HHS plans agency-wide vaccine injury programs

Letai: MCEDs are a “great ideal”—alas, the data don’t support widespread use
“Projecting sub-ideal tests across a large population can cause harm,” Letai says, as Galleri cruises toward FDA approval

As the debate around Galleri, the multi-cancer detection test developed by GRAIL Inc., rages on, fueled most recently by the full-steam-ahead support it has received from regulatory and legislative bodies, NCI Director Anthony Letai has turned his attention to the available data.

October 09, 2026

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Oncologist Rachna Shroff endows award to outlast her cancer diagnosis
“Because of my health, I have a profound desire to see this endowment come to fruition now”

When Rachna Shroff learned that she was facing a serious illness, she began thinking about what she wanted to leave behind.

October 09, 2026

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical

Cancer vaccine policy in limbo as CDC keeps canceling advisory meetings

For more than a year, professional societies have been trying to fill the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel that develops recommendations related to vaccines, including those that prevent cancer.

October 09, 2026

By Sara Willa Ernst

Perspective

Oncology has a semantics problem: How do we define “early stage”?

I recently found myself asking a question that I thought had an obvious answer: What is early-stage cancer?

October 09, 2026

By Raja M. Flores

MUSC startup brings preclinical imaging into the light
New technology lets cancer researchers watch experiments unfold in real time

Some of the most important moments in cancer research happen in seconds. A new imaging technology developed by MUSC startup OncoBLAZE lets researchers see those moments as they happen.

October 09, 2026

By Hayley Kamin

Cancer Policy