The Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Prize 2019, goes to Serena Nik-Zainal from the Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge.
Vadim Backman was named associate director for Research Technology and Infrastructure at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.
City of Hope announced a partnership to provide a range of enhanced cancer support services to Amazon employees in the U.S.—including a dedicated phone line staffed by oncology nurses, specialized support for complex cancers and diagnosis and treatment plan review.
NCI has awarded a four-year, more than $1.87 million grant to University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers to study the impact of implementing financial navigation services at five rural cancer centers in North Carolina to help patients cope with the financial burden, or financial toxicity, related to cancer care.
The American Cancer Society, Union for International Cancer Control and International Agency for Research on Cancer have published The Cancer Atlas, 3rd edition, an overview of cancer around the globe.
Shawna C. Willey was named Peterson Chair of Breast Cancer Research at Inova Schar Institute, where she will lead breast surgical research and recommend new technologies and treatment in breast cancer.
Nicholas J. Petrelli, the Bank of America endowed medical director of ChristianaCare's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, received the Tilton Award from the Medical Society of Delaware for his work to decrease Delaware's cancer mortality rate and improve the state's cancer care.
Thaer Khoury of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center was promoted to chief of Breast Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
The Cancer Progress Report published by the American Association for Cancer Research notes unequal progress among cancer types and stages as well as disparities in care.
Barry Kramer, former director of the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, has received the People's Republic of China Friendship Award, the highest honor given to non-citizens.
