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University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Scott Ness, PhD, received $2.2 million in renewed funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for his grant, "M…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Maria G. Castro, PhD, R.C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery and professor of cell and developmental biology at the University of Michigan, wa…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Genetic testing barriers for patients with cancer may vary based on demographics and other personal factors, a pilot project linked with a large clin…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A novel approach to administer intrathecal immunotherapy (directly into the spinal fluid) and intravenous immunotherapy was safe and improved …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center announces the promotion and appointment of three leaders: Ericka Bennett, Esq., has been promoted to vice pres…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center The Prostate Cancer Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Akash Patnaik, MD, PhD, MMSc, and his team at UChicago Medicine …

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc, associate director of clinical research in Duke Cancer Institute's Gynecologic Cancer Disease Group, was offic…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is one of four Vanderbilt University faculty members elec…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Patricia A. Ganz, MD, has been awarded the 2023 AACR-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. The award r…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Marvella Ford, PhD, was invited to join the National Minority Quality Forum's Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative's Scientific Advisory Boar…

UK Markey Cancer Center UK Markey Cancer Center researchers identified a protein that plays an important role in prostate cancer progression as well as resistance to enzalutamide, a common pro…

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health Researchers at Jefferson Health's Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a novel therapeutic strategy that could revolutionize treatment of …

The University of Arizona Cancer Center An article published by University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers suggests that there may be new ways to inhibit the spread of prostate cancer. Th…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Kelly Palmer, PhD, MHS, CCRP, has been appointed assistant director of Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility for the University of Arizona Ca…

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS, has been appointed as the new co-leader of the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Structural and Functional Genomics Research Program…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Cancer patients said the COVID-19 pandemic heightened infection concerns, increased feelings of fear, and disrupted their care, according …

The goal of the Prevent Cancer Foundation research program is to identify and fund innovative projects with the potential to make substantial contributions to cancer prevention or early detection. L…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University With a $35 million gift from researcher, philanthropist, and race car driver Theodore Giovanis, scientists at Johns Hopkin…

VCU Massey Cancer Center has been designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Massey’s receipt of the highest level of recognition from the NCI places it among an…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wrestles with the best way to regulate a legal but deadly product, it turns to scien…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been recognized for his transformative contri…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center Thomas George, MD, FACP, and Merry Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO, have been honored by the American Society for Clinical Oncology as Advocacy Champions…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University The new Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown opened for patients May 9. Winship Cancer Institute designed the full-service center to support a…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In a study of 17 people from five families, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found that ultra-lengthy DNA endca…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Duke Cancer Institute faculty Andrew Berchuck, MD, and Jennifer Plichta, MD, MS, were recently named co-directors of cancer genetics at Du…

The University of Arizona The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies (CAMI)—a national biomedical research hub that will develop novel …

Ted A. James, MD, MHCM, FACS, will present "The Power of Positivity: Building a Stronger, More Resilient Clinical Cancer Research Team" at 3:45 pm central time on Tuesday, June 27, during the 15th An…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that targeting a metabolic process in people with a specific genet…

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AACI coordinates efforts among cancer centers to advocate for public policy that benefits patients and to educate legislators on the value of cancer research funding. 

Philip E. Castle, PhD, MPH, will present "From Global Interventions to Individual Effort: NCI's Division of Cancer Prevention," during the 2023 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting in Washington DC. Dr. Castle, …

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Immigrant adults with liver cancer in the United States have higher survival rates than people with the disease who were born in the U.S., according to n…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine How colorectal cancer develops is not well understood, but a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Cedars-Sinai Cancer welcomes Karine Sargsyan, MD, formerly director of one of the world’s largest clinical biobanks, as scientific director of its OncoBiobank. Dr. Sargsyan…

On Thursday, May 18, AACI co-hosted the 2023 Hill Day with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) – the first in person since 2019. Eighty-five participants, including cancer center dire…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A new method that enables researchers to dial up or tone down the amount of a certain metastatic protein inhibitor (BACH1) within a cell could provide a new path in c…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A team of University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center researchers have received a $3.07 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a …

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute has announced the opening of the Kathryn F. Kirk Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care and Women’s Cancers. The cen…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah David W. Wetter, PhD, has been appointed inaugural senior director of cancer health equity science at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Wetter …

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Charles Foucar, MD, applies his problem-solving experiences in engineering and computer sciences to his work as a hematologist-oncologist a…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The James P. Allison Institute at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced the appointment of its first members, James P. A…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center A new Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center study investigated how endometriosis, uterine leiomyomas (fibroids), and hysterectomy changed ovarian cancer risk in Black and…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center High-risk breast cancer patients who most closely followed cancer-prevention guidelines published by the American Institute for Cancer Research and Ame…

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center have found that many cases of acute radiation dermatitis involve a common skin bacterium an…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Peter J. Allen, MD, has been named Duke University Health System vice president for cancer services. He will oversee clinical cancer care …

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Peng Mao, PhD, at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a National Cancer Institute grant totaling $1.6 million over five years …

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UK Markey Cancer Center A new UK Markey Cancer Center study reveals more about changes that happen to cancer cells when they metastasize and identifies a promising target for the treatment of …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have discovered a new nutrient source that pancreatic cancer cells use to grow. The mol…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center scientists have developed unique models of acute myeloid leukemia, creating a transformative resource to study this cancer and eve…

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center studied the microbiome of people with colorectal cancer and found the makeup of t…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Rachel Ceballos, PhD, has been appointed senior director of community outreach and engagement at Huntsman Cancer Institute, associate profes…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health welcomed State Representative Kevin Boyle and State Senators Jimmy Dillon and Christine Tartaglione to the Fox …

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Doctors have long stressed the importance of maintaining a healthy weight for improv…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center The cancer gene MYC has been called the "Mount Everest" of cancer research because of the difficulty of designing medications that can disable it, an…

Moffitt Cancer Center Jack McKenna has joined Moffitt Cancer Center as the new chief human resources (HR) officer. In his role, he will lead the cancer center’s HR team and oversee HR strategi…

The University of Vermont Cancer Center Alan Howe, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, has been appointed to serve as associate director of cancer research, training and education coordi…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health In a ceremony honoring faculty at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Anna Marie Skalka, PhD, senior advisor to the president and professor emerita, was recognized with t…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that neural activity in difficult-to-treat glioblastoma can restructure connections in surro…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that IL-21, a soluble molecule involved in activating the immune sy…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine is coming closer to delivering on the promise of personalized bre…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Intratumoral delivery of an engineered oncolytic virus (DNX-2401) targeting glioblastoma (GBM) cells combined with subsequent immunotherapy wa…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt …

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Doctors are one step closer to having a risk biomarker to alert them to which of their pediatric stem cell transplant patients are …

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The largest genomic analysis ever conducted of small cell lung cancer (SLSC) tumors has identified genetic subtypes and provided insights into the mechanisms of…

Moffitt Cancer Center Prostate cancer frequently metastasizes to the bone and is incurable. Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are working to identify new treatment options for this subset of p…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Atlantan Bernard "Berny" Gray has created a unique endowment at Winship Cancer Institute that addresses an underfunded stage of the research pipeli…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer As men age, some of their cells lose the very thing that makes them biological males—the Y chromosome—and this loss hampers the body’s ability to fight cancer, according to…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Winship Cancer Institute has received renewal of the prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), …

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The Sunderland Foundation has given The University of Kansas Cancer Center a $100 million lead gift to build a new, state-of-the-art destination cancer c…

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center A. William Blackstock Jr., MD, FASCO, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, passed a…

WVU Cancer Institute West Virginia University’s efforts to reimagine and expand cancer care received a $50 million boost as Governor Jim Justice joined WVU academic and health system leaders t…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah has announced plans for a new Huntsman Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center in U…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami A research team at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center compiled and analyzed statistics from federal cancer research funding source…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD, a Fred Hutch pediatric hematologist/oncologist, studies a rare subtype of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. His work is supported by Pr…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah The Royal Society, the world’s oldest science academy, has elected Bradley R. Cairns, PhD, to the Fellows of the Royal Society. Dr. Cairns serves …

The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has joined the ranks of the country’s most distinguished cancer centers as the 72nd National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Center in the Unit…

The University of Vermont Cancer Center The University of Vermont Cancer Center seeks early career faculty to participate in its external advisory board. The deadline to apply is September 1. …

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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The expected course of a patient’s cancer prognosis has traditionally been judged by its type, stage, and microscopic aggressiveness, but patients with the same…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Breast density shouldn’t be the only factor in determining whether supplemental screening is warranted, reported researchers in a large new…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas (KU) Cancer Center has joined the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN), a national initiative promoting collab…

Siteman Cancer Center A new study from Siteman Cancer Center discovered that when prostate cancer cells are treated with testosterone-blocking medication, they end up producing more cholestero…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A promising new targeted cancer therapy will soon be available to certain patients w…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A novel, automated liquid biopsy test in development by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center can be used …

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center As the new co-leader of the Moores Cancer Center cancer biology and signaling research program, Sunil J. Advani, MD, will join current co-leader, Jing Yang, P…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center Members of the American Statistical Association have elected Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, a professor of biostatistics in the University of Florida College of Public…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center is launching an adolescent and young adult survivorship program, coordinated by Amy Gundelach, RN, MSN,…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center What does it look like to work in cancer research? For two weeks this summer, 20 undergraduate students from public universities across Michigan will…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer have received a $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to understand the role mye…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University The percentage of survivors of cancer reporting functional limitations in the United States has more than doubled over the…

Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Cancer Institute members Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD, Christina Curtis, PhD, and colleagues have published an article in Nature that provided valuable insights into …

Moffitt Cancer Center Moffitt Cancer Center has launched the Department of Bioengineering. The new academic research department will be housed within the Division of Basic Science and led by W…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center The Aebersold Award recognizes outstanding achievement in basic science applied to nuclear medicine. For decades, Henry VanBrocklin, PhD, has led…