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A new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that an immunotherapy previously shown to be ineffective against prostate cancer may have therapeutic potential when combined wi…

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified a novel trigger of a deadly form of ovarian cancer: a subset of progenitor cells that reside in fallopian tube supportive tissue, or stroma…

Researchers at The Tisch Cancer Institute report on a personalized multi-peptide neoantigen cancer vaccine called PGV001, using relatively few antigens that induced a strong immune response across mu…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah broke ground on its second comprehensive cancer center on April 8. Situated in Vineyard, the new site will reduce travel time by more than an hour …

The West Virginia University (WVU) Health System has unveiled a new round of projects totaling more than $460 million that will further expand access to health care in West Virginia and create hundre…

Michigan residents impacted by cancer have a new resource to help address the financial burden and the waste of unused cancer medication. YesRx coordinates and supports Cancer Drug Repository Program…

For pediatric psychologist Carolyn Bates, PhD, understanding how family life is upended during a child’s cancer treatment has become her life’s work, revealing the impact of disrupted routines on the…

By bringing together clinicians, patient advocates, and researchers across disciplines, the UF Cardio-Oncology Symposium provided an engaging forum to spark new research collaborations. The event sho…

Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Frontiers Symposium on Transformation in Cancer Care Delivery brought together top researchers, clinicians, and industry innovators to explore transformative models in can…

Karmanos Cancer Institute has announced that the TheraBionic P1 device, an FDA-approved, at-home treatment, is now available to treat advanced liver cancer. Karmanos is the first institution worldwid…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah hosted a ribbon cutting for its second mobile screening clinic in collaboration with the Utah County Health Department. Peter Huntsman, chairman an…

Karmanos Cancer Institute has cut the ribbon on its 17th clinic, in Dearborn, Michigan. To read an article about the center in Arabic, click here.

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah has joined other institutions on an innovative clinical trials program designed to match patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic s…

In support of our shared goals to advance equitable cancer care, the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) is offering AACI members who are not already ACCC members a one-year complimentary ACCC …

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) is the largest national specialty organization dedicated to promoting the role of oncology nurse and patient navigators. AONN+ provides …

The American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Medal of Honor recognizes a distinguished cancer researcher working in basic, clinical, translational or population science whose work has led to advancement in ca…

Siteman Cancer Center—based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis—is opening a new home for outpatient cancer care. The nine-story, 657,250-square-foot b…

The Center of Excellence for Gynecologic Cancer, part of The Tisch Cancer Institute, launched in September 2024. It provides comprehensive services, including advanced gynecologic cancer screening an…

Prostate cancer screenings among Black men have tripled at some San Francisco health providers as part of the San Francisco Cancer Initiative (SF CAN), a UCSF-City of San Francisco project that’s pav…

With a nearly half-million-dollar grant from the nonprofit Teen Cancer America, the UF Health Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer program—one of four in the state—will add three positions to expand cli…

In her 25-plus years at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Sherry Chow, PhD, has made an impact far beyond her work with early-phase cancer prevention research trials, improving the lives of he…

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Center for Immunology will host its 14th Annual Scientific Symposium on Friday, October 18. The event will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry bei…

On September 13, 2024, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah celebrated 25 years of groundbreaking cancer research, education, and patient care. Since opening its doors in 1999, Huntsma…

If you are a health care professional in practice or a health care professional student, please consider taking the LGBTQI+ Climate Survey to help validate a new scale for research (existing scales a…

UVA Cancer Center, Appalachian Community Cancer Alliance, and Buchanan General Hospital have teamed up to make getting screened for lung cancer easier in rural Virginia and West Virginia. The newly f…

Recently, a team at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – The James completed its first gene therapy for a patient with hemophilia B, the first at an adult medical center in Ohio. M…

Veterans in the U.S. face numerous health care challenges, including limited access to early-phase cancer clinical trials. In response, The University of Kansas Cancer Center and the Kansas City Vete…

When performing colonoscopies, endoscopists can miss polyps that are flat and don't stick up into the middle of the colon, making it more likely that an undetected polyp may go on to develop into col…

GW Cancer Center has launched an updated free on-demand course titled Oncology Patient Navigator Training: The Fundamentals. The revised training aligns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid S…

Siteman Cancer Center has unveiled a rolling resource to improve community health across the region. The 40-foot "Health on the Move" community van, operated by Siteman’s Program for Elimination of C…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is offering a form of noninvasive robotic ultrasound treatment for early- to intermediate-stage prostate cancer patients. The technology—High-Intensity Focused …

