THE KNIGHT CANCER INSTITUTE at Oregon Health & Science University launched a program to aid communities statewide in addressing cancer-related needs.
MERCK SERONO awarded its first Grant for Oncology Innovation, who will receive grants totaling EUR 1 million. The grant supports researchers focused on personalized treatment of solid tumors.
Eli Lilly & Co. didn't ask Dan Goldstein, an oncologist at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, to price their drugs, but he volunteered his services anyway.
KIDS V CANCER was awarded the 2015 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation for its role in the 2012 Creating Hope Act. Kids v Cancer was chosen out of 655 applicants from nonprofits.
The American Cancer Society published a breast cancer screening guideline that steers toward the middle course in deciding when mammography screening should start and how often it should be performed.
JODI DANIEL joined the firm Crowell & Moring LLP as a partner in its Health Care Group.
RICHARD PAZDUR and ELLEN GOODMAN were honored by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship for their contributions to cancer care at the “Focus on the Care” reception Oct. 21 in Washington, D.C.
THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS published a white paper, titled “What Will It Take? Five Essential Actions to Achieve a Positive Impact on Patient Care in the Integrated Healthcare Environment,” at its 32nd National Oncology Conference, addressing patient care in a changing provider setting.
THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS announced the six winners of its 2015 Innovator Awards.
The Cancer Letter invited Richard Wender, chief cancer control officer of the American Cancer Society, to describe the rationale for the society’s new guideline for breast cancer screening.
