The National Comprehensive Cancer Network said its registration count has grown to more than one million users. By registering on the NCCN website, users are able to view and download all of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology free of charge for non-commercial use. According to the latest count, the number of registered users has grown to 1,013,449.
Fox Chase Cancer Center has partnered with Suburban Community Hospital to open the Fox Chase Cancer Center East Norriton Hospital Outpatient Center.
Xiongbin Lu was named the Vera Bradley Foundation Professor of Breast Cancer Innovation at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is also professor of medical and molecular genetics at IU School of Medicine and a member of the Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics research program at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center.
The George Washington University Cancer Center announced a new state-of-the-art mobile mammography van, known as the GW Mammovan.
MD Anderson has begun a search for a chief academic officer.
Ethan Dmitrovsky was appointed president Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. and Laboratory director of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.
The disparity in survival outcomes between black and white women with breast cancer—the result of a complex interaction of biologic and nonbiologic factors—can be reduced by increasing access to health care in all U.S. states, researchers from the American Cancer Society concluded in a recent study.
Ten years ago, the formation of the Komen Tissue Bank at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center was met with skepticism.
When two women—a patient advocate and a scientist—embarked on a mission to collect “normal” breast tissue for comparative purposes, colleagues in oncology dismissed their idea as wild.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said FDA has accepted for priority review its supplemental Biologics License Application for Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with melanoma who are at high risk of disease recurrence following complete surgical resection.
