On behalf of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Mountain West—a region that includes Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming, covering 17% of the landmass of the continental United States—Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) has a longstanding focus on improving cancer research, prevention, and treatment strategies for our patients and communities.
As a Latina, I feel deeply impacted when I see reports of hate crimes against ethnic and racial minorities in the news. The recent string of news reports highlighting police brutality and the victimization of black people has caused a great deal of pain in my heart, prompting me to reflect on my own experiences.
Two articles in the July 24 issue of The Cancer Letter referenced a April 1 Journal of Urology manuscript (doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000000577) describing frequent delays in administration of LHRH agonists and the potential clinical impact as assessed through recovery of testosterone.
The past two decades have brought hope to myeloma patients, as the majority benefit from the significant advances in chemotherapy.
Real-world data is everywhere. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are literally generating, and collecting, real-world data every single day—from electronic health records, insurance claims, patient registries, and a myriad of other sources. But the question remains: how do we use this data to better understand, prevent, and treat this disease?
Early in the War Against Cancer, when huge amounts of federal funds were suddenly funneled into cancer research, many scientists and clinicians working in other fields suddenly found it convenient—if not essential—to incorporate cancer into the title of their grant applications.
As we approach the middle of June, Georgia appears to have come to the other side of its COVID-19 curve. Available information from the Georgia Department of Health reveals Georgia has nearly 54,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with the heaviest concentration of cases in the metro Atlanta area (as a result of population size, not density).
Since the dawn of man: when a novel virus is introduced to the human species, the world is changed forever. Despite all of our advances—we can share information around the globe in seconds and we can fly to the moon—a never-before-seen virus can stop us all in our tracks and steal people’s lives too soon.
The year 2020 will no doubt be recorded as one of the most tumultuous in our nation’s, if not the world’s, history.