Indiana's first mobile lung screening program, which includes a 40-foot truck with a CT scanner, is bringing life-saving lung screenings directly to Hoosiers across the state. The program will offer …

The Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative has announced two $500,000 research grants for multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary research projects focusing on liquid biopsy for primary brain tumors. In …

Cedars-Sinai is expanding its long-standing commitment to local nonprofits through grantmaking and shared learning opportunities, as a way to promote greater health equity in the areas of homelessnes…

If you are a health care professional in practice or a health care professional student, please consider taking the LGBTQI+ Climate Survey to help validate a new scale for research (existing scales a…

UVA Cancer Center, Appalachian Community Cancer Alliance, and Buchanan General Hospital have teamed up to make getting screened for lung cancer easier in rural Virginia and West Virginia. The newly f…

When performing colonoscopies, endoscopists can miss polyps that are flat and don't stick up into the middle of the colon, making it more likely that an undetected polyp may go on to develop into col…

GW Cancer Center has launched an updated free on-demand course titled Oncology Patient Navigator Training: The Fundamentals. The revised training aligns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid S…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is offering a form of noninvasive robotic ultrasound treatment for early- to intermediate-stage prostate cancer patients. The technology—High-Intensity Focused …

Indiana's first mobile lung screening program, which includes a 40-foot truck with a CT scanner, is bringing life-saving lung screenings directly to Hoosiers across the state. The program will offer …

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each …

A new study highlights the success of the largest-ever quality improvement initiative to focus on the critically important issue of smoking among cancer patients. Led by UK Markey Cancer Center resea…

Research from USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that among all cancer survivors, male adolescents and young adults (AYA) have the highest rate of death by suicide. The study also report…

UK Markey Cancer Center researchers identified a protein that could be key to developing new treatments for triple-negative breast cancer. The new study reveals that a protein called NAC1 plays a rol…

Colon cancer is largely preventable for most people who get regular colonoscopy screenings. For people with a genetically inherited disorder known as Lynch syndrome, however, colon cancer is much har…

A randomized, Phase II clinical trial shows that adding high-dose, intravenous (IV) vitamin C to chemotherapy doubles the overall survival of patients with late-stage metastatic pancreatic cancer fro…

A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors. Conducted at Washingto…

A new treatment approach developed at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown promising results in a Phase I clinical trial for patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Five of nine pa…

Research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provides new insights into acute myeloid leukemia and its resistance to a common treatment. The study, titled "RAS-mutant leukemia stem cells…

UCSF and University of Washington researchers developed synthetic receptors on the surface of immune cells that could make cancer immunotherapies more targeted. This could yield cancer therapies that…

New results from a St. Jude Total Therapy clinical trial uncover the benefits of using genomics and early treatment response to guide the risk classification of children with B-cell acute lymphoblast…

Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute have identified a novel type of immune cell, called the stem-like CD4 T cell, that plays a pivotal role in anti-tumor immunity. The pre-clinical findings highl…

A new study led by the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed that common breast cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, may accelerate the biological…

While pancreatic cancer rates are rising in people under age 50, a new survey conducted by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute …

A Stanford clinical trial is among the first successes for CAR T-cell therapy against solid tumors. Nine of the 11 patients showed benefit with one having a complete response. This therapy received t…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center experts representing various specialties will highlight innovative research and advancements in hematology and hematologic cancers at the 66th annual meeting …

Researchers have developed an AI powered model that—in 10 seconds—can determine during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that could be removed remains, a new study suggests. The technolo…

Childhood trauma can increase a breast cancer survivor’s chance of experiencing more severe and longer-lasting treatment-related anxiety, depression, and fatigue, as well as reduced cognitive functio…

A new study, led by UC San Francisco and University of Michigan, has demonstrated that using an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered diagnostic tool helps neurosurgeons identify invisible cancer that…

Cathy Eng, MD, has been named associate director of Strategic Relations and Research Partnerships for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. It is an expanded role for Dr. Eng, who has served as director f…

UF Health radiation oncologist Kate Hitchcock, MD, PhD, has been named associate director for Access and Opportunities at the UF Health Cancer Center. In this role, she will use her expertise in lead…

Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, director of the Leukemia Program and co-director of the Blood Cancer Institute at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, has joined forces with Break Through Canc…

Jessica Heath, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and vice chair of research for the Department of Pediatrics, has been appointed associate director for Clinical and Translational Research at the …

UCLA and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) have renewed their alliance to advance research in cancer immunotherapy and accelerate the development of curative treatments for the mos…

The AbbVie Foundation has made a $75 million donation to the University of Chicago to support the construction of UChicago Medicine’s new cancer pavilion. The donation helps fund the $815 million, 57…

