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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Juul delivers substantially more nicotine to the blood per puff than cigarettes or previous-generation e-cigarettes and impairs blood vesse…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health In order to understand whether the inactivation of the p53 pathway might contribute to kidney cancer development, Haifang Yang, PhD, a researche…

Moffitt Cancer Center Krystyna Kowalczyk has joined Moffitt Cancer Center as the chief executive officer of the institution’s new contract research organization with a focus on immunotherapy. …

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Eric Prossnitz, PhD, hopes to help many of the 12 percent of American women who are projected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in their l…

The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee is currently soliciting abstracts for the 12th Annual AACI CRI Meeting, which will be held July 7-9 in Chicago. This year’s meeting will…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Mastectomy has historically been the standard treatment for breast cancer patients experiencing recurrence after an initial lumpectomy and whole-breast r…

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center A bacterium typically linked to periodontal disease, Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nuc), could play an important role in the rising incidence of c…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Men with breast cancer are more likely to die than their female counterparts, across all stages of disease, with the disparity persisting even when clinical cha…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Children and young adults with pediatric cancer are less likely to be alive five and 10 years following diagnosis if their health insurance…

On December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed a federal budget bill for Fiscal Year 2020. The spending package included passage of Tobacco 21, which raises the legal age for purchasing tobacco …

Six new members have been selected to join AACI’s Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) Steering Committee: Steven R. Alberts, MD, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center; Julie Brahmer, MD, Sidney Kimme…

The AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "Maintaining a Clinical Research Practice at an Academic Cancer Center" at 2:00 pm eastern time on Wednesday, March 4. PCLI Steering…

The AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "Maintaining a Clinical Research Practice at an Academic Cancer Center" at 2:00 pm eastern time on Wednesday, March 4. PCLI Steering…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has chosen the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation (FCF) to join a select group of organizations fighting …

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Liver metastasis is a leading cause of death in patients with pancreatic or colon cancer. A Cedars-Sinai scientific team has been awarded a $9.1 million grant by the Nation…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has developed a medicated patch that can deliver immune checkp…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center The Center for Indigenous Cancer Research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, the first initiative of its kind in the Northeast, is dedicated …

University of Virginia Cancer Center A surprising discovery about a rare form of childhood brain cancer suggests a new treatment approach for that cancer and, potentially, many others. Researc…

Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute Scientists at The Wistar Institute discovered a novel pathway that enables detection of DNA in the cytoplasm and triggers inflamma…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center According to results from a Phase I/IIa trial at MD Anderson Cancer Center, treatment with cord blood-derived chimeric antigen receptor natura…

Siteman Cancer Center A new study that reveals the dozens of molecular changes that bring about endometrial cancer offers insight into how physicians might be able to better identify which pat…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Pamela L. Kunz, MD, has been appointed leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven and Yale Cancer Ce…

Siteman Cancer Center A new $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute is supporting a phase 2 clinical trial to investigate an osteoporosis drug for its potential to lower breast den…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Loss of an important tumor-suppressing gene allows head and neck cancer to spin off signals to nearby nerves, changing their function and recr…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Medical oncologist Edwin P. Alyea, III, MD, has been named chief medical officer for Duke Cancer Institute. He will also serve as professo…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center More than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health will allow Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Cent…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center A new five-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot program will be used to study the holes that immunotherapy leaves in pati…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have created the world’s first laboratory model of precancerous changes in the lining of the stomach, helpin…

Moffitt Cancer Center Personalized cancer treatments have greatly improved the lives of patients; however, many patients eventually develop resistance to these targeted drugs. Instead of simpl…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In experiments with human cells and mice, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report evidence that combi…

Stanford Cancer Institute Biomedical data scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the number of genes a cell uses to make RNA is a reliable indicator of how de…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center's Nurse Residency Program has achieved Practice Transition Accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). They were…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Jennifer Carlson, associate vice president for external relations and advocacy at OSUCCC – …

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Massey Cancer Center is asking local citizens to partner in cancer research designed to identify and address health needs in their own communities. The p…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Preliminary research suggests that two commonly prescribed medications, cholesterol-lowering statins and the diabetes therapy metformin, may hav…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Women with early stage breast cancer who test positive for an inherited genetic variant aren’t always receiving cancer treatment that follows current…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Survival may more than double for adults with glioblastoma, the most common and deadly type of brain tumor, if neurosurgeons remove the sur…

Stanford Cancer Institute For years, Jeffrey Glenn, MD, PhD, and his lab have worked to develop new ways of battling viruses like the ones that cause hepatitis D and the common cold. The lesso…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Monica Webb Hooper, PhD, will become deputy director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), one of the 27 institutes of t…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Paula Cupertino, PhD, joins the University of Rochester Medical Center as Professor of Public Health Sciences and Oncology and as Wilmot Cancer Institute’s…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Keith Sullivan, MD, has been named the 2020 recipient of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Lifetime Achievement Award…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center In the United States, the medical community has made great strides in preventing and controlling cervical cancer. Screening can effectively detect th…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Massey Cancer Center researcher Senthil Radhakrishnan, PhD, a member of the Cancer Molecular Genetics research program, was awarded a $1.6 million grant …

Registration is open for the 12th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting, July 7-9, at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. The program will provide networking opportunit…

AACI invites you to promote your cancer center by purchasing an ad in the 12th Annual AACI CRI Meeting program. The event program book offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your center while su…

Livestrong Cancer Institutes, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School A type of cancer that has traditionally been caused by tobacco and alcohol use now has a stronger connectio…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Jiali Han, PhD, and colleagues at the IU Simon Cancer Center, have discovered eight new loci—locations on a person’s genome…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A new study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that treating soft tissue sarcoma with radiation over a significan…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center After more than 30 years as chair of City of Hope’s Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Stephen J. Forman, MD, will tran…

