NCI cuts programs by 5% and non-competing renewals by 3% to maintain paylines in fiscal 2019

With Year One metrics in hand, Letai is ready to “bring it home” in Year Two
“I hope I don’t see any more reports of NCI cutting funding, because it just is not consistent with the facts”

A year ago, when he was sworn in as director of the National Cancer Institute, Anthony G. Letai set a goal: Reassure cancer researchers that the institute will keep a steady course aimed at finding treatments for cancer. From the outset, the key word was “stability” (The Cancer Letter, Dec. 5, 2025). “I had a simple...

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Michael R. Caputo, a cancer survivor and a Republican political operative with a wide-ranging resume, was named to the President’s Cancer Panel, a board formed under the National Cancer Act to monitor the National Cancer Program and report to the president about “barriers to progress in reducing the burden of cancer.”

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Two years after FDA’s breast density notification rule, there is still no standard for follow-up
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Nearly two years after FDA issued a final rule requiring radiologists to tell women whether their breasts are “dense” or “not dense” after a mammogram, the notification has become nearly universal.

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MD Anderson study suggests psilocybin may prevent chemo-induced neuropathy
“Because it works in one neural system, you begin to wonder: Well, what about another?”

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Trump targets HHS in $810M appropriations clawback

President Donald Trump has moved to cancel $810 million in government spending that has already been appropriated by Congress.

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Federal judge blocks Trump’s second attempt at imposing $100,000 fee for H1-B visas

Judge Haywood Gilliam, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, blocked the Trump administration’s second attempt to require a $100,000 fee for H1-B visas, which allows foreign nationals in “specialty occupations” to live and work in the U.S. The fee was previously $5,000 to $10,000.

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By Sara Willa Ernst

NCI cuts programs by 5% and non-competing renewals by 3% to maintain paylines in fiscal 2019

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NCI cuts programs by 5% and non-competing renewals by 3% to maintain paylines in fiscal 2019

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With Year One metrics in hand, Letai is ready to “bring it home” in Year Two“I hope I don’t see any more reports of NCI cutting funding, because it just is not consistent with the facts”

Michael Caputo appointed to President’s Cancer PanelThe cancer survivor and political operative says his appointment signals Trump’s interest in cancer, survivorship

Two years after FDA’s breast density notification rule, there is still no standard for follow-upSo far, 38 million patients have received a dense breast notification. Now what?

MD Anderson study suggests psilocybin may prevent chemo-induced neuropathy“Because it works in one neural system, you begin to wonder: Well, what about another?”

Trump targets HHS in $810M appropriations clawback

Federal judge blocks Trump’s second attempt at imposing $100,000 fee for H1-B visas

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With Year One metrics in hand, Letai is ready to “bring it home” in Year Two
“I hope I don’t see any more reports of NCI cutting funding, because it just is not consistent with the facts”

Michael Caputo appointed to President’s Cancer Panel
The cancer survivor and political operative says his appointment signals Trump’s interest in cancer, survivorship

Two years after FDA’s breast density notification rule, there is still no standard for follow-up
So far, 38 million patients have received a dense breast notification. Now what?

MD Anderson study suggests psilocybin may prevent chemo-induced neuropathy
“Because it works in one neural system, you begin to wonder: Well, what about another?”