MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING Cancer Center's new, largest suburban location, MSK West Harrison, is set to see patients Oct. 6.
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER received a $10 million grant from ExxonMobil for the center's Moon Shots program.
ROBERT MILLER was named medical director of the Institute for Quality of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
THE BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE and Wayne State University reaffirmed their affiliation agreement, which has spanned 20 years.
NCI has launched a pilot study to investigate the molecular factors of tumors associated with exceptional treatment responses of cancer patients to drug therapies,The Exceptional Responders Initiative seeks to identify the molecular features of tumors that predict whether a particular drug or class of drugs will be beneficial.
DOUG ULMAN was appointed president and CEO of Pelotonia, a cycling fundraiser that has raised more than $61 million for cancer research. Ulman is president and CEO of the LIVESTRONG Foundation.
QVC and The Fashion Footwear Association of New York presented $240,000 for breast cancer research to the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Center.
THE EUROPEAN HEAD AND NECK SOCIETY and the European Cancer Patient Coalition called for the implementation of a Europe-wide head and neck cancer early diagnosis awareness program in the European Parliament.
THE FDA DRUG SHORTAGE ASSISTANCE AWARD… There is such a thing!
