UCLA researchers awarded $2.5M grant from BMS Foundation to increase lung cancer screening in underserved communities

Black History Month Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America
“It gives America, in part, its identity.”

Nearly 30 years ago, while completing an assignment for his master’s degree in public health, Brian Rivers discovered he had a family history of prostate cancer.

FDA grants priority review to Boehringer’s BI 1810631 for the treatment of HER2-mutant advanced NSCLC

FDA granted priority review to Boehringer Ingelheim’s new drug application for BI 1810631 (zongertinib) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have HER2 mutations and who have received prior systemic therapy.

February 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.07

Cancer History Project Podcast

20 years of EGFR research: Ramalingam, Carbone, Politi, Jänne, Govindan reflect

Two decades ago, the discovery of the EGFR mutation transformed lung cancer treatment. The finding led to dramatically improved survival rates and ushered in the era of precision medicine and molecular profiling for lung cancer.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.06

By Yiqing Wang

White House

“Page Not Found:” HHS agencies purge web pages that hint at DEI, health equity, and gender
Medical group sues over removing “information used every day by health professions”

The web page for the FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity is no more. The pages for the NCI Diversity Training and Biomedical Workforce Development Branch and Disparities Research Branch are kaput as well.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Katie Goldberg

Black History Month In the Archives

Marsha Henderson: “You have to continue to push for what you think is the right thing for public health.”
Preserving an oral history by the former FDA associate commissioner of women’s heath

When Marsha B. Henderson, former FDA Associate Commissioner of Women’s Health (1998-2019), sat down for an oral history interview upon her retirement from the agency, she could not have foreseen becoming party to a government digital purge 7 years later. Over the past week, the Trump administration has been busy at work deleting government webpages...

UCLA awarded $1.72M NIH grant to train brain cancer scientists

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a $1.72 million grant from NIH to support the Neuro-Oncology Translational Research Training Program, an initiative designed to train the next generation of brain tumor scientists and physician-scientists.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

UCLA researchers awarded $2.5M grant from BMS Foundation to increase lung cancer screening in underserved communities

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Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America“It gives America, in part, its identity.”

FDA grants priority review to Boehringer’s BI 1810631 for the treatment of HER2-mutant advanced NSCLC

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Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America
“It gives America, in part, its identity.”

“Page Not Found:” HHS agencies purge web pages that hint at DEI, health equity, and gender
Medical group sues over removing “information used every day by health professions”

Marsha Henderson: “You have to continue to push for what you think is the right thing for public health.”
Preserving an oral history by the former FDA associate commissioner of women’s heath