Schulam to Serve as Interim Director of Yale Cancer Center as Lynch Plans to Step Down

9/11, mRNA, musical chairs—and an assassination attempt

This week’s oncology headlines run the gamut—from a discussion on the long-term consequences of 9/11 on lung cancer incidence, to the promise—and limits—of cutting edge mRNA science, to major institutional leadership changes, and even the intersection of cancer and war.

September 16, 2026

Cancer History Project

25 years after 9/11, a smoking cessation program may have curbed lung cancer risk for first responders at Ground Zero
“We seem to have a risk of exposure that needed that extra boost of the cigarette to cause the cancer.”

Twenty-five years ago, the attack on the World Trade Center engulfed Ground Zero in a shroud of smoke, leaving Lower Manhattan covered in toxic dust for months.

mRNA vaccine for melanoma is hailed as a turning point in medicine
The data from Moderna and Merck’s trial have yet to be presented

For years, personalized cancer vaccines have promised to make a radical idea possible—a treatment designed not just for a particular type of cancer, but for the distinctive mutations in a patient’s tumor.

September 11, 2026

Vol.52 No.33

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer leaders play “musical chairs” as executive jobs fill at top cancer centers
Lee replaces Pisters at MD Anderson, Tuveson moves to Duke, and Mitchell is named director at University of Florida

Change swept through executive offices at cancer centers in recent weeks, shifting top leadership at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Duke Cancer Institute, and the University of Florida.

September 11, 2026

Vol.52 No.33

By Paul Goldberg

Russian general tied to bombing Kyiv children’s hospital shot in apparent retribution hit

Russian general who was accused by Ukraine’s security services of carrying out a bombing of a pediatric cancer hospital in Kyiv two years ago was shot by an unknown assassin deep inside Russia, becoming the latest in a series of Russia’s commanders to be killed or wounded in retribution for war crimes.

September 11, 2026

Vol.52 No.33

By Paul Goldberg

UK Markey’s Tim Mullett: How the Markey Affiliate Network brings NCI-level cancer care to every corner of Kentucky

As Kentucky’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has a responsibility that extends far beyond its home in central Kentucky.

September 11, 2026

Vol.52 No.33

By University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center

Schulam to Serve as Interim Director of Yale Cancer Center as Lynch Plans to Step Down

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9/11, mRNA, musical chairs—and an assassination attempt

25 years after 9/11, a smoking cessation program may have curbed lung cancer risk for first responders at Ground Zero
“We seem to have a risk of exposure that needed that extra boost of the cigarette to cause the cancer.”

mRNA vaccine for melanoma is hailed as a turning point in medicine
The data from Moderna and Merck’s trial have yet to be presented

Cancer leaders play “musical chairs” as executive jobs fill at top cancer centers
Lee replaces Pisters at MD Anderson, Tuveson moves to Duke, and Mitchell is named director at University of Florida

Russian general tied to bombing Kyiv children’s hospital shot in apparent retribution hit

UK Markey’s Tim Mullett: How the Markey Affiliate Network brings NCI-level cancer care to every corner of Kentucky

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Schulam to Serve as Interim Director of Yale Cancer Center as Lynch Plans to Step Down

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

9/11, mRNA, musical chairs—and an assassination attempt

25 years after 9/11, a smoking cessation program may have curbed lung cancer risk for first responders at Ground Zero“We seem to have a risk of exposure that needed that extra boost of the cigarette to cause the cancer.”

mRNA vaccine for melanoma is hailed as a turning point in medicineThe data from Moderna and Merck’s trial have yet to be presented

Cancer leaders play “musical chairs” as executive jobs fill at top cancer centersLee replaces Pisters at MD Anderson, Tuveson moves to Duke, and Mitchell is named director at University of Florida

Russian general tied to bombing Kyiv children’s hospital shot in apparent retribution hit

UK Markey’s Tim Mullett: How the Markey Affiliate Network brings NCI-level cancer care to every corner of Kentucky

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25 years after 9/11, a smoking cessation program may have curbed lung cancer risk for first responders at Ground Zero
“We seem to have a risk of exposure that needed that extra boost of the cigarette to cause the cancer.”

mRNA vaccine for melanoma is hailed as a turning point in medicine
The data from Moderna and Merck’s trial have yet to be presented

Cancer leaders play “musical chairs” as executive jobs fill at top cancer centers
Lee replaces Pisters at MD Anderson, Tuveson moves to Duke, and Mitchell is named director at University of Florida