At a meeting of the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors March 29, NCI officials had good news to report:
The University of Pennsylvania and Genisphere LLC formed a collaborative research agreement to study targeted nanotherapeutics. The collaboration between Genisphere, provider of the 3DNA drug delivery platform, and UPenn’s Theresa Busch, will utilize a breast cancer model to study photodynamic therapy. Photosensitizing drugs are administered to patients prior to surgery, and then activated by visible […]
FDA approved a hepatitis C virus quantitative RNA test to be used as an aid in the diagnosis of HCV infection for certain patient populations.
MAHA HUSSAIN will join the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University as associate director for clinical sciences research, effective Sept. 1.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network launched its value tool, NCCN Evidence Blocks, which will be presented at its annual conference, March 31 to April 2.
I first heard something about a red sofa that cost an impressive amount of money soon after I started to cover the controversy at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
The New England Journal of Medicine said it stands by the story that has triggered investigations of a potential breach of patient confidentiality.
Clifford Hudis was named CEO of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Matthew Ong, associate editor of The Cancer Letter, was selected as a finalist in the 2015 Best in Business Awards for Outstanding Business Journalism. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers recognized Ong’s series, “How Medical Devices Do Harm,” as the first runner up in the Print Weeklies/Biweeklies Investigative category. In a two-year investigation, […]
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER submitted its plan to comply with Senate Bill 11, a state law commonly known as Campus Carry, to the University of Texas System and its Board of Regents, as a public institution of higher education. Under the bill, any individual holding a valid concealed handgun license will be allowed to carry […]
