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On Day 2 as director of NYU Perlmutter, Anirban Maitra talks about the advantages of running a matrix cancer center

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By Paul Goldberg

NCI

Letai: NCAB’s ad hoc working group plays major role in advising NCI on extramural research
The group replaced the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors

The new ad hoc working group of the National Cancer Advisory Board will play a key role in shaping NCI’s extramural priorities, NCI Director Anthony Letai said at the group’s inaugural meeting Feb. 6.

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Vol.52 No.05

By Claire Marie Porter

Black History Month Podcast

Black History Month: Otis Brawley shares how lessons learned in West Side Detroit shape his stance on cancer prevention
“Trying to realize how good we actually could be if our system were truly efficient is what Otis is all about”

Growing up in inner-city Detroit, Otis Brawley had a thriving community made up of his parents, Jesuit priests, friends, and neighbors encouraging him that he could do anything he put his mind to.

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Vol.52 No.05

By Robert A. Winn, Otis W. Brawley and Preston Willett

Capitol Hill

After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into law
NIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a profound, albeit not immediately obvious, impact on cancer

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed significant changes to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for model year 2022-2031, affecting passenger and light trucks.

February 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.05

By Ken Kobayashi and Joan H. Schiller

Cancer Policy

NIH’s Bhattacharya acknowledges absence of causal link between vaccines and autism

Pressed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged that he is not aware of any study pointing to a causal link between vaccines and autism.

February 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.05

By Sara Willa Ernst

Case Medical Center and Seidman Cancer Center select GenomOncology for workflow management

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On Day 2 as director of NYU Perlmutter, Anirban Maitra talks about the advantages of running a matrix cancer center

Letai: NCAB’s ad hoc working group plays major role in advising NCI on extramural researchThe group replaced the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors

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Letai: NCAB’s ad hoc working group plays major role in advising NCI on extramural research
The group replaced the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors

Black History Month: Otis Brawley shares how lessons learned in West Side Detroit shape his stance on cancer prevention
“Trying to realize how good we actually could be if our system were truly efficient is what Otis is all about”

After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into law
NIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored