A Year at NCI: Harold Varmus Reflects On Provocative Questions, The Duke Scandal, Financial Disaster And Grant