With a $50 million gift from Richard and Susan Rogel (pictured), the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center aims to revolutionize how the world detects, treats, and ultimately cures pancreatic ca…

Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCCCC) will explore ways to arrest tumor growth that doesn't respond to medication by using artificial intelligence, mac…

Lymphoma researchers from Winship Cancer Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, and the Georgia Institute of Technology have been awarded a five-year, $5 million grant from the…

Stanford Cancer Institute members Allison Kurian, MD, MSc, and Jennifer Caswell-Jin, MD, received a $3.5 million legacy gift to launch the Bright Pink Preventive Risk Outreach And Cascade Testing Pro…

LSU Health New Orleans has been awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. The grant will be used to conduct new research in conjunction …

Six Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium scientists received $1.7 million in grants from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch or continue studies aimed …

The Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to support research at Vanderbilt aimed at dramatically expanding the efficacy of immunotherapy for colorecta…

In the lab of Minna Roh-Johnson, PhD, great science and great mentorship are inseparable. Now, a new National Cancer Institute (NCI) award has made that philosophy concrete. The award is is an admini…

Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Research and director of the Vaccine and Cell Therapy Laboratory at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been elected to the National …

Thomas Varghese Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS, has been named the new editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, effective March 1, 2025. Dr. Varghese currently serves as associate …

Richard J. Bleicher, MD, FACS, chief of the Division of Breast Surgery and clinical director of the Breast Service Line at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed vice chair of the National Accre…

Nita Maihle, PhD, has won a Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Maihle is a professor of medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). She is a pioneer in the field of tran…

A team of lung cancer specialists from Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health was recently recognized by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) as the winner of the Nor…

The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center has successfully received reaccreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons. The CoC …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Intensive Care Unit has earned the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The bronze award marks the cancer cent…

The Thyroid and Thyroid Cancer Research team, or ThyCARE, at the Rogel Cancer Center received the inaugural Endocrine Care Innovation Award from the American Association of Endocrinology.

AACI mourns the loss of Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, who passed away on Sunday, December 15. A former member of AACI’s Board of Directors, Dr. Cowan led the NCI-Designated Cancer Center at the University of N…

Stand Up for Science is supporting rallies in Washington, DC, and 31 other U.S. cities on Friday, March 7. The grassroots group aims to defend science as a public good and a pillar of social, politic…

Registration is open for the 17th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting, June 23-25 at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. A discounted early registration rate will be av…

The GVHD Alliance has honored Shernan Holtan, MD, chief of blood and marrow transplantation at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, as the recipient of the 2025 Lukas D. Wartman Award. This reco…

Emma Guilbaud, PhD, a postdoctoral associate at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been selected as a Forbeck Scholar by the William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation. This appointment recognizes early caree…

Ze’ev Ronai, PhD, director of the Translational Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai, has received an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute. The award comes with approximate…

With $1.2 million in initial funding, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences researchers will help the National Institutes of Health build a nationwide infrastructure that ultimately will improve acc…

Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah has received a federal contract award that will broaden access to specialized cancer care for Utah’s rural and frontier patients. The five-ye…

Jenny Chang, MD, MBBChir, MHCM, has been chosen to lead the Houston Methodist Academic Institute. Dr. Chang has led the Dr. Mary and Ron Neal Cancer Center since 2010. Nestor F. Esnaola, MD, MPH, MBA…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has announced a new interim director, Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, and interim deputy director, José P. Zevallos, MD, MPH. The former interim director, Jeremy Rich, MD, MHS, …

A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, according to new research led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Can…

Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to an analysis of Medicare records. The study examined the quality of…

An international team of doctors led by Joshua Brody, MD, director of the Lymphoma Immunotherapy Program at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, has made a major breakthrough in treating a comm…

At the 25th annual Meeting of the Society of Urologic Oncology, Daniel J. George, MD, presented a session on real-world treatment and clinical outcomes for patients with metastatic castration-resista…

Stanford researchers have conducted the first large-scale screen of single nucleotide variants, homing in on fewer than 400 that are essential to initiate and drive cancer growth. These variants cont…

Like a football team disrupting the opponent’s play, researchers at UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center are designing a gel to prevent cancers caused by human papillomaviruses (HPVs). With no other antiv…

Scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified an innovative combination of treatment strategies that work collaboratively to effectively kill acute myeloid leukemia (AML). New …

A new UK Markey Cancer Center study provides important insights for future clinical trials in treating advanced cervical cancer by establishing a five-month progression-free survival benchmark for ev…