Real-world evidence is more than just another way of tracking post-market patterns in drug utilization, said Maria Koehler, vice president of oncology strategy, innovation and collaborations at Pfizer Oncology.
A group of cancer researchers is trying to conducting randomized trials aimed at maximizing the value of oncology treatment regimens.
Cary Gross, professor of medicine and of epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine, has been working with a dataset of 35,000 non-small cell lung cancer patients, looking for signs of disparities in access to PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors.
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University earned the comprehensive cancer center designation.Effective immediately, Winship becomes the newest NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in the nation. The number of comprehensive cancer centers now goes up to 48. There are also 14 clinical centers and seven basic research centers.Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University earned the comprehensive cancer center designation.
Steering clear of metaphors that stem from military campaigns and space travel, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is planning to spend $7 billion over six years for an expansion of clinical and research programs.
Former NCI director John Niederhuber is keeping relatively calm about the White House plan to slash the NIH budget.
The Cancer Letter sent the following questions to the University of Utah and a nearly identical list of questions to Soon-Shiong's spokesperson. Julie Kiefer, manager, scientific communications at the University of Utah, provided responses to these questions. No response was received from Soon-Shiong's offices.
When the University of Utah officials unexpectedly fired Mary Beckerle from her job as CEO and director of the Huntsman Cancer Institute earlier this week, they made an enemy few people in the state would wish for: the powerful Huntsman family.
Jon Huntsman, Sr., said he was shocked by the unexpected firing of Mary Beckerle, CEO and director of the cancer center he founded and which his family continues to fund.
MD Anderson Cancer Center's complaint against Pelotonia, filed Oct. 5, 2016, argues that the Ohio cancer fundraiser's use of the slogan “One Goal: End Cancer” infringes on the Houston hospital's “One goal. Stop cancer.” registered trademark.
