The University of Minnesota has established a new Institute for Global Cancer Prevention Research.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Community Oncology Alliance jointly released new Oncology Medical Home standards, which provide a comprehensive roadmap for oncology practices to deliver high-quality, evidence-based cancer care.
The American Association for Cancer Research Foundation has joined a fundraising partnership with The Battle Cancer CrossFit Challenge.
The California State Assembly Health Committee unanimously voted to advance the Cancer Patients’ Bill of Rights (Senate Concurrent Resolution 11) to the full California Assembly.
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Hummingbird Bioscience have entered into a multi-year strategic research collaboration to investigate and evaluate HMBD-002, Hummingbird’s VISTA antagonist antibody.
COTA and MedStar Health have entered into a research partnership to accelerate scientific discovery and improve care for cancer patients.
Theresa W. Gillespie was named associate director for community outreach and engagement at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Ajay Maker was named chief of the new Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery and the Maurice Galante Distinguished Professorship in Surgical Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Peter Abdelmessieh has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies.
Registration has begun for the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s annual meeting, which will return to an in-person conference at McCormick Place West in Chicago, Oct. 24-27.


