U.S. government shuts down Impact on NCI uncertain as administration threatens more RIFs

Shutdown precluded NCI officials from appearing at AACI/CCAF annual meeting

NCI officials were notably absent from the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes and the Cancer Center Administrators Forum in Washington, DC, due to the government shutdown that started on Oct. 1.

Trump cuts IVF drug deal with Merck in exchange for tariff exemption

President Donald Trump has announced a deal with pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA and its U.S. subsidiary, EMD Serono, to sharply reduce the cost of certain fertility drugs used for in-vitro fertilization, or IVF.

October 24, 2025

Vol.51 No.39

By Claire Marie Porter

Podcast

Cliff Hudis on how AI in cancer care is “inevitable”—and ASCO is working to make it safer

“Our goal was very clear from the beginning, which was to develop a user-friendly simple chat-like interface that would provide specific high-quality answers to questions that our members would bring, utilizing only our content,” said Clifford A. Hudis, CEO of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and executive vice chair of the Conquer Cancer Foundation.

October 22, 2025

Vol.51 No.38

Guest Editorial

Study finds no correlation between cancer burden in catchment areas and cancer centers’ CCSG funding

When the idea of looking at cancer center funding and the cancer burden of cancer center catchment areas came to us in the summer of 2024, we lived in a different context.

October 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.38

By Todd Burus, Caree McAfee and Pamela C. Hull

Guest Editorial

ASCO and Google Cloud set forth a vision for using AI to modernize health care and advance oncology

Cancer care is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Practitioners feel the mounting pressures daily: rising cancer rates—particularly in younger patients—a growing population of older cancer survivors, rapid growth in new care and treatment options, and navigating heightened fiscal constraints and uncertainty.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Clifford A. Hudis and Thomas Kurian

Cancer Policy

ASCO report shows decrease in the number of oncologists relative to aging population

A report by the American Society of Clinical Oncology points to a growing challenge in cancer care access driven by a widening gap between the number of available oncologists and increasing patient demand.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Claire Marie Porter

U.S. government shuts down

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