Diagnosing breast cancer costs more in the U.S. than in Europe, according to a study produced by iData, a market research firm.
NCI announced the consolidation of NCI central communications functions into the new Office of Communications and Public Liaison. The office will bring together the Office of Communications and Education, the Office of Media Relations, and the Executive Secretariat.
W. MICHAEL ALBERTS received the honorary title of master fellow from the American College of Chest Physicians. Alberts is chief medical officer of Moffitt Cancer Center.
JOEL HELMKE joined WellStar Health System as corporate vice president of oncology services.
MICHAEL SAPIENZA received the 2014 David Jagelman, MD, Award for Advocacy in Colorectal Cancer from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
ELLEN MILLER SONET was named chief strategy and alliance officer of CancerCare.
JOHN BIRKMEYER was named executive vice president for enterprise support services for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system.
KEVIN FITZGERALD, a Jesuit priest, Georgetown bioethicist and cancer researcher, has been appointed by Pope Francis to serve as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Culture.
V. CRAIG JORDAN will join MD Anderson Cancer Center as a professor in Breast Medical Oncology and Molecular and Cellular Oncology. He will begin work in October.
REP. HENRY WAXMAN received the Lifetime Achievement Award from The 340B Coalition.
