Fred Hutch’s Christopher Li: Cancer centers should commit more resources to meet NCI’s Plan to Enhance Diversity requirements

Enrollment begins in NCI’s Vanguard study focused on defining benefits of MCD tests

NCI has initiated a pilot study to address the feasibility of using multi-cancer detection, or MCD, tests in future randomized controlled trials.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

Cancer Policy

Supreme Court lifts lower-court freeze on RIFs

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily lifted a lower court’s freeze on the Trump administration’s reductions in force, or RIFs, freeing the government to continue their large-scale restructuring of the federal government.

HHS asks employees to report instances of “DEI policies that caused discrimination”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is searching for examples of employees, grant recipients, and contractors harmed by DEI efforts of the federal government in the last five years, as part of the Trump administration’s mission to end initiatives set up to diversify the workforce and bolster opportunities forhistorically disadvantaged groups.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

By Sara Willa Ernst

Funding Opportunities

NCI, SITC immunotherapy fellowship calls for applications

NCI and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer are accepting applications for a one-year fellowship program beginning in July 2026.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

Guest Editorial

As cancer scientists, we must change how we engage with the public on the impact of NIH cuts
What the scientific method obscures

We recently had the privilege of contributing to a CBS Sunday Morning story on the ongoing crisis in the federal support for research in general and cancer research in particular.

July 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.26

By George J. Weiner and Elizabeth M. Jaffee

In the Archives

Since 1991, the Women’s Health Initiative has saved lives, cut costs, and fostered team science

When the Women’s Health Initiative was announced in 1991, it was set to be the largest women’s health study ever conducted. The WHI scope is massive: the initiative has recruited more than 161,000 women and engaged more than 5,000 scientists from the U.S. and beyond.

July 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.26

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