Elizabeth Herbert named VP for Network Services at Smilow Cancer Hospital

Respect the role (and confidentiality) of the EAB at UCSD—and at all NCI-designated cancer centers

Over the years, I have gained extensive experience with academic cancer center External Advisory Boards, including hosting multiple EAB meetings at my own cancer center, chairing the EABs of nine other NCI designated cancer centers, and serving on many others.

June 09, 2023

Vol.49 No.23

By George J. Weiner

Letter To The Editor

UCSD Moores EAB: A leak to The Cancer Letter derailed the iterative process

The UCSD Moores Cancer Center External Advisory Board is extremely disappointed in the commentary included in the most recent issue of The Cancer Letter regarding MCC.

June 09, 2023

Vol.49 No.23

By EAB members UCSD Moores Cancer Center

A letter to members of the UCSD Moores Cancer Center

The following email was sent to members of UCSD Moores Cancer Center on Saturday, June 3. The email addresses The Cancer Letter story focused on the resignation of the center’s director Joe Califano and on problems at the institution.

June 09, 2023

Vol.49 No.23

Editorial

Should journalists report on matters that involve EABs?

The facts of my story about UCSD Moores Cancer Center in last week’s issue of The Cancer Letter (June 2, 2023) don’t seem to be in dispute.

Study at ASCO plenary:Radiation can be omitted for some rectal cancer patients

For over 30 years, radiation therapy has been a part of the standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer patients.

How cigarette companies turned Father’s Day into an advertising opportunity

Alan Blum, director of The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, documents advertisements from tobacco companies during “an era not very long ago when a son giving his dad a gift of a carton of cigarettes was as American as apple pie.”

June 09, 2023

Vol.49 No.23

Elizabeth Herbert named VP for Network Services at Smilow Cancer Hospital

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