FDA announced the launch of the “Next Legends” Youth E-cigarette Prevention Campaign, which aims to protect youth from the dangers of tobacco use. The campaign will educate American Indian/Alaska Native youth, ages 12-17, about the harms of vaping through unique branding and tailored messaging.
Cancer organizations and pharmaceutical companies have formed a coalition that seeks to develop licensing agreements to improve access to essential cancer drugs in low- and lower-middle income countries (LLMICs).
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University was awarded a P01 program project grant from NCI to support research aimed at improving the effectiveness of immunotherapy for lung cancer in patients with a mutation of the LKB1 gene, a group for whom present immunotherapy options do not provide robust benefit.
The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center has begun constructing the Transformational Cancer Research Building, slated to open in 2024.
The Cancer Care Equity Act (SB 987) was unanimously passed by the California State Senate in a 34-0 vote. The bill is expected to be heard by the Assembly Health Committee next month.
Reena Philip was named associate director of biomarkers and precision oncology at FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence.
Mona Fouad received The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare.
Chris Neumann was named vice president of learning and education, and Kirsta Suggs the first director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, at the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
ASTRO delivered comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in response to the agency’s proposed rule that would indefinitely postpone the start of an alternative payment model for radiation oncology.
Aerobic exercise reprograms the immune system to reduce pancreatic tumor growth and amplify the effects of immunotherapy, according to a study led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Perlmutter Cancer Center.
