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Fred Hutch announces eight recipients of 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award

2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award Recipients, top row left to right: Caitlin Cornell, PhD, Elizabeth Kaweesa, PhD, Leandro Fernández-García, PhD, Almudena Chaves Pérez, PhD. Bottom row left to right: Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD, Nicole Halmai, PhD, Megan E. Meuser, PhD, Sarah Elisabeth Pierce, PhD. Fred Hutch Cancer Center has announced eight recipients of the 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award.

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Vol.51 No.24

In Brief

Justin Taylor named recipient of Stanley J. Glaser Award to reseach potential colorectal cancer treatment

Justin Taylor, a physician-scientist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has received a Stanley J. Glaser Foundation Research Award to continue the research.

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Vol.51 No.24

Editorial

The Cancer Letter receives nine journalism, design awards

The Cancer Letter staff were finalists for nine 2025 Dateline Awards from the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists—seven for journalism; two for design—and won first place for four. The Cancer Letter’s entries recognized by SPJ include investigative journalism, series, breaking news, features, photojournalism, commentary, illustration, and front page design. This is...

Grivas, Schiller, Avigan receive ECOG-ACRIN 2025 scientific leadership, mentorship awards

Petros Grivas, Joan Schiller, and Zachary Avigan were named recipients of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group annual scientific awards, which are funded by the ECOG Research & Education Foundation.

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Vol.51 No.23

In Brief

Samir S. Taneja named head of Northwell Health’s urology service line

Samir S. Taneja was selected to lead Northwell Health’s urology service line. He was appointed senior vice president, Northwell’s system chair of urology, and chair of the Smith Institute for Urology at Northwell Health.

June 13, 2025

Vol.51 No.23

Clinical

Young women are now diagnosed with cancer at twice the rate of young men
The face of cancer is changing at a time when research is plagued by existential threats

For more than a year before her stage 4 lung cancer was found, 35-year-old Alisa Secaida, a never-smoker and a physically active Southern Californian, had been experiencing a persistent cough and, increasingly, fatigue.

June 06, 2025

Vol.51 No.22

By Claire Marie Porter

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The Cancer Letter receives nine journalism, design awards

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Young women are now diagnosed with cancer at twice the rate of young men
The face of cancer is changing at a time when research is plagued by existential threats