Robert L. Ferris, a head-and-neck surgeon and an expert in cancer immunotherapy was named the executive director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the chief of oncology services at UNC Health.
Christopher Li, the Helen G. Edson Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer Research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, understands what it means to be an underrepresented minority at each stage of his academic career.
The American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncology have combined their cancer information resources, which will be available at no cost to the public on cancer.org. The collaboration, which combines the two organizations’ sites—ACS’s cancer.org and ASCO’s cancer.net—was announced at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago May 1. Cancer.org is now […]
Homologous recombination deficiency tests are available from multiple vendors, and every day they are used to determine whether patients stand to benefit from PARP inhibitors.
Over the past three years, the American Cancer Society has recovered from the fundraising decline brought on by COVID-19 and has reversed the years-long fundraising slump in public support.
All women should start screening for breast cancer at age 40, with biennial screening continuing through age 74, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said in its final recommendation statement April 30.
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health can add the word “Comprehensive” to its name, becoming the 57th institution to earn this top-level designation from NCI.