Gustavo Leone was named director of the Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center. His appointment begins March 1.
Levine Cancer Institute was named a “Planetree Designated Patient-Centered Organization,” making it the only cancer network worldwide to earn Planetree designation, the highest achievement in patient-centered care.
Martin Edelman joined Fox Chase Cancer Center as chair of the Department of Hematology/Oncology.
Diane Simeone will join the NYU Langone Medical Center's Perlmutter Cancer Center March 1 to serve as associate director for translational research and to lead its newly established pancreatic cancer center. Simeone is the director of the gastrointestinal oncology program at University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Mario Contreraz was named administrator of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center's Clinical Trials Office.
Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian and The Life Raft Group, a patient advocacy organization specializing in gastrointestinal stromal tumors cancer, entered into a collaborative research project to investigate the efficacy of a novel system biology approach for identifying the best treatment options for patients with advanced GIST.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published the NCCN Guidelines for Patients and NCCN Quick Guide sheets for Brain Cancer – Gliomas—the first in a series of patient education resources focused on brain cancer.
NIHCM Foundation awarded seven new grants totaling $345,000 to support investigator-initiated health services research.
LUNGevity launched a mobile application designed to make understanding and living with lung cancer less daunting and considerably more manageable.
On Jan. 12, the first anniversary of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, NPR's largest member station, KQED San Francisco, aired a one-hour program, which is posted here.
