GUARDANT HEALTH has partnered with SWOG on a study to use cell-free DNA testing to identify mechanisms of resistance and future treatment options in non-small cell lung cancer. SWOG chose Guardant360 as the blood test for a tumor genomic profiling study of approximately 600 lung cancer patients. The study will test patients at the time... […]
THE BARBARA ANN KARMANOS Cancer Institute and the Detroit Tigers will host the fourth annual “Pink Out the Park” Sept. 18 at Comerica Park in Detroit, as the Tigers play the Kansas City Royals. The event helps raise funds for breast cancer research at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. Delta Air Lines, the official airline of... […]
THE CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION of the American Society of Clinical Oncology honored six oncology practices from throughout the U.S. with its 2015 Clinical Trials Participation Awards during the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago. The CTPA was first awarded in 2003 to recognize community-based practices for excellence in implementing high-quality clinical trials programs and to also... […]
MAURIZIO D’INCALCI will receive an award in recognition of his scientific career at the Special Conference on Anticancer Drug Action and Drug Resistance: from Cancer Biology to the Clinic, organized by the European Association of Cancer Research, the American Association of Cancer Research and the Italian Cancer Society and that will be held in Florence,... […]
Five members are rotating off THE NCI BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS. They are: Todd Golub, (chair), chief scientific officer at the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. Curt Civin, director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and a regenerative medicine professor of pediatrics and physiology associate dean for research at... […]
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY announced two research collaborations.
THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY plans to fund three centers of excellence to study how high-performing health care systems promote evidence-based practices in delivering care. The grants were announced at AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting in Minneapolis by Richard Kronick, director of AHRQ.
JOHN ZAIA was named director of the Center for Gene Therapy within City of Hope's Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute.
JOHN SAMPSON was named chair of the new Department of Neurosurgery within the Duke University School of Medicine.
THE CANCER LETTERreceived a first place2015 Dateline Award for Excellence in Local Journalismfrom the Society of Professional Journalists June 9. The award recognizesMatthew Ong'sseries “Power Morcellation: A Hazardous Practice” as the winner in the Newsletter, Washington, D.C., category.
