The American Cancer Society has approved funding for 93 research and training grants totaling $40,277,750 in the first of two grant cycles for 2019. The grants will fund investigators at 65 institutions across the U.S.; 86 are new grants while seven are renewals of previous grants. All the grants go into effect July 1, 2019.
Sara Hook was appointed associate director for NCI at Frederick. Hook currently oversees the performance of the Cancer Research Technology Program at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.
Principal investigator Mandi Pratt-Chapman has been awarded a $4.125 million cooperative agreement to continue work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide comprehensive technical assistance for National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program grantees.
Thirty-five patient and provider groups sent a letter to members of Congress this week expressing support for the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (H.R. 1570, S. 668). The legislation would eliminate cost sharing for seniors on Medicare who are hit with a surprise bill during a routine screening colonoscopy when a polyp is discovered and removed during the procedure.
Ali McBride was named 2019-2020 President of the Association of Community Cancer Centers during its 45 Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, in Washington, DC.xxx:more
Françoise Mornex will receive the 2019 Heine H. Hansen Award, the European Society for Medical Oncology and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer said. The award will be presented at the European Lung Cancer Congress, to be held April 10–13 in Geneva.
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has dedicated an MIBG Therapy Suite, built with the help of a a $1 million gift that Stephanie McMahon, WWE chief brand officer and Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE executive vice president, Talent, Live Events & Creative.
Fred Hirsch has joined Mount Sinai Health System as executive director of the newly-created Center for Thoracic Oncology in The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai.
Reps. Brian Higgins (D–NY), Brett Guthrie (R–KY), Doris Matsui (D–CA), and Gus Bilirakis (R–FL) announced introduction of the Cancer Drug Parity Act, a bipartisan bill requiring health insurance plans that cover intravenous and injectable cancer medications to also cover orally administered cancer medications at the equivalent rate.
Matthew Ong, a reporter with The Cancer Letter, was named a finalist in the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation's 2019 Trade Journalism Awards for his series, “When Surgical Innovation Kills.”
