UCLA’s Roger Lo awarded $1 million to help prevent cancer relapse

The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic

“I don’t think any good cancer center director would be worth their weight in salt if they weren’t worried about something at night,” said Mark Evers, director of University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Paul Goldberg and Katie Goldberg

Funding Opportunities

Lung Cancer Research Foundation announces $3.75 million in research funding opportunities

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation announced funding opportunities to advance lung cancer research, including two new Team Science awards and an Early Career Investigator award.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

In Brief

Arjan Gower receives NCCN grant to study a targeted therapy for early-stage NSCLC with rare EGFR mutations

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.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

Clinical Roundup

Common autoimmune drug may help reverse immunotherapy-induced diabetes, UCLA preclinical study finds

A team of researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a potential new strategy to prevent, and even reverse, immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced type 1 diabetes using an existing class of autoimmune drugs.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

Clinical Roundup

UCLA study identifies key protein that helps liver cancer resist heat-based treatment

Galectin-1, a sugar-binding protein, plays a critical role in helping hepatocellular carcinoma resist thermal ablation and even thrive after being treated with high heat, according to a study from investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

Clinical Roundup

Cardiac biomarkers linked to future cancer risk, even without heart disease, says UCLA prospective cohort study

Certain cardiac blood markers can strongly predict future cancer risk—even in people with no history or symptoms of heart disease, according to a UCLA Health study.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

UCLA’s Roger Lo awarded $1 million to help prevent cancer relapse

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The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentumAs oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic

Lung Cancer Research Foundation announces $3.75 million in research funding opportunities

Arjan Gower receives NCCN grant to study a targeted therapy for early-stage NSCLC with rare EGFR mutations

Common autoimmune drug may help reverse immunotherapy-induced diabetes, UCLA preclinical study finds

UCLA study identifies key protein that helps liver cancer resist heat-based treatment

Cardiac biomarkers linked to future cancer risk, even without heart disease, says UCLA prospective cohort study

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The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic