Study finds no correlation between cancer burden in catchment areas and cancer centers’ CCSG funding

The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open
“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”

In recent months, several directors of cancer centers, appearing on The Directors, a segment of The Cancer Letter Podcast, mentioned that their institutions are increasingly providing small grants—typically in the range of $50,000—to scientists to enable them to keep their labs open.

April 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.16

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

NCI

At AACR, Letai announces prevention and screening project for southern Appalachia, describes a future without paylines
There’s “clear evidence that funding is moving and the system is working.”

Tucked in at the end of a 20-minute talk that covered paylines, promising young investigators, and precision medicine, NCI Director Anthony G. Letai beefed up the alliteration with two more words that begin with a “p”: prevention and pilot.

April 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.16

By Sara Willa Ernst

Cancer History Project Editorial

Calabresi’s “Cancer at a Crossroads” report was the first step toward historic doubling of the NIH budget
Fox Chase’s Winn contemplates Crossroads 2.0

At a lecture at Yale Cancer Center recently, Robert A. Winn brandished a copy of a 32-year old booklet titled “Cancer at a Crossroads: A Report to Congress for the Nation,” using it as a show-and-tell prop in arguing that America’s cancer program is once again at a crossroads and therefore in urgent need of strategic thinking (The Cancer Letter, April 10, 2026).

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

By Paul Goldberg

Bridging communication and genomics: A path toward equitable cancer care

The era of genomic oncology is defined by complexity. Over the last decades, we have moved from single-gene tests to multi-gene panels and, eventually, will be routinely using whole-exome/whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing in clinical care.

Cancer Center at Illinois is recognized as NCI Basic Cancer Center, becoming the first new institution to earn this designation in 40 years

The Cancer Center at Illinois was designated as a Basic Cancer Center by NCI.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

In Brief

Destination Healthy Skin RV will provide free skin exams in 40 U.S. cities

The Skin Cancer Foundation is bringing Destination Healthy Skin to 40 cities in 22 states this year. The Foundation kicked off its 2026 mobile education and screening program on April 15 in Columbus, Ohio.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

Study finds no correlation between cancer burden in catchment areas and cancer centers’ CCSG funding

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Study finds no correlation between cancer burden in catchment areas and cancer centers’ CCSG funding

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”

At AACR, Letai announces prevention and screening project for southern Appalachia, describes a future without paylinesThere’s “clear evidence that funding is moving and the system is working.”

Calabresi’s “Cancer at a Crossroads” report was the first step toward historic doubling of the NIH budgetFox Chase’s Winn contemplates Crossroads 2.0

Bridging communication and genomics: A path toward equitable cancer care

Cancer Center at Illinois is recognized as NCI Basic Cancer Center, becoming the first new institution to earn this designation in 40 years

Destination Healthy Skin RV will provide free skin exams in 40 U.S. cities

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The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open
“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”

At AACR, Letai announces prevention and screening project for southern Appalachia, describes a future without paylines
There’s “clear evidence that funding is moving and the system is working.”

Calabresi’s “Cancer at a Crossroads” report was the first step toward historic doubling of the NIH budget
Fox Chase’s Winn contemplates Crossroads 2.0

Destination Healthy Skin RV will provide free skin exams in 40 U.S. cities