Steady reductions in smoking combined with advances in cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment have resulted in a 23 percent drop in the cancer death rate since its peak in 1991, according to the annual Cancer Statistics report from the American Cancer Society.
ST. JUDE announced a $20-million commitment from The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to support inpatient care. The Cohen Foundation's gift will help fund the construction of an inpatient care unit for children treated at the new Kay Research & Care Center on the St. Jude campus.
INOVA and George Mason University formed a partnership to conduct translational research. The partnership was announced by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER opened its Josie Robertson Surgery Center. At full capacity, the outpatient center will accommodate 60 surgeries a day.
RESEARCH!AMERICA unveiled its policy wish list for 2016, urging Congress to take action on several research priorities.
Guardant Health and Mirati Therapeutics Inc. entered into a collaboration for the development of a circulating tumor DNA assay for Mirati's kinase inhibitor, glesatinib.
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Kymab announced a partnership in immuno-oncology research.
Alfred G. Gilman, a Nobel laureate who concluded his academic career in the role of chief scientific officer of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, died Dec. 23, 2015. Gilman, 74, had pancreatic cancer.
From a 2008 video produced by NCCS titled "Ellen Stovall: One Person Can Make a Difference," available below.
As the New Year approaches, we are preparing to revamp our website and launch an app. The work on it is almost done—a January launch seems likely.
