All 15 members of the External Advisory Board of the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center resigned, stating that they are also withdrawing their “endorsement for submission of the competitive renewal of the Cancer Center Support Grant.”
A panel convened by the Cancer History Project for Black History Month started with a discussion of mentorship, and concluded with a big underlying concept—justice.
No modern war has been fought on the territory of a country with nuclear power facilities.
Last week, the world lost a true visionary and a wonderful human being. Paul Farmer was committed to equity in health and beyond. His life’s work served to help make this world a fairer, better place. He was a humanitarian, champion of human rights.
As guest editor of the Cancer History Project during Black History Month, Robert A. Winn, director of VCU Massey Cancer Center, chose to focus on the contributions of Black doctors and scientists to the development of oncology.
Changes at Mission Control notwithstanding, the new Cancer Moonshot is ready for liftoff, says Danielle Carnival, coordinator of the White House cancer initiative.
President Joe Biden’s new national goal for the reignited Cancer Moonshot—to cut today’s age-adjusted cancer mortality rates by at least 50% before 2050—is bold, but achievable, said NCI Director Ned Sharpless.
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted cancer screening and treatment and exacerbated health disparities, but also created unexpected opportunities in cancer research and care, a recent report from the American Association for Cancer Research states.
Raymond N. DuBois has joined The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research as executive chairman of the board.
Edith Mitchell came a long way from growing up on a Tennessee farm, to becoming a brigadier general and serving on the President’s Cancer Panel.
