NIH ends fetal tissue research—again

At AACR, Letai announces prevention and screening project for southern Appalachia, describes a future without paylines
There’s “clear evidence that funding is moving and the system is working.”

Tucked in at the end of a 20-minute talk that covered paylines, promising young investigators, and precision medicine, NCI Director Anthony G. Letai beefed up the alliteration with two more words that begin with a “p”: prevention and pilot.

April 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.16

By Sara Willa Ernst

Cancer History Project Editorial

Calabresi’s “Cancer at a Crossroads” report was the first step toward historic doubling of the NIH budget
Fox Chase’s Winn contemplates Crossroads 2.0

At a lecture at Yale Cancer Center recently, Robert A. Winn brandished a copy of a 32-year old booklet titled “Cancer at a Crossroads: A Report to Congress for the Nation,” using it as a show-and-tell prop in arguing that America’s cancer program is once again at a crossroads and therefore in urgent need of strategic thinking (The Cancer Letter, April 10, 2026).

Health groups urge Bhattacharya, in his position of acting CDC director, to restore staff in the Office on Smoking and Health

A coalition of public health groups sent a formal letter to NIH Director and Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya April 15 highlighting the need for the immediate restoration of full staffing and resources to the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Letai: Perceptions aside, money is flowing and the cancer research infrastructure is sturdy
NCI expects record-breaking spending on extramural research

Over the course of his first six months as NCI director, Anthony Letai has contended with federal budget turbulence, a record-setting government shutdown, and concerns about the flow of over research dollars.

April 10, 2026

Vol.52 No.14

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

Cancer Policy

President’s budget request would cap indirect costs and fully fund all NIH research projects upfront

NCI has emerged relatively unscathed in the president’s FY 2027 budget request that would slash $15.8 billion from HHS funding, cut NIH overall by about 10%, eliminate three NIH institutes and centers, and move the Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and its circa $1 billion budget out of NIH.

April 10, 2026

Vol.52 No.14

By Claire Marie Porter and Jacquelyn Cobb

NCI

Hoping to hit a $200M target, NCI and FNIH develop a plan for advancing cancer vaccines
NCI Director Letai: “How aggressive can we be?”

A public-private effort, spearheaded by NCI Director Anthony Letai, and led by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, is working to speed up the development of therapeutic cancer vaccines.

March 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.11

By Claire Marie Porter

NIH ends fetal tissue research—again

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At AACR, Letai announces prevention and screening project for southern Appalachia, describes a future without paylinesThere’s “clear evidence that funding is moving and the system is working.”

Calabresi’s “Cancer at a Crossroads” report was the first step toward historic doubling of the NIH budgetFox Chase’s Winn contemplates Crossroads 2.0

Health groups urge Bhattacharya, in his position of acting CDC director, to restore staff in the Office on Smoking and Health

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President’s budget request would cap indirect costs and fully fund all NIH research projects upfront

Hoping to hit a $200M target, NCI and FNIH develop a plan for advancing cancer vaccinesNCI Director Letai: “How aggressive can we be?”

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At AACR, Letai announces prevention and screening project for southern Appalachia, describes a future without paylines
There’s “clear evidence that funding is moving and the system is working.”

Calabresi’s “Cancer at a Crossroads” report was the first step toward historic doubling of the NIH budget
Fox Chase’s Winn contemplates Crossroads 2.0

Letai: Perceptions aside, money is flowing and the cancer research infrastructure is sturdy
NCI expects record-breaking spending on extramural research

Hoping to hit a $200M target, NCI and FNIH develop a plan for advancing cancer vaccines
NCI Director Letai: “How aggressive can we be?”