The Cancer Letter staff were finalists for nine 2025 Dateline Awards from the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists—seven for journalism; two for design—and won first place for four. The Cancer Letter’s entries recognized by SPJ include investigative journalism, series, breaking news, features, photojournalism, commentary, illustration, and front page design. This is […]
For more than a year before her stage 4 lung cancer was found, 35-year-old Alisa Secaida, a never-smoker and a physically active Southern Californian, had been experiencing a persistent cough and, increasingly, fatigue.
Harmon Eyre, MD, died on May 31 in Salt Lake City. He was 84 years old. From 1993 to 2008, he served as the chief medical and scientific officer (CMSO) of the American Cancer Society.
Silverstein during his surgical oncology fellowship, c. 1972This month on the Cancer History Project Podcast, Melvin J. Silverstein, Medical Director of Hoag Breast Center and the Gross Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery at USC, sat down with Stacy Wentworth, radiation oncologist and medical historian, to reflect on his career—and founding the first free-standing breast center.
The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation has joined the Cancer History Project to preserve the history of research, care, and survivorship of this uncommon disease.
On May 21, staff members of NCI’s dissolved Office of Communications and Public Liaison and friends gathered at the house of Peter Garrett and Ken Crerar.
For those who have spent their entire careers in oncology, cancer is our world. We see it as something to be studied, understood, controlled, cured, or prevented.
In a new online exhibit, the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama explores past and present relationships between cigarette manufacturers and universities.
As the number of cancer survivors in the U.S. continues to rise and the age at diagnosis for some cancers appears to be shifting younger, the need for long-term survivorship care is more urgent than ever.
As the Trump administration reshapes the cancer research enterprise that was built on the foundation of the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Cancer History Project presents an eyewitness account of the impact of this landmark law.
