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.
Moffitt Cancer Center has formed a contract research organization to accelerate the institution's immunotherapy research.
American Society for Radiation Oncology awarded its highest honor, the Gold Medal, to Winship Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., during the 2019 annual ASTRO meeting in Chicago Sept. 14-18.
Six members of the House of Representatives recently introduced the Fairness to Kids with Cancer Act (HR-4429), which seeks to adjust federal funding levels for pediatric cancer at a fairer percentage rate than is currently allocated.
Harmar Brereton of Northeast Regional Cancer Institute and Dana Dornsife of Lazarex Cancer Foundation were named recipients of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Ellen L. Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care. xxx:moreThe award
Moffitt Cancer Center and AdventHealth are partnering to provide cancer treatment and better access to cancer prevention, education, cancer screenings and early phase clinical trials for patients in Florida.
The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute received a $9.2 million grant through the NCI's Specialized Program of Research Excellence.
