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GW Cancer Center The OncoMX knowledgebase will improve the exploration and research of cancer biomarkers in the context of related evidence, according to a recent article from the George Washi…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health In the largest retrospective population-based study to date, Jefferson researchers showed that hospitalization increased by as much as 114 perce…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple HealthCarolyn Fang, PhD, a researcher at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been elected as a fellow to the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Much of Dr. Fang’s research foc…

Thank you to the communications professionals who consistently provide AACI with news from their cancer centers — especially during the COVID-19 crisis. The May 2020 issue of AACI Update will be publ…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Based on early results from a clinical trial at UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is testing a drug comb…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A multidisciplinary team of investigators at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a program project grant from the Nation…

John Cleveland, PhD, has been named center director and executive vice president of Moffitt Cancer Center, one of 51 National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the country. …

Prioritizing the health and safety of meeting attendees, AACI has shifted the 12th Annual AACI CRI Annual Meeting (July 7-8) from an in-person event to a virtual format. Registration is now free for …

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health A group of Fox Chase clinicians shared their expertise in an article that advised physicians on the best approach to take with patients who have been dia…

Siteman Cancer Center Washington University scientists at Siteman Cancer Center have developed a new imaging agent that could let physicians identify not only multiple types of tumors but the …

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterLarry Kwak, MD, PhD, vice president and deputy director of City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, was inducted into the 2020 class of American Institute f…

In an April 24 letter, AACI called upon congressional leaders to consider the needs of academic cancer centers in any new COVID-19 supplemental response legislation. Priorities include supplemental a…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Massey Cancer Center researchers began two clinical trials this week on a potential, experimental treatment for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus rapidly s…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $2.8 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to help devel…

WVU Cancer InstituteRichard M. Goldberg, MD, retired in December 2019 as director of the WVU Cancer Institute. OncLive®, a multimedia resource focused on providing oncology professionals with patie…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center David Solomon, MD, PhD, and colleagues shared a comprehensive genomic and epigenomic analysis of bithalamic glioma, identifying gene altera…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Researchers from The University of Kansas Cancer Center, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, and Children’s Mercy Kansas City have identified a n…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey is offering a clinical trial as a potential treatment for patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The trial is not limit…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Xiang-Yang (Shawn) Wang, PhD, has been appointed as the co-leader of the developmental therapeutics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center. He will…

Siteman Cancer Center Washington University scientists at Siteman Cancer Center have received a $2.5 million NCI grant to continue research into pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, which account…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center A University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher calls a new clinical study a "historic" step in the treat…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center If his mother, sisters, and daughters have a history of breast and ovarian cancers, possibly stemming from mutations in genes like BRCA1/2…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center While it has long been thought that locally-delivered radiation therapy typically does not help to shrink tumors outside the field of irradiation, new …

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill In a realignment of the division of hematology and oncology that will form two divisions from one, Jonat…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Darren Carpizo, MD, PhD, has joined UR Medicine as the new chief of surgical oncology, vice-chair of basic/translational research, and co-leader of the Hal…

WVU Cancer Institute Abraham Kanate, MD, recently led the consensus guidelines from the American Society of Transplant and Cellular Therapy on indications for transplant and cellular therapy. …

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Jenny Poynter, MPH, PhD, and Daniel Harki, PhD, have been appointed to the leadership team of Masonic Cancer Center. Dr. Poynter will serve as th…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey As part of the SWOG Cancer Research Network and ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, investigators collaborated on a randomized Phase II clinical trial exam…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center In a first-time disclosure of IPN60090, a small-molecule inhibitor of the metabolic enzyme glutaminase, researchers from The University of Tex…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center J. Alan Diehl has been appointed deputy director and chief operating officer of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a collaboration of Case Western Reserve U…

