In the afternoon of July 22, the American Cancer Society instructed the staff of its National Home Office to pick up their belongings and equipment before July 30.
If non-profit organizations are unable to make good on their commitments to trainees, NCI is prepared to fill that gap, NCI Director Ned Sharpless said during a July 22 virtual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research on COVID-19 and Cancer.
Jason M. Hafron, director of research at the Michigan Institute of Urology, was taken aback by the results of a study he was conducting: the vast majority of patients with prostate cancer who need regular injections to suppress their testosterone levels didn't get treated on time.
The vast majority of patients with prostate cancer in the United States don't receive androgen deprivation therapy injections on time. Up to 84% of injections are delayed for patients on a 28-day schedule, according to an authoritative study published in the The Journal of Urology.
Two out of four investigational vaccine candidates by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE received Fast Track designation from FDA.
Palmetto GBA, a Medicare administrative contractor for the Molecular Diagnostic Services Program, has awarded coverage to the cancer profiling test GEM ExTra.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed a computational tool to identify alterations that drive tumor formation in 98% of the genome. Gene coding regions constitute 2% of the human genome.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has created the NCCN Distress Thermometer to help providers identify and address the multifactorial aspects of distress cancer patients can experience.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology is conducting an open search for the position of chief medical officer and executive vice president.
Marcella Nunez-Smith was appointed director of the Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity for Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, as well as chief health equity officer and deputy chief medical officer, at SCH—and associate cancer center director for Community Outreach and Engagement at YCC.