AACI recently called upon presidential candidates to pledge their support of five policy priorities for our nation's cancer centers: funding lifesaving research; eliminating HPV-related cancers; impl…

Moffitt Cancer Center A new children’s book, Fritzy Finds a Hat, written by Olympic Gold Medalist, bestselling author, and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton, and illustrated by country music supe…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center The circadian rhythm is gaining traction as a potential catalyst—or brake—for the onset of disease. For example, studies have shown that women who work…

As part of its ongoing efforts to advocate for stable, predictable funding increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), AACI has prepared a customiza…

AACI and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will co-host the 2020 Hill Day in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, May 13. For the second year, AACI will offer scholarships to patient advoc…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Rhea Dodd is the first patient treated with an experimental cancer vaccine derived from a completely new cell engineering platform. The retired veterinarian, tr…

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Some lung nodules identified on radiographic studies need specialized follow-up to ensure early detection and trea…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center A new study led by University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists shows that screening every three years instead of annual…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have designed and successfully tested an experimental, super small package able to…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Uveal melanoma—a cancer found in the eye—is rare, comprising less than five percent of all melanomas. Despite successful treatment of the primar…

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers identified a combination of genetic factors associated with cognit…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Angela Wandinger-Ness, PhD, was honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with its 2020 Lifetime Mentor Award. She…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center has been recognized by the QOPI Certification Program LLC as successfully completing a three-year certification for oncology practices t…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Recognized for his contributions to patient care, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Wesley Hicks, Jr., MD, FACS, has earned a Distinguished Alumnus A…

Effective immediately, AACI is retiring its member portal. Initially conceived of in 2012 as the presidential initiative of William S. Dalton, PhD, MD, the portal served as a valuable resource for me…

AACI continues to closely monitor the coronavirus outbreak. To facilitate communication around this rapidly-evolving topic, AACI launched a Slack workspace as a forum for AACI cancer center members a…

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), an AACI sustaining member, has launched two new online communities to rapidly disseminate critical informati…

The health and well-being of AACI meeting attendees, exhibitors, and cancer center patients is our top priority. With that in mind, we have been closely monitoring the coronavirus outbreak that has l…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Nathan Boyd, MD, and his team recently launched The University of New Mexico Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Program, housed at the UNM Com…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Around 60 teens attended a special town hall meeting on vaping sponsored by The University of Kansas Cancer Center in partnership with the Kansas City Ka…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center At a cellular level, the growth of cancer requires both a foot on the gas pedal and a removal of vital braking mechanisms. However, more than 100 stu…

Cancer Center at Illinois Paul J. Hergenrother, PhD, was appointed the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) deputy director, effective March 1. Dr. Hergenrother currently co-leads the CCIL researc…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center A $12 million federal grant enabled City of Hope and collaborators to deploy a novel cloud-computing platform, making an immense amount of data from a …

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas Cancer Center will receive an additional $5 million from the state budget for the KU Cancer Center Research Fund, approved by th…

In a March 23 letter, AACI implored President Donald Trump to immediately invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to marshal American manufacturing to forcefully confront the COVID-19 emergency. As o…

Siteman Cancer Center A new $3 million grant is supporting a clinical trial to investigate whether an osteoporosis drug can reduce breast density in premenopausal women with dense breasts. Wom…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Duke orthopedic surgical oncologists Brian Brigman, MD, PhD, William Eward, MD, DVM, and Julia Visgauss, MD; interventional radiologist Al…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute OSUCCC – James has announced the passing of Clara D. Bloomfield, MD, a distinguished…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt researchers have identified ancestral fragments of DNA that are associated with hereditary prostate cancer in a first-of-its-kind genomic study. Rese…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple HealthEdna Cukierman, PhD, co-director of the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been named a fellow of the …

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In experiments with mice, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have slowed the growth of transpl…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a $2.7 million grant from the N…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University More than 35 million Americans take statin drugs daily to lower their blood cholesterol levels. Now, in experiments with h…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, MBA, chair of the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, has assumed the role of president of the Private Diagnostic C…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Aytekin Oto, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago. His research, which is sup…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Devanand Sarkar, MBBS, PhD, and Paul B. Fisher, MPh, PhD, FNAI, scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, were awar…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram discovered a role for MYCN in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and identified a potential intervention for further clinic…

Stanford Cancer Institute About 1 in 40 postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 65 have cancer-associated mutations in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, according to a study led…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Established in 2017 within the VCU College of Engineering, the Medicines for All Institute (M4ALL) at VCU is an internationally distinctive facility equi…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer has more than quadrupled in the last 40 years. It is a classic case of disease overdiagnosis, with…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center An anti-cancer compound developed at the University of Michigan has shown "profound" activity in mouse models against two subtypes of leukemia, accor…

Siteman Cancer Center Stephanie M. Perkins, MD, a Washington University associate professor of radiation oncology, has been named director of the S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center at Siteman …

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Experts in the Cedars-Sinai Cardio-Oncology Program work alongside oncologists to encourage heart monitoring before, during, and after cancer treatment. The program is more…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new study by UK Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that targeting a protein known as heat shock protein 47 (Hsp47) could be key for suppressing breast cancer m…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A study conducted by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated acceptable toxicity and anti-tumor activity…

Stanford Cancer Institute In recent months, Michael Bassik, PhD, and his lab members have been busy making millions of tiny round tumor "spheroids." These little round balls of cells are a typ…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Gina Curry, MPH, MBA, is the new director of the UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Office of Community Engagement &am…