Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai receives $5M NCI grant for NIH Cancer Target Discovery and Development Center

Shutdown precluded NCI officials from appearing at AACI/CCAF annual meeting

NCI officials were notably absent from the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes and the Cancer Center Administrators Forum in Washington, DC, due to the government shutdown that started on Oct. 1.

Study finds no correlation between cancer burden in catchment areas and cancer centers’ CCSG funding

When the idea of looking at cancer center funding and the cancer burden of cancer center catchment areas came to us in the summer of 2024, we lived in a different context.

October 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.38

By Todd Burus, Caree McAfee and Pamela C. Hull

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: Steven Artandi and Eric Winer on how looming policy changes “reverberate” through oncology
“Even when funding gets restored and if the H-1B visa threat doesn’t materialize, it creates an environment where especially young people become uncertain.”

With major leadership changes, grant disruptions and terminations, and a stoked distrust in science, Steven Artandi, the director of Stanford Cancer Center, worries that young investigators will feel disenchanted by the U.S. research atmosphere and take their work and study elsewhere.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

Guest Editorial

Lazarex Cancer Foundation set to close its doors Dec. 31
Can health nonprofits survive in the current environment?

As every non-profit organization knows, it is our obligation to be purpose-driven. Most NPO founders and the people who work for them have been thrown into this space as a result of life experiences. It is our passion rather than a job to simply collect a paycheck.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Erin Miller

Cancer Policy

United for Medical Research report shows NIH funding benefits patients, researchers

United for Medical Research conducted a report surveying patients and researchers on why NIH, and NIH funding matters to them.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Claire Marie Porter

NCI

Anthony Letai sworn in as 18th NCI director

Anthony G. Letai, accompanied by his wife Jean, was sworn in by HHS Secretary Kennedy as the 18th NCI Director on Sept. 29.Anthony G. Letai, a physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been officially named the 18th director of the National Cancer Institute.

October 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.36

By Claire Marie Porter

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai receives $5M NCI grant for NIH Cancer Target Discovery and Development Center

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The Directors: Steven Artandi and Eric Winer on how looming policy changes “reverberate” through oncology
“Even when funding gets restored and if the H-1B visa threat doesn’t materialize, it creates an environment where especially young people become uncertain.”

Lazarex Cancer Foundation set to close its doors Dec. 31
Can health nonprofits survive in the current environment?