Matt Kalaycio was named chair of the board of directors at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Christopher H. Lieu was elected as vice chair, succeeding Kalaycio in the position he has held since 2022.
Arjan Gower, a hematologist/oncologist at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a $950,000 grant from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and Taiho Oncology Inc. to help launch a multi-institutional clinical trial to test zipalertinib, an investigational drug that targets specific EGFR mutations, including Exon 20 insertions, which are known to drive cancer growth and resist standard treatments.
