In a related development, president Michael McRobbie announced the formation of the Champion Center for Cancer Control Research at the IU School of Nursing. It is named after oncology researcher Distinguished Professor Victoria Champion. With 13 faculty members pursuing groundbreaking research in oncology, IU School of Nursing has the largest number of oncology research-intensive faculty... […]
THE JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE at the St. Johns Health Center, Providence Health Systems in Santa Monica, CA, and Singapore-based Clearbridge BioMedics will work together to establish a Circulating Tumor Cell Center of Research Excellence. This new center builds upon JWCI’s experience in CTC assessment in patients and Clearbridge BioMedics’ expertise in isolating CTCs. The... […]
ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION is providing infrastructure grants to nearly 40 childhood cancer institutions across the U.S., allowing them to conduct research and increase the number of children participating in clinical trials. A joint program was created from three Chicago institutions, with the support of St. Baldrick’s infrastructure grants, to enroll patients on Children’s Oncology Group... […]
WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE and New York Genome Center will receive a NCI grant worth $490,000 annually for five years to support a joint cancer genomics data center for the research and clinical interpretation of tumors. The WCM-NYGC center will perform computational analyses examining DNA and RNA to understand the role of different mutations and to... […]
NCCN announced the launch of Just Bag It: The NCCN Campaign for Safe Vincristine Handling. This campaign encourages health care providers to adopt a policy to always dilute and administer vincristine in a mini IV-drip bag to prevent a deadly medical error. If vincristine is mistakenly administered into the spinal fluid, it is uniformly fatal,... […]
PETER O'DWYER was elected group co-chair elect of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group.
SUSAN RAWL, professor of adult health at the Indiana University School of Nursing and a researcher at the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, received nearly $2.6 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to compare interventions to increase colorectal cancer screening among underserved patients with limited resources. Rawl’s study was selected for PCORI... […]
VALERIE ARMSTEAD joined Fox Chase Cancer Center as a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. Armstead joins Fox Chase from Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, where she served as a staff anesthesiologist and a professor on the faculty of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('.people-thumb + p > span.has-red-100-color, .people-thumb +... […]
INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM and the University of Virginia agreed to form a research and education partnership to collaborate on research, medical education, and the recruitment of researchers, scientists and investigators.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY and Innovative Oncology Business Solutions Inc. announced a collaboration, ASCO COME HOME, an oncology medical home program designed to transition community oncology practices from volume-based to value-based care by structuring reimbursement around the full range of services needed by patients with cancer. ASCO COME HOME will also prepare oncology... […]
