Michael Maitland to direct therapeutics for Inova Center for Personalized Health

No need for a speculum? A new era of HPV screening

FDA has cleared the first at-home self-collection kit for HPV screening, removing significant obstacles to cervical cancer detection.

April 22, 2026

Health Equity Regulatory News

Self-collection kits for HPV are among innovations adding momentum to eradication of cervical cancer
A kit for at-home unsupervised self-collection clears FDA finish line

Boca Raton resident Gabriela Sanchez recently found herself stepping into a mobile outreach vehicle operated by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical

Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OS
PanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

The long-awaited results from the RASolute 302 trial—a phase III clinical trial evaluating daraxonrasib, a RAS inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with previously treated, metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma—have been read out.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

By Jacquelyn Cobb

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).

Most Favored Nation drug pricing could put China on top

China’s biotech sector is rapidly becoming a global innovation powerhouse. In oncology alone, Chinese licensing deals reached $30 billion in 2024—triple the United States’ output. Nearly a third of the world’s clinical trials now take place in China.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

By John Stanford

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.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

By Stacy W. Gray

Michael Maitland to direct therapeutics for Inova Center for Personalized Health

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No need for a speculum? A new era of HPV screening

Self-collection kits for HPV are among innovations adding momentum to eradication of cervical cancerA kit for at-home unsupervised self-collection clears FDA finish line

Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OSPanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

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

Most Favored Nation drug pricing could put China on top

Bridging communication and genomics: A path toward equitable cancer care

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Self-collection kits for HPV are among innovations adding momentum to eradication of cervical cancer
A kit for at-home unsupervised self-collection clears FDA finish line

Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OS
PanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

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