MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING Cancer Center and Hunter Douglas established the Hunter Douglas Fellowship in Breast Cancer Research, with a donation of $250,000 from the company. “It’s rare in today’s world to find anyone who doesn’t know someone—a family member, friend, co-worker, or business acquaintance—whose life hasn’t been affected by breast cancer,” said Ron Kass, president... […]
SEATTLE CHILDREN’S signed a letter of intent with Juno Therapeutics Inc. to expand their collaboration to accelerate the availability of T-cell immunotherapy clinical trials for children and adults with brain tumors. The aim of the collaboration is to fast-track clinical implementation with the goal of opening phase I clinical trials within the next two years.... […]
THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY is partnering with Merck Canada Inc. to launch New Horizons in Cancer Research. Merck confirmed a $1 million contribution to the Canadian Cancer Society to support the creation and roll out of the New Horizons project, designed as an online source for answers about the latest scientific discoveries in cancer and... […]
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S Lurie Cancer Center is hosting its 23rd annual Cancer Survivors' Celebration Walk & 5K Run in Chicago's Grant Park June 5, which coincides with National Cancer Survivors Day and the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
MARGARET FOTI received the Ovarcome Excellence Award in recognition of her accomplishments in the field of ovarian cancer research from Ovarcome Non-Profit Inc. Foti, the CEO of the American Association for Cancer Research, accepted the award at the foundation’s annual gala in Houston, where she delivered the keynote address. “I am deeply honored to be... […]
Roswell Park Cancer Institute recently recruited the following 22 faculty members and promoted 19 faculty members into senior leadership positions.
Only 40 percent of Americans have a positive overall impression of clinical trials, according to a national survey conducted for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology issued its first clinical practice guideline for invasive cervical cancer.
Since Candace Johnson's appointment as president and CEO of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in February 2015, the institute has recruited 22 new faculty members and promoted 19 faculty members into senior leadership positions.
THE CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS awarded 35 new grants totaling around $79.2 million. Thirty-three of the grants were made through CPRIT’s academic research program and two through its product development research program. The academic research grants, totaling approximately $45.3 million, include around $19.7 million for funding of four Core Facility Support Awards.... […]
