Following an explosion of criticism, NCI said funding for community oncology clinics would not be interrupted.
JOHN POWDERLY II was named the recipient of the David King Community Clinical Scientist Award by the Association of Community Cancer Centers. Award winners become lifetime members of the ACCC National Academy of Community Oncology Scientists.
THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK updated its clinical practice guidelines in oncology for Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Colorectal.
THIRTEEN GRADUATE STUDENTS received the 2014 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award sponsored by the Basic Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
THE RARE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION and Caring for Carcinoid Foundation announced up to $300,000 in globally available awards to develop cell lines for intestinal carcinoid and pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.
THE COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY ALLIANCE released the results of its IV Fluid Shortage Survey. Sixty-six practices from across the country were surveyed. The results showed that:
MARION COUCH was named the Richard T. Miyamoto Professor and chair of the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Couch will assume her duties June 1, pending approval by the trustees of Indiana University.
SAMUEL BRODER was named executive vice president of scientific and public affairs at the Intrexon Corporation. The former director of NCI was most recently chairman of Intrexon's health sector.
THE PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE appointed 10 members to a new Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials. The panel will convene for its first meeting May 1 in Washington, D.C.
Current Medicare policies do not adequately reimburse cancer care provided in the community setting, the Community Oncology Alliance and the U.S. Oncology Network said in a joint, open letter to members of Congress.
