VCU Massey Cancer Center changes name to VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

UCLA researchers receive $3.9M NCI grant to boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

Cristina Puig-Saus, an associate professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and surgical oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and an investigator at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and her research team have received a five-year, $3.9 million grant from NCI to develop drug-based strategies that could enhance cancer immunotherapy for patients with melanoma and potentially other types of cancer.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

In Brief

Dana-Farber Department of Pathology receives $2.8M grant from NCI

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Department of Pathology, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has received renewed funding for the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant from the NCI, providing resources for pathology residents, clinical fellows, and PhD-trained scientists pursuing research careers in cancer pathology.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

Cancer History Project

Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”
Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor

If a Mount Rushmore of Epidemiology were to exist, Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. would be etched into the face of the mountain, former NCI Director Ned Sharpless once told Stephen J. Chanock.

Monica L. Baskin named director of VCU Massey CCC

Monica L. Baskin will serve as the next director of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, pending VCU Board of Visitors approval in September.

July 31, 2026

Vol.52 No.30

In Brief

Ned Sharpless’s portrait unveiled at FNIH ceremony

Former NCI director Norman “Ned” Sharpless had his portrait unveiled at a ceremony hosted by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health on the main NIH campus in Bethesda.

July 10, 2026

Vol.52 No.27

Clinical Roundup

Despite overall decline in secondary cancer diagnoses, female lung cancer survivors saw 60% increase from the 1970s to the 2010s, VCU Massey analysis finds

As people continue to live longer and the survival rate of cancer diagnoses increases, researchers from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center decided to lead a multi-decade analysis studying the rates of subsequent primary cancers, which are new cancers unrelated to the original diagnosis.

July 02, 2026

Vol.52 No.26

VCU Massey Cancer Center changes name to VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

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VCU Massey Cancer Center changes name to VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

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UCLA researchers receive $3.9M NCI grant to boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

Dana-Farber Department of Pathology receives $2.8M grant from NCI

Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor

Monica L. Baskin named director of VCU Massey CCC

Ned Sharpless’s portrait unveiled at FNIH ceremony

Despite overall decline in secondary cancer diagnoses, female lung cancer survivors saw 60% increase from the 1970s to the 2010s, VCU Massey analysis finds

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Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”
Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor