Celsion Corporation announced results from its dose escalating phase IB OVATION I trial evaluating neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment for six cycles and GEN-1 given weekly for a total of eight doses prior to interval debulking surgery in newly diagnosed patients with stage III/IV ovarian cancer.
A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine has found that, in spite of the higher incidence and death rate of colorectal cancer in blacks, no difference exists in the overall prevalence of advanced, precancerous polyps between average-risk blacks and whites who underwent a screening colonoscopy.
A publication by UT Southwestern researchers focuses on biology of formation of disfiguring skin tumors associated with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Ken Cowan will step down as director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer at the end of June 2019.
Otis BrawleyPatricia GanzJames WadeThe Association of Community Cancer Centers presented three of its national awards on at its 35th National Oncology Conference in Phoenix Oct. 17-18:
Taylor Ripley, an expert in mesothelioma, thoracic surgical oncology and robotic thoracic surgery, will join the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.
Alastair Thompson was named section chief of breast surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, and co-director of the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, part of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
Richard Drachtman, clinical section chief of the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, received the 2018 recipient of the Melvyn H. Motolinsky Research Foundation Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his accomplishments and leadership in the field of pediatric cancer and blood disorders.
Mount Sinai Hospital has launched the Mount Sinai Mobile Mammography Program, bringing essential breast cancer detection services and education to women in New York City.
The Trump administration earlier this week said it intends to start the rulemaking process aimed at aligning Medicare payments for drugs with prices paid outside the US.
