David Morse Livingston, a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientist who made key discoveries and forged novel collaborations that opened new paths in cancer science, died suddenly Oct. 17. Livingston was 80.
The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members.
When Susan Love joked that a group of breast cancer advocates in Salt Lake City should march topless to George H. W. Bush’s White House, she didn’t expect to be taken seriously.
Breast cancer awareness month edition, with 1994 letters to the editor on mammography and the Bernard Fisher scandal.
In the field of radiation oncology there is currently tremendous excitement about the delivery of radiation at much higher dose rates than typically used clinically.
FDA officials said the questions about accelerated approval of PD-1 and PD-L1 drugs have been largely resolved, thanks in part to guidance from the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee.
Spanning part of September and October, it is a time to celebrate and recognize Hispanics or Latinos or Latinx persons* for their contributions. This nationwide observation begins on Sept. 15 when several countries in Latin America celebrate independence—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico celebrates independence on Sept. 16 and Chile on Sept. 18. Towards the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, Oct. 12 is also recognized as Día de la Raza.1 Persons of Hispanic ancestry have walked the Americas since 1492.
Joseph R. Bertino, a physician who made fundamental discoveries in cancer biology, defined curative cancer treatment regimens, trained generations of influential cancer researchers, ran productive laboratories, and served as the inaugural director of Yale Cancer Center, died on Oct. 10. He was 91.
My dear friend and mentor, Joseph R. Bertino, MD, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in New Brunswick, NJ, after an extended illness.
Congress needs to increase the FY22 base budgets of NIH and NCI by $3.2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively, over FY21 levels, the American Association for Cancer Research said in its 2021 Cancer Progress Report.
