Mario Contreraz was named administrator of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center's Clinical Trials Office.
Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian and The Life Raft Group, a patient advocacy organization specializing in gastrointestinal stromal tumors cancer, entered into a collaborative research project to investigate the efficacy of a novel system biology approach for identifying the best treatment options for patients with advanced GIST.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published the NCCN Guidelines for Patients and NCCN Quick Guide sheets for Brain Cancer – Gliomas—the first in a series of patient education resources focused on brain cancer.
NIHCM Foundation awarded seven new grants totaling $345,000 to support investigator-initiated health services research.
LUNGevity launched a mobile application designed to make understanding and living with lung cancer less daunting and considerably more manageable.
On Jan. 12, the first anniversary of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, NPR's largest member station, KQED San Francisco, aired a one-hour program, which is posted here.
Paul Goldberg's novel, The Yid, was a finalist in the Goldberg Prize debut fiction category in the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards. The Yid is a dark comedy set in Moscow in 1953.
Chi Van Dang was appointed scientific director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
Jeffrey Vacirca was elected president of the Community Oncology Alliance for a one year term starting Jan. 1.
John Ruckdeschel was named director of the cancer institute of the University of Mississippi Medical Center as well as Ergon Chair in Cancer Research.
