The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting.Â
Jennifer Bickel has been named the inaugural vice president and chief wellness officer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She will begin on Jan. 6, 2025.
Lorenzo Galluzzi was named associate professor with tenure in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center received a $50 million gift from Richard and Susan Rogel for pancreatic cancer research and care.
A multidisciplinary team of experts in lung cancer screening and implementation science from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, an independent charitable organization, to spearhead a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center hosted its ninth annual Boot Walk to End Cancer fundraising event on Nov. 2, in the Texas Medical Center. This year, the Boot Walk’s 7,000+ in-person participants and 1,200+ virtual participants from Houston and around the world joined together to raise $1.4 million to support the institution’s mission to end cancer.
A new report says those considering PSA screening need such quantitative information on risks and benefits of treatment if they are to make truly informed decisions. Yet leading guidelines do not provide specific estimates of risk. The risks of adverse effects and complications from treatment for prostate cancer are substantial and continue for years after... […]
Researchers leading the SWOG S1712 clinical trial have found that adding ruxolitinib (Jakafi) to standard tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment for patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia significantly increased the percentage of patients who had a molecular response deep enough to warrant discontinuing treatment. Results were presented at the European School of Haematology’s 26th Annual John... […]
Quitting smoking within six months after a cancer diagnosis adds an average of two years to a patient’s life, according to a study published inJAMA Oncology, With this information in hand, all cancer centers have an obligation to offer evidence-based smoking cessation to all patients, said Graham Warren, vice-chair for Research in the Department of... […]
While pancreatic cancer rates are rising in people under age 50, a new survey conducted by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute shows that most people continue to believe that pancreatic disease affects only elderly people—and that there is nothing they can do to... […]
