Scott Eggener was named chair of the Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and executive medical director for urology for the UCLA Health system.
UC Davis Health and UCLA are co-leading a newly funded national clinical trial to evaluate whether AI can help radiologists interpret screening mammograms more accurately. The goal is to improve breast cancer detection and reduce unnecessary callbacks and anxiety for patients.
Kimberly Leslie, a professor at the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a 5-year, $12.9 million grant from NCI. Leslie and her research team, which includes scientists from the Universities of Iowa, Utah, Kansas, Virginia, and California at San Diego, will study all available hormonal regimens to prevent and treat endometrial cancer.
The Wistar Institute is opening the Center for Advanced Therapeutics to speed up the creation of new drugs and therapies for human health. The CAT is led by Paul Lieberman and capitalizes on a history of Wistar research in cancer, immunology, and infectious disease.
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.
Project Purple, a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering the fight against pancreatic cancer, is launching the Pancreatic Cancer Research Recovery Support Grant. The initiative provides up to two years of bridge or rescue funding for promising pancreatic cancer research projects that were disrupted due to administrative funding policy changes at major federal agencies such as the NIH, the Department of Defense, or the National Science Foundation.
Ten percent of pediatric blood and bone marrow cancers may have stemmed from radiation exposure, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and UC Davis.
An investigational immune-based induction regimen with Tecvayli (teclistamab-cqyv) and Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) demonstrated meaningful clinical efficacy in transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
For many older women, the question of whether to continue breast cancer screening has been uncertain. While most guidelines recommend mammograms up to age 74, advice for women 75 and older has been less clear.
