William G. Cance was named the American Cancer Society's chief medical and scientific officer.
Heather Wakelee, professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology at Stanford University, was elected president-elect of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
The European Society for Medical Oncology announced the winners of its annual awards. The four clinicians and scientists will be formally honored Sept. 27 during the ESMO Congress 2019 in Barcelona.
Carla J. Berg was named the associate center director for population sciences and policy for the George Washington University Cancer Center.
Jeffrey Bradley was named executive vice chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Emil Lou, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, was appointed medical director of the Masonic Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office.
Washington University investigators at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been awarded a $15 million grant to study genetic changes that drive acute myeloid leukemia and predict patients' responses to therapy.
Inova Schar Cancer Institute of Inova Fairfax Hospital has recruited four new expert cancer care providers, including a senior director of nursing, Nancy Bowles, and three hematology oncology specialists, Danielle A. Shafer, Angela Pennisi, and Lubna Saqib.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Minnesota Oncology, a practice in The US Oncology Network, announced a five-year agreement that will make Blue Cross and Minnesota Oncology jointly accountable for the overall cost of cancer care provided to Blue Cross members through a value-based risk arrangement.
The American Association for Cancer Research has announced a new journal, Blood Cancer Discovery. The journal will be the ninth in the AACR's portfolio of scientific publications, including Cancer Discovery.
