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In 1998, lung cancer was the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, with 160,000 deaths per year. That statistic inspired Matthew Meyerson, who would soon start working at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to specialize in lung cancer.

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Vol.50 No.27

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UCSF receives $5M donation to develop AI-monitoring platform for clinical care

The UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation and UCSF Health have received a $5 million gift from Ken and Kathy Hao to develop a cutting-edge, real-time, continuous, and automated artificial intelligence monitoring platform for clinical care.

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Vol.50 No.22

Vinay Prasad describes his Vanderbilt colleagues as “despicable,” raising new questions about physicians’ conduct on social media

At a time when distinguished careers can falter because of a careless Facebook post, the oncologist-iconoclast Vinay Prasad is showing no sign of moderating the shaming and haranguing that make him a social media phenom.

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Vol.49 No.44

By Paul Goldberg

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Prasad could not have had patient data when he called Vanderbilt colleagues “despicable”

Vinay Prasad, a social media phenom and professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, recently stunned his colleagues by stating that doctors at Vanderbilt University acted in a “despicable” manner when they offered a double lung transplant to a lung cancer patient. “The doctors at Vanderbilt are despicable in my...

Siteman receives $10.9M SPORE grant for pancreatic cancer research

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Vol.49 No.39

In Brief

WashU and Siteman receive $11.6M SPORE grant for endometrial cancer research

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Siteman Cancer Center received a $11.6 million grant through the NCI’s Specialized Programs of Research Excellence.

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Vol.49 No.36

UCSF Prostate Cancer Program receives $7M SPORE grant

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