LUNGevity Foundation has issued a Request for Application for translational research in lung cancer for the 2018 Career Development Award.
A $400 million pledge to Emory University from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation will be used to construct a Winship Cancer Institute Tower in Midtown Atlanta and a new Health Sciences Research Building on Emory's Druid Hills campus.
Two of Kansas City's families joined together to donate $150 million to Children's Mercy Kansas City.
Mary Beckerle, CEO and director of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, is this year's recipient of the Alfred G. Knudson Award in Cancer Genetics from the NCI.
Chi Van Dang was named editor-in-chief of Cancer Research, a journal published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Mark Israel, a pediatric oncologist and translational scientist, was appointed national executive director of the Israel Cancer Research Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated solely to funding cancer research in Israel.
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer becomes member of registry of real-world data
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer has become a member of the Lung Cancer Patient Registry.
Elizabeth Barrett was appointed CEO Novartis Oncology and a member of the executive committee of Novartis.
Marsha Fountain, retired president of The Oncology Group, died Jan. 7 after a long struggle with metastatic breast cancer. She was 65.
Robert W. Day, former president and director of Fred Hutch.Photo courtesy of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterRobert W. Day, the longestserving president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, died at his home Jan. 6 of non-small cell squamous carcinoma. He was 87.
