Report: Lung-MAP demonstrates potential of public-private partnerships

Jonathan Friedberg tells us how he built a cancer center in an underserved area of New York State

The University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute last week was named the 73rd NCI-designated cancer center. Now, New York State has eight NCI-designated cancer centers. Only California has more—ten.

Kennedy announces massive cuts, centralization at HHS—NCI and FDA hit
Also this week: Columbia yields, Makary and Bhattacharya confirmed, tariffs on pharmaceuticals, and more changes impacting oncology

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is making sweeping revisions by cutting personnel, centralizing functions, and consolidating divisions.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

By Claire Marie Porter and Jacquelyn Cobb

In Brief

Walter Curran, Jr. named Whitaker Endowed Chief of Piedmont Oncology

Walter J. “Wally” Curran, Jr. has been named the Whitaker Endowed Chief of Piedmont Oncology. This bestowed title is supported by the Piedmont Foundation’s Whitaker Endowment, a fund created by the Atlanta community in tribute to Piedmont’s cancer surgical leader, William Whitaker.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

In Brief

John Turchi named inaugural executive director of Indiana University’s Tom and Julie Wood Center for Lung Cancer

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has named John Turchi, the inaugural executive director of the Tom and Julie Wood Center for Lung Cancer Research.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

Clinical Roundup

Even light daily physical activity linked to lower cancer risk, NIH and Oxford study shows

In a prospective cohort study of more than 85,000 adults in the UK, researchers at the NIH and University of Oxford found that individuals who engaged in light- and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity daily physical activity had a lower risk of cancer than individuals who were more sedentary.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

Clinical Roundup

Study reinforces Tagrisso as the backbone therapy for EGFR-mutated lung cancer

New study results presented at the European Lung Cancer Congress 2025, March 26 to 29, demonstrate the role of AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib), as monotherapy and as the backbone for novel combinations, across stages and settings of epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. Highlights include:

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

Report: Lung-MAP demonstrates potential of public-private partnerships

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Study reinforces Tagrisso as the backbone therapy for EGFR-mutated lung cancer

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Kennedy announces massive cuts, centralization at HHS—NCI and FDA hit
Also this week: Columbia yields, Makary and Bhattacharya confirmed, tariffs on pharmaceuticals, and more changes impacting oncology