Geraldine O’Sullivan Coyne to lead early-stage clinical trials at Northwell’s START Center for Cancer Research

Richard Pazdur joins Friends board

Friends of Cancer Research announced the election of Richard Pazdur to the organization’s board of directors.

June 05, 2026

Mina Sedrak and Vijaya Raj Bhatt to co-lead Alliance’s committee on cancer care for older adults

Mina Sedrak, director of the UCLA Center for Cancer and Aging and director of Cancer Control and Survivorship Research at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Vijaya Raj Bhatt professor and medical director of the Leukemia Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, were selected to serve as co-chairs of the Cancer in the Older Adult Committee for The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.

June 05, 2026

Vol.52 No.22

In Brief

Katrina Armstrong to lead Vagelos Institute for Basic Biomedical Research at Columbia

Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University executive vice president for health and biomedical sciences, Columbia University Irving Medical Center CEO, and dean of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, will transition from her current roles to launch the Vagelos Institute for Basic Biomedical Research, a collaboration between Roy and Diana Vagelos and the University.

June 05, 2026

Vol.52 No.22

Clinical

When CAM is added to standard therapies, survival rates drop, observational study finds

As complementary and alternative medicines continue to gain acceptance beyond the margins of cancer treatment, results from a recent study from Yale School of Medicine published in JAMA Network Open suggests that some patients using CAM with their mainstream therapy may, in fact, be substituting alternative medicine for allopathic interventions.

START Center for Cancer Research, Baptist Health South Florida expand patient access to early-phase clinical trials

Baptist Health South Florida and the START Center for Cancer Research, the largest global network of fully dedicated, early-phase oncology clinical trial sites, announced plans to form a strategic collaboration.

May 29, 2026

Vol.52 No.21

Cancer Policy

FDA’s acting drug chief, acting vaccines chief, and chief of staff ousted in the wake of Makary departure

In further major FDA shake-ups, three top regulators left the agency on May 15, just days after the resignation of Commissioner Marty Makary.

May 22, 2026

Vol.52 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

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