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VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center The Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program (Winn Awards) is designed to increase diversity in clinical trials and transform the clinic…

Registration is open for the 16th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting, which will be held June 24-26 at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. The programming for this yea…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at UC San Francisco and Northwestern Medicine, who are studying mutations in malignant T cells that cause lymphoma, have zeroed …

UK Markey Cancer Center More than 134,000 cancer cases went undiagnosed in the U.S. during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UK Markey Cancer Center study. The r…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) met its $30 million fundraising goal for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s cam…

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa UI Health Care is the first medical center in North America—and the second in the world—to cross over into the next phase of MR-Linac tec…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Carl and Renée Behnke have donated $15 million to help launch a fundraising campaign and accelerate precision oncology research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. …

AACI's Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host a free webinar, titled “Not Your Typical Wellness Talk,” at 3:00 pm eastern time on Thursday, March 28. Webinar panelists are Quan Ly,…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center UC San Francisco is embarking on a bold initiative to catch cancer in its earliest forms and prevent it from progressing. Led by Margaret T…

A thought leader in the areas of workforce diversity and health equity, Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, is the executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, holds faculty positions at both Meharry…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center During the last days of January, which was Cervical Cancer Awareness month, Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, PhD, MPH, headed for Washington, DC, to p…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A novel three-drug combination achieved notable responses in patients with advanced HER2-negative breast cancer, according…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Kay Macleod, PhD, has been appointed as the associate director for basic sciences for the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehe…

Nominations are being accepted for the annual Cancer Research Ally Award, which will be presented to one Democrat and one Republican member of Congress at a reception before the 2024 AACI/AACR Hill D…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A multidisciplinary Vanderbilt research team has discovered a new way to kill a tumor by disrupting its acidic "microenvironment" without harming normal tissue.…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center A team of UF Health Cancer Center researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind compound that could open a new avenue for using immunotherapy to tre…

University of Virginia Cancer Center University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers have developed a new way to identify high-risk patients with acute myeloid leukemia, which could one day l…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute recently welcomed Katharine S. Ullman, PhD, into a new position of leadership. Dr. Ullman is celebrated for her ad…

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Michelle Bloom, MD, has joined NYU Langone Health as system director of the Cardio-Oncology Program, which provides specialized care to …

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Ken H. Young, MD, PhD, and colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have identified mu…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, is the recipient of a Cancer Research Institute (CRI)/Oliver R. Grace CLIP grant. Recognition of Dr. Bhardwaj as a Clinic and Labora…

Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), co-chair of the House Cancer Caucus, and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), jointly introduced the Knock Out (KO) Cancer Act for the 118th Congress in December 2023. Thi…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Jonathan Constance, PhD, associate member in the Cell Response and Regulation Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute, is seeking to better und…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A study led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center details evidence on the therapeutic efficacy of a compound that targets a key gen…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer To help protect the hearts of cancer patients, Cedars-Sinai investigators have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" to evaluate chemotherapy and other cancer drug …

Stanford Cancer Institute A study led by Stanford researchers found that an RNA-targeting CRISPR platform could tune immune cell metabolism without permanent genetic changes, potentially unvei…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey has modified its leadership structure, elevating two associate director functions to deputy director positions. An…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center In a major advancement for cancer research at the University of Michigan, Mats Ljungman, PhD, has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the National…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new UK Markey Cancer Center study demonstrates a feasible way to expand germline genetic testing for patients with cancer. In the study, Markey's molecular tumor boar…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute researchers discovered that a certain type of chemotherapy improves the immune system’s ability to fight off bladder cancer, pa…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Newly published research demonstrates that older adults with blood cancers who receive reduced intensity chemotherapy before a stem cell transplant wit…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Lymphatic fluid from surgical drains, which is usually tossed in the trash, is a treasure in the hands of University of Pittsburgh and Washington University School o…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center A team of UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have examined the contribution of biological, social, and eco…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Monica L. Baskin, PhD, has been appointed deputy director of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center where she will expand her efforts aimed at reducing health disparities, advan…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Regardless of socioeconomic factors and tumor variables, Black women with triple negative breast cancer have a significantly poorer respon…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center In work newly published in Blood Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, a team of collaborators from Roswell Park…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Using a chip to process blood samples, doctors can monitor the amount of cancer cells in a patient’s blood to determine how well a treatment is worki…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have pinpointed the genetic blueprints behind dolastatin 10, a marine natural product that has …

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Curing Kids Cancer has awarded a $1.3 million gift to Winship Cancer Institute with $1 million to create an endowed professorship and $300,000 for …

