The American Association for Cancer Research is accepting nominations for the 2018 AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research.The AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research will recognize a worthy cancer researcher who has conducted highly meritorious translational and clinical cancer research who... […]
The FY17 Defense Appropriations Act provides $10 million to the Department of Defense Kidney Cancer Research Program to support United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity. As directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency J9, Research and Development Directorate manages the Defense Health Program Research,... […]
The European Commission approved Merck's Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of certain patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. said the FDA has granted orphan drug designation for Cellect's ApoGraft for the prevention of acute and chronic graft versus host disease in transplant patients.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey appointed H. Richard Alexander as its new chief surgical officer. He is also appointed as a professor of surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Weill Cornell Medicine was awarded a five-year, $11.3 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence grant from NCI to improve the detection, diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
The Senate Appropriations Committee Sept. 7 marked up its version of the fiscal 2018 Labor-HHS spending bill, giving NIH an increase of $2 billion over the current year.
The American Society for Radiation Oncology has selected 43 recipients to be presented with one of its 2017 Annual Meeting Abstract Awards. These individuals will be recognized for their top-rated research abstracts at ASTRO's 59th Annual Meeting, taking place Sept. 24-27 in San Diego.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network is working with MEDITECH to integrate the NCCN Chemotherapy Order Templates into MEDITECH's Web Electronic Health Record as standard cancer treatment protocols for use at point of care.
Camille Ragin, associate professor in the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, received a grant from NIH to create a center of research excellence at the University of the West Indies, a regional university with its main campus in Jamaica.