High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) strains cause the majority of oropharyngeal (throat), cervical, anal, vulvar, penile, and vaginal cancers. Over 33,000 cancers caused by HPV are diagnosed annuall…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center A historical review authored by Joseph McGuirk, DO, and Anurag Singh, MD, of KU Cancer Center chronicles decades of immune-based research leading to a ne…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health A recently published protocol paper by Fox Chase researchers describes a new trial evaluating an intervention program designed to improve sexual relation…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In a study to evaluate the safety of a type of immunotherapy before surgery in patients with an aggressive form of skin ca…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center A UC San Francisco team has advanced a technique to power a high-throughput platform to evaluate the specificity and potency of many differ…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center An over-active immune response may contribute to the severity of illness experienced by some COVID-19 patients. In this era of fi…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Breast surgeon Kristin L. Brill, MD, has joined Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health as enterprise director of breast oncology. Dr. B…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center A leading expert in the search for ways to treat aggressive adult and pediatric brain tumors, Duane A. Mitchell, MD, PhD, will direct the University …

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson HealthAndrew Chapman, DO, is being honored with the 2020 B.J. Kennedy Award for Scientific Excellence in Geriatric Oncology from the American Society of Cli…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.4 million R38 grant to support research by Duke Radiat…

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center The Department of Defense’s Prostate Cancer Research Program has awarded Nima Sharifi, MD, who directs the Cleveland Clinic Genitourinary Malignancies Research C…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A study by Vanderbilt researchers has identified genomic alterations in early stage adenocarcinomas of the lung that may indicate whether the lesions develop in…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A new analysis led by physicians at Roswell Park shows that some patients with small node-negative breast tumors that test positive for both the hormon…

University of Virginia Cancer Center By mining a vast trove of genetic data, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are enhancing doctors’ ability to treat cancer, predic…

The University of Kansas Cancer CenterRonald Chen, MD, MPH, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO) in honor of his extraordinary volunteer service, dedication,…

UK Markey Cancer Center A study led by UK Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that implementing cancer education curricula in middle and high schools may improve cancer literacy and ulti…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center New data from the Phase III EMBRACA trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found the PARP inhibitor tal…

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lower-income Americans are more likely to smoke cigarettes than those who are more affluent. While the f…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center Tanmay Lele, PhD, has been awarded a National Cancer Institute U01 grant to examine the physical and molecular mechanisms of the cancer nucleus. Rese…

Thank you to the communications professionals who consistently provide AACI with news from their cancer centers — especially during the COVID-19 crisis. The May 2020 issue of AACI Update will be publ…

Moffitt Cancer Center In a new study, Moffitt researchers reveal how protein-signaling pathways associated with cellular stress processes turn myeloid cells into tumor-promoting players and su…

The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee, with the assistance of peer reviewers from the CRI community, have selected three abstracts from 77 submissions for formal presentation…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Sixteen physicians, researchers, and educators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have collaborated with the Tennessee Cancer Coalition, Tennessee Department …

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health The Pennsylvania Medical Society released its list of this year’s Top Physicians Under 40. Two Fox Chase Cancer Center doctors were honored: Sanjay S. Re…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center To prevent domestic shortages of critical medications, the Medicines for All Institute, based in the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineer…

Meagan Johnson will deliver the keynote presentation, "Zap the Generational Gap," at 1:35 pm eastern time on Tuesday, July 7 during the 12th Annual AACI CRI Meeting. Johnson, a "generational humorist…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Researchers in the Ludwig Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report they have identified a drug treatment th…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center During the pandemic, cancer patients undergoing treatment or participating in clinical trials at The University of Kansas Cancer Center don’t have to wor…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Shikhar Mehrotra, PhD, and Sophie Paczesny, MD, PhD, have been named co-leaders of the Cancer Immunology program at Hollings Cancer…

Cancer Center at Illinois Timothy M. Fan, DVM, PhD, professor of veterinary oncology, has been appointed as program leader of the Cancer Center at Illinois research program in Cancer Discovery…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center announces the appointment of new leaders in three key areas of clinical care: Mary Ann Long, RN, MS, returns a…

Stanford Cancer InstituteRoeland Nusse, PhD, professor of developmental biology, is the recipient of Canada’s Gairdner International Award for his work on understanding the role of the Wnt signalin…

University of Virginia Cancer Center Richard J. Price, PhD, of UVA’s School of Medicine and School of Engineering, is using focused soundwaves to overcome the natural "blood-brain barrier," wh…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute A five-year grant of more than $1.86 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will fund…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Currently available immunotherapies in most cases either don’t work at all, or work, then stop working. The various mechanisms driving why…

Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute The Wistar Institute announces the appointment of Italo Tempera, PhD, as associate professor in the Gene Expression & Regulati…

UK Markey Cancer Center UK Markey Cancer Center announces that medical sociologist Pamela Hull, PhD, will join the center and serve as its associate director of population science and communit…

For a joint virtual day of action on Friday, June 5, AACI and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have drafted a letter for our associations' members to share with their representativ…

Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford scientists have taken important steps toward figuring out how to use immune therapy for a group of severe pediatric brain tumors known as atypical teratoid/r…

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center An ongoing, multicenter clinical trial involving Cleveland Clinic has found that a new blood test can accurately detect more than 50 types of cancer while still …

University of Colorado Cancer Center The University of Colorado Cancer Center announces that Christopher Lieu, MD, is now associate director of clinical research. Dr. Lieu was interim associat…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Hunter Underhill, MD, PhD, a Huntsman Cancer Institute brain cancer researcher, was awarded a special National Cancer Institute grant to adv…

The University of Kansas Cancer CenterJoan Weliky Conaway, PhD, an investigator at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and member of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s Cancer Biology r…

AACI's Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) will host "Implementing the Shared Investigator Platform" at 2:00 pm eastern on Thursday, June 18. Members of AACI's Shared Investigator Platform (SIP) Task …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A unique two-drug immunotherapy combination first evaluated at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as an approach for treating some cancers will s…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami A collaborative study between laboratories of Ramin Shiekhattar, PhD, and Stephen D. Nimer, MD, director of Sylvester Comprehensive C…

Siteman Cancer Center Children with the genetic condition neurofibromatosis type 1 can develop brain and nerve tumors that may lead to vision loss. New research at Washington University School…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center A study led by Justin D. Lathia, PhD, identified sex differences in anti-tumor immune response, which served as the basis for a new therapeutic strategy agains…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center A group of graduate students working on a class project at the University of Florida developed a critical review of what’s known—and unknown—about th…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Electronic health (eHealth) applications can effectively deliver care to cancer patients and survivors, according to Frank J. Penedo,…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive form of cancer in the brain, is typically fatal. But new findings by VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Zhijun Yin, PhD has received the National Cancer Institute’s Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award for Early Stage Investigators. The award will help …

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center G. David Roodman, MD, PhD, has been awarded a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study way…

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of social engineering attacks across the nonprofit industry. The attacks range from email phishing to ransomware attacks and can cost organiza…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center A group of researchers, including Duke Cancer Institute’s Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, FACP, has published patient-reported outcomes on the …

Thank you to the communications professionals who consistently provide AACI with news from their cancer centers — especially during the COVID-19 crisis. The July 2020 issue of AACI Update will be pub…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center A collaboration between IU School of Medicine cancer researchers Xiongbin Lu, PhD, and Sophie Paczesny, MD, PhD, has identi…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer CenterTwo University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center members were recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, is a molecular …

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center David Peabody, PhD, and Bryce Chackerian, PhD, at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, are creating vaccines from particles that are the op…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A team of data scientists and cancer doctors from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and the U-M School of Public Health have developed a…

GW Cancer Center Enrollment in a supportive oncodermatology program is associated with a significantly improved quality of life score, according to a recent survey from GW Cancer Center. Suppo…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists have found a first-line treatment that improves survival for people with hepatocellular carcinoma. A combination of atezolizumab, an immunot…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Yale Cancer Center announces the appointment of Robert Bona, MD, as professor of medicine (hematology) and inaugural director of the Benign Hematolo…

UK Markey Cancer Center Clinical leaders from the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center, College of Medicine, and College of Pharmacy have launched a clinical trial for experimental th…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center For years, surgeons have operated on pancreatic cancer patients to remove what they thought was a localized tumor only to discover that the disease had…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Christian Koch, MD, PhD, FACP, MACE, director for the Division of Endocrinology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently named a review editor for Frontiers in …

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dr. Chiang is an associate professor of medicine (medica…

Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute The Wistar Institute announces the appointment of molecular systems biologist Bin Tian, PhD, as professor in the cancer center. Dr…