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.
FDA approved Bendeka (bendamustine hydrochloride) injection, a 10-minute infusion formulation of bendamustine.
RAYMOND DUBOIS was named the next dean of The Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. DuBois will assume his new role effective March 1, 2016, with an academic appointment as professor while also holding an appointment in the Hollings Cancer Center.
THE HEALTHWELL FOUNDATION launched a fund to provide financial assistance to underinsured patients suffering from multiple myeloma, providing grants up to $10,000 to assist patients with copayment or premium costs.
