More than 500 legislative proposals in 49 states are targeting trans people—predominantly youths—prompting fear among patients, healthcare providers, advocates, and legal experts that trans and gender nonconforming patients will be excluded from care.
When John Laszlo joined the Acute Leukemia Service at NCI in 1956, the field of oncology was nascent—and the cure for childhood leukemia seemed beyond reach.
Every August since 2020, The Cancer Letter has asked a diverse panel of clinicians, basic scientists, early-career faculty, patient advocates, government officials, and regulators to tell us what they are reading.
I had fun reading and sharing some book reviews with The Cancer Letter previously, and I thought I would try again with a new installment (The Cancer Letter, Aug. 6, 2021).
Fifteen years ago, after the death of his favorite uncle, Steven Rosen committed his grief to paper.
Irwin H. Krakoff, former director of the University of Vermont Cancer Center who has also served in key jobs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center, died on Aug. 9 in Savannah, GA.
Boris C. Pasche was named president and CEO of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and chair of the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Department of Oncology.
Larry J. Copeland passes The GOG Foundation Inc. presidential gavel to Thomas J. Herzog.Thomas J. Herzog was elected the president of The GOG Foundation Inc at the NRG Oncology summer meeting on July 20.
Alexander Price was named assistant professor in the Gene Expression and Regulation Program of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center at The Wistar Institute.
Yu “Sunny” Liu was named assistant professor in the nuclear dynamics and cancer research program and the Cancer Epigenetics Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
