Haystack Oncology, a Quest Diagnostics company, and Rutgers Cancer Institute are partnering to evaluate the use of Haystack MRD, a circulating tumor DNA minimal residual disease test, to help optimize postoperative therapy decisions in patients with stage 2/3 non-small cell lung cancer.
Moffitt Cancer Center and Tampa-based Mainsail Lodging & Development announced a partnership to bring a new 200-room, full-service hotel to Moffitt’s McKinley Campus. Expected to open in summer 2028, the hotel aims to enhance the experience of patients, families, visiting physicians and scientists, and the broader community.
Frank McCormick, of the University of California San Francisco, a pioneering scientist whose discoveries have transformed the understanding of RAS-driven cancers, was selected as recipient of the inaugural Stephenson Global Prize.
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence grant by NCI for a combined program focused on cancer outcomes.
The Liver Tumor Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected by NCI as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence.
Yale Cancer Center’s Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Lung Cancer was awarded a renewal grant from NCI for year 11 of the program.
The NCI Community Oncology Research Program selected Kathleen Yost Butler and Kamara Mertz-Rivera as recipients of this year’s outstanding principal investigator and administrator, respectively, at the 2025 NCORP annual meeting in Bethesda.
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute appointed Chandrajit P. Raut as chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Mass General Brigham Department of Surgery and Surgery Program Leader for the Sarcoma Disease Center.
Pierluigi Porcu has been named division chief for hematology and blood and marrow transplantation at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute named Kathleen Fedoronko as the new chief nursing officer and vice president of Patient Care Services at Karmanos Cancer Hospital.
