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Experts warn that loss of carcinogen surveillance threatens to increase cancer incidence

Testing of chemicals for potential cancer causation (carcinogenesis) has long been a successful disease-prevention initiative of the highest priority.

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Vol.51 No.39

By David M. DeMarini, Rosalie Elespuru, Miriam C. Poirier and Errol Zeiger

Clinical Roundup

GammaTile delivers superior tumor control vs. standard-of-care for newly diagnosed operable brain metastases

GammaTile showed superiority in the primary endpoint of the study. Patients who received GammaTile lived longer without tumor regrowth, reducing the risk of either tumor recurrence or death by 50% reduction compared to standard of care, according to interim results from the ROADS clinical trial, which evaluated GammaTile versus standard of care in patients with operable, newly diagnosed brain metastases.

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Vol.51 No.39

Clinical Roundup

Enzalutamide drug combination cuts risk of death in advanced prostate cancer, Cedars-Sinai-led study shows

Men whose prostate cancer returns after surgery or radiation therapy may now benefit from a new drug combination shown in clinical trials to cut the risk of death by more than 40%.

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Vol.51 No.39

News Analysis Regulatory News

How animal testing became a MAHA political wedge issue
While cancer scientists say NIH, FDA moves are premature, animal rights advocates say changes aren’t drastic enough

Bowing to the growing animal rights movement, FDA and NIH have made policy changes to discourage animal testing, instead favoring alternative research models.

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By Claire Marie Porter and Jacquelyn Cobb

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: Steven Artandi and Eric Winer on how looming policy changes “reverberate” through oncology
“Even when funding gets restored and if the H-1B visa threat doesn’t materialize, it creates an environment where especially young people become uncertain.”

With major leadership changes, grant disruptions and terminations, and a stoked distrust in science, Steven Artandi, the director of Stanford Cancer Center, worries that young investigators will feel disenchanted by the U.S. research atmosphere and take their work and study elsewhere.

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Vol.51 No.37

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

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Lazarex Cancer Foundation set to close its doors Dec. 31
Can health nonprofits survive in the current environment?

As every non-profit organization knows, it is our obligation to be purpose-driven. Most NPO founders and the people who work for them have been thrown into this space as a result of life experiences. It is our passion rather than a job to simply collect a paycheck.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Erin Miller

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Enzalutamide drug combination cuts risk of death in advanced prostate cancer, Cedars-Sinai-led study shows

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How animal testing became a MAHA political wedge issue
While cancer scientists say NIH, FDA moves are premature, animal rights advocates say changes aren’t drastic enough

The Directors: Steven Artandi and Eric Winer on how looming policy changes “reverberate” through oncology
“Even when funding gets restored and if the H-1B visa threat doesn’t materialize, it creates an environment where especially young people become uncertain.”

Lazarex Cancer Foundation set to close its doors Dec. 31
Can health nonprofits survive in the current environment?