To better understand the demographics of catchment areas, and where overlaps and gaps in coverage may exist, the Association of American Cancer Institutes surveyed its members in late 2020.
Vince Jensen was named chief clinical operating officer of City of Hope. Jensen will lead clinical operations on City of Hope’s main campus in Los Angeles and throughout its network of more than 35 care locations in Southern California.
Kristin Ludwig was named vice president of global corporate communications at EQRx.
Following its proposal for a $633 million, 500,000-square-foot cancer center on Chicago’s South Side, the University of Chicago Medicine is beginning its community engagement effort with a virtual public meeting, set by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for 10 a.m. Feb. 15 (The Cancer Letter, Feb. 4, 2022).
The Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University announced the awardees of the 2022 Pilot grant competition.
Mignon Loh and Elizabeth Swisher were named deputy directors of the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium.
The University of Chicago Medicine plans to build a $633 million, 500,000-square-foot facility dedicated to cancer care on its medical campus on the city’s South Side.
City of Hope has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America (The Cancer Letter, Jan. 21, 2022).
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Cancer Society have entered a collaboration to improve access to expert-approved cancer content.
To mark World Cancer Day Feb. 4, the International Agency for Research of Cancer and partners are launching the World Code Against Cancer Framework, an online platform that will promote cancer prevention globally and the development of regional Codes Against Cancer.
