Over 16,000 cancer deaths due to complications from COVID-19 in 2020 in US, new ACS study says

Pandemic caused temporary disruptions in CRC screening and minimal impact on diagnosis, two studies show

Two recent studies by researchers from Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine explore the effect of the pandemic on colorectal cancer screening tests and diagnostic colonoscopies in central Indiana.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

Guest Editorial

Our challenge: To find zen in chaos

This column is a love letter of sorts to our field, a recognition of all that we have accomplished and an acknowledgement that we need to find a path forward that supports and empowers the best of what it is to invest in cancer research.

January 31, 2025

Vol.51 No.04

By W. Kimryn Rathmell

In Brief

NCCN awards go to Green, Kumar, Black, and the COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee

Darcie Green, Shaji K. Kumar, Donna Black, and the NCCN COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee received of the 2024 National Comprehensive Cancer Network awards.

April 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.16

Clinical Roundup

COVID-19 pandemic associated with decline in number of reported cancer cases

The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with significant changes in diagnoses of all cancer types in 2020, with a 14.4% overall decline in the number of reported cancer cases in cancer centers accredited by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) compared with the prior year.

October 27, 2023

Vol.49 No.40

Clinical Roundup

Longitudinal nucleocapsid antibody testing reveals undocumented SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients with lung cancer

A study demonstrated that viral immune evasion enabled breakthrough infections of COVID-19 in patients with lung cancer, highlighting the importance of effective monitoring mechanisms, such as anti-N serology, to track infection rates in specific vulnerable populations.

October 27, 2023

Vol.49 No.40

In Brief

Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman awarded 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for mRNA vaccine research

Katalin Karikó (left) and Drew Weissman (right)Photo credit: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize OutreachKatalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.”

October 13, 2023

Vol.49 No.38