UTSW receives SPORE grant from NCI to study liver cancer

Cancer centers adapt to life without site visits as NIH changes CCSG review

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Vinai Gondi, Bridget Koontz, Priya Rastogi, Lisa Lenrow named to NRG Oncology committee leadership

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Vol.51 No.40

Cancer Policy

Shutdown precluded NCI officials from appearing at AACI/CCAF annual meeting

NCI officials were notably absent from the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes and the Cancer Center Administrators Forum in Washington, DC, due to the government shutdown that started on Oct. 1.

Study finds no correlation between cancer burden in catchment areas and cancer centers’ CCSG funding

When the idea of looking at cancer center funding and the cancer burden of cancer center catchment areas came to us in the summer of 2024, we lived in a different context.

October 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.38

By Todd Burus, Caree McAfee and Pamela C. Hull

Clinical Roundup

Kidney cancer drug shows promise against calcium imbalance caused by tumors, UTSW study shows

Elevated calcium levels in the blood—a complication of kidney cancers known as hypercalcemia—may be successfully treated with HIF-2α inhibitors developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center.

October 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.38

In Brief

UNC Lineberger awarded endometrial cancer SPORE grant

NCI has awarded a five-year, $11.2 million Cancer Health Disparities Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Endometrial Cancer grant to Victoria Bae-Jump and Hazel Nichols at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

UTSW receives SPORE grant from NCI to study liver cancer

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