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Older people may be at greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer and have poorer prognoses because of age-related chang…

Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A recent study revealed two common biomarkers of cardiac function and damage that could better predict cardiomyopathy within f…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A kidney cancer clinical trial combined the experimental drug guadecitabine with the…

Stanford Cancer Institute A Stanford-led study found that inosine supplementation in the CAR T-cell manufacturing process induced profound metabolic reprogramming, diminishing glycolysis, incr…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Jessica Wells, PhD, FAAN, has been named assistant director for community outreach and engagement at Winship Cancer Institute. She is a fellow of t…

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Alexandra Miller, MD, PhD, has been named chief of the Neuro-Oncology Program and a co-director of the Brain and Spine Tumor Center at N…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer The Department of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer has earned accreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Accreditation Program for Excellence…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD, has received $1.1 million from the American Cancer Society to support her research on the impact of lifestyle patterns, social dete…

Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists improved chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T–cell immunotherapy for acute myelo…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A new study shows that oncogenic metabolic rewiring is an essential adaptation for the high energy demand of abnormal, dysplastic cells. In a mouse model, resea…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health A team of nursing researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health has received a $564,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund re…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Giulio Draetta, MD, PhD, will serve as principal investigator (PI) of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Cancer Center Suppor…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) received $75 million from the Utah Legislature toward a cancer research and academic building in Utah County…

After serving as director for more than 17 years, Brian Druker, MD (left), will take on a new role as the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s chief executive officer. In this newly created position, Dr. D…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, led by Jessica P. Miller, MD, PhD, are investigating whether sonograms of fallopian tubes can be effective …

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Lauren McCullough, PhD, MSPH, is part of an international team that was awarded a $25 million grant to help address cancer disparities in populatio…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer In its latest global expansion, Cedars-Sinai International announced the opening of its new global office in Singapore. Cedars-Sinai representatives in Singapore will work …

Siteman Cancer Center Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine have joined a new clinical trials network launched by the National Cancer Institute to investigate emer…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Combining the anticancer drugs enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab led to significantly improved survival rates among pat…

Siteman Cancer Center An international team led by Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, a Washington University epidemiologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has received a five-year, $25 million grant to study the …

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is at the helm of a new clinical trials consortium, the Cancer Screening Research Network, or CSRN, created by the National Cancer I…

Stanford Cancer Institute Soft tissue sarcomas are rare and difficult to treat. Machine-learning tools designed at Stanford Medicine uncover distinct cellular communities that correlate with p…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a five-year, $11.48 million federal grant to cre…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Matthew Carpenter, PhD, co-leader of the Cancer Control Research Program at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, was recently honored with the Jo…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Joseph Sparano, MD, deputy director of The Tisch Cancer Institute, was selected as recipient of the 2024 AACR-Joseph H. Burchenal Award for Outstanding Achi…

Patient research advocate Anne Marie Mercurio will present the opening keynote at 12:00 pm central time on Monday, June 24, during the 16th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting in R…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center Continuing Umbrella for Research Experience (CURE) program will, for the first time, include middle sch…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Prior research has shown that delays in initiating cancer therapy are increasing, and these delays can lead to not only worse outcomes for patients, but …

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The results from a research partnership between GE HealthCare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to enable safer an…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Through a single-arm study of 141 cancer patients, supported by a grant from the Merck Foundation Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care, Univ…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Gita Suneja, MD, MS, has been named the first senior director of Programs to Enhance Diversity at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Suneja, a r…

LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center The Gulf South Clinical Trials Network has been named a spoke in the ARPA-H Customer Experience Hub, one of three regional hubs that comprise ARPANET-H—a nationwi…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A new treatment approach that combines a targeted therapy drug with hormone therapy significantly increased the amount of time a person with stage 2 or…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park's latest slate of promotions includes Julia Faller, DO, as chief medical officer. Aleodor "Doru" Andea, MD, MBA, is chief of dermatopathol…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Benyi Li, MD, PhD, has received a nearly $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to develop a short peptide-based therapy for prosta…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Lillian Gelberg, MD; Roger Lo, MD, PhD; and Jeffrey Saver, MD, have been elected to the Association of American Physicians in recognition of their exceptiona…

University of Illinois Cancer Center University of Illinois Cancer Center member Ameen Salahudeen, MD, PhD, was recently named to the third cohort of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Early Inve…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center City of Hope has announced results from a pioneering Phase I CAR T cell therapy trial for the treatment of glioblastoma. This is the largest trial to d…

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