When conducting a randomized clinical trial of a treatment regimen based on an immune checkpoint inhibitor, trial sponsors should include overall survival as an endpoint, FDA officials say.
Sometimes in oncology, you get “beat-the-reaper” stories.
As a new deputy director at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Monica Baskin has assumed a level of responsibility that is unusual, if not unprecedented, for a population scientist at an NCI-designated cancer center.
Feb. 16, 2024, is a landmark date in the history of immuno-oncology.
A month after reporting to work in the top job at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Taofeek K. Owonikoko reflected on the obligations that come with being a Black director of an NCI-designated cancer center.
Shikha Jain, Shea Holman: It’s time for NIH to be transparent about how misconduct cases are handled
NIH has until Feb. 20 to comply with a congressional subpoena that directs NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli to produce internal documents, including reports and whistleblower complaints that could shed light on whether NIH is adequately responding to complaints of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment.
As artificial intelligence becomes an indispensable tool in cancer research, drug sponsors and researchers should focus on building and utilizing rich real-world evidence databases that can be used to complement clinical trials.
When Naoto T. Ueno left MD Anderson to become director of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, he took one of the most challenging jobs in oncology.
Medicare has started to pay for navigation for guiding patients through the maze of health care services in settings where treatment involves multiple specialties.
The decision by the American Society of Clinical Oncology to venture into the business of Big Data was inspired by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a law focused on “putting America back to work,” Clifford A. Hudis, ASCO’s CEO said to The Cancer Letter.
