A $25 million anonymous philanthropic gift to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey will provide groundbreaking support for the Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence.
Stand Up To Cancer received a $10 million grant from Exact Sciences to improve colorectal cancer screening, early detection and prevention.
Northwell Health has opened a $6.2 million, 11,300-square-foot cancer center in Riverhead, on the East End of Long Island.
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded five grants to support research of induced proximity, which involves controlling the physical distance between proteins to regulate or perturb biological processes in the cancer cell.
To guide the National Association for Proton Therapy, the organization has created a Physician Advisory Committee.
Congress passed legislation aimed at improving access to clinical trials for communities of color and decreasing health disparities. The bill was signed by the president Jan. 5.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a compromise healthcare bill that calls for reimbursing cancer patients for the out-of-pocket expenses associated with clinical trial participation and creating across the board reimbursement programs in the state.
Stephanie Halene was named chief of hematology at Yale Cancer Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
David Haggstrom was named director of Regenstrief Institute's William M. Tierney Center for Health Services Research.
Sue S. Yom was named editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (Red Journal), the flagship scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
