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AACR creates an alliance of academic cancer centers Foti, Willman, Weiner, and Winn tell us what the new group will seek to accomplish

Cover Story

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

AACR creates an alliance of academic cancer centers

Foti, Willman, Weiner, and Winn tell us what the new group will seek to accomplish

By Paul Goldberg

The American Association for Cancer Research has established the AACR Cancer Centers Alliance to foster collaboration between cancer centers.

Capitol Hill

NCI braces for funding cuts, shutdown

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

White House

White House announces 25 Cancer Moonshot initiatives, including $240M in ARPA-H funds

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Cancer History Project Free In the Archives

New biography shows how Mary Lasker used money and clout to make the National Cancer Act happen

In Brief

UMich Rogel receives $11.1M SPORE for radiosensitization research

Michel Sadelain, Carl June receive 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Jack Cuzick receives SABCS 2023 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award

VCU Massey Cancer Center changes name to VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

Johns Hopkins and AccessHope partner to expand remote access to cancer expertise for employers

MD Anderson breaks ground on new facility

Clinical Roundup

Purdue’s Philip Low receives $1.3M to develop malaria drug trials using imatinib in Southeast Asia and Africa

USC study identifies mutations in 11 genes associated with aggressive prostate cancer

ColoAlert test identifies novel mRNA biomarkers in colorectal cancer, study shows

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Ojjaara as first and only treatment for myelofibrosis with anemia

FDA grants Merck sBLA priority review for Keytruda + chemoradiotherapy in cervical cancer

CHMP issues positive opinion on Keytruda in NSCLC indication

CHMP issues positive opinion on Adcetris in Hodgkin lymphoma

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