…
Using Artificial Intelligence to Deliver Personalized Radiation Therapy
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
Results from a new study led by Cleveland Clinic show that an artificial intelligence framework can provide individualized radiation dose delivery based on data …
Experimental Compound Unveiled to Block Therapeutic Target in Blood Cancer
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a hyperactive cell signal …
Winship Awarded Lung Cancer SPORE Grant
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has been awarded a five-year, $9.7 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant fr…
Odunsi Receives Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance Award
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
One of Roswell Park’s most distinguished researchers has been recognized again for his contributions to advance the fight against ovarian cancer. Ovarian Canc…
New $750 Million State-of-the-Art, Freestanding Cancer Pavilion in New Jersey
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, in partnership with New Brunswick Development Corporation have announced the development o…
Researchers Characterize Mechanism of Action of CAR T Cells
Moffitt Cancer Center
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy has shown pronounced activity in certain cancers, and two CAR T therapies, Kymriah® and Yescarta®, have received approval…
Researcher Investigates Role of BRCA1 in DNA Repair
GW Cancer Center
A research team led by Yanfen Hu, PhD, a member of the GW Cancer Center, is studying the role of the tumor suppressor BRCA1 in the homologous recombination pathway of DNA doub…
New Process for P53 Gene Regulation Sheds Light on How to Make Cancer Therapies More Effective
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
VCU Massey Cancer Center scientists have discovered that the loss of a protein called DBC1 in breast cancer cells leads to the dysregulation of normal an…
Increased Understanding of Inflammation’s Role in Cancer Should Shape Basic Discoveries, Clinical Trials, and Drug Development
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Inflammation plays an instrumental role in tumor development, affecting the tumor microenvironment, mediating immune responses, and influencing tumor gro…
Determining Risk of Recurrence in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
A personalized prognosis for patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer was the goal of a new study by Katherine Varley, PhD, a r…
Researchers Test Novel Gene Therapy for Glioblastoma
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
A novel gene therapy clinical trial at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is showing promising results. A $2.7…
Lung Cancer Researcher Honored for Work
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Steven Dubinett, MD, a researcher in the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been honored by the American Lung Association for his work on the treat…
Help AACI Build a Library of Public Policy Resources
In October 2018, AACI President Roy A. Jensen, MD, introduced his presidential initiative, a library of public policy resources, to positively advance policy that will ultimately impact public health…
Worrisome Increase in Some Medical Scans During Pregnancy
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Use of medical imaging during pregnancy increased significantly in the United States, a new study has found, with nearly a four-fold rise o…
Technique Using Urine Suggests Individualized Bladder Cancer Treatment Possible
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
A research team, led by investigators from Georgetown University Medical Center and Fudan University in China, has devised a promising non-invas…
Biliary Microbiome Altered After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
The biliary microbiome was altered in patients who received neoadjuvant therapy prior to undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer, according to new resea…
Breast Cancer Researcher Takes Leadership Role at University of Pittsburgh
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Norman Wolmark, MD, FACS, has been recruited to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he will serve as director of National Cancer Institute cooperat…
$2 Million in Grants Drives Exploration of Rare Blood Cancer
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
More than $2 million in grants awarded to Rutgers Cancer Institute researcher Daniel Herranz Benito, PhD, will support examination of potential treatment…
Wilson Wins 2019 Clinical Scientist Development Award
Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine
Yale Cancer Center’s Frederick Wilson, MD, PhD, has won a 2019 Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Dr. Wilson’s…
Ask Your Representative to Cosponsor the CLINICALTREATMENT Act
Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) are seeking cosponsors for H.R. 913, the CLINICAL TREATMENT Act, a bill to guarantee coverage of routine care costs associated with clini…
Noninvasive Test Improves Detection of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
A team of researchers from UCLA and the University of Toronto have identified a new biomarker found in urine that can help detect aggressive prostate c…
Many Thyroid Cancer Patients Say They Had No Choice About Radioactive Iodine
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
After thyroid cancer surgery, many patients should be in the position of deciding with their doctors whether to pursue treatment with radioactive iod…
Discovery Leads to New Clinical Trial for Myelofibrosis Patients
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah discovered in laboratory studies that an experimental drug called selinex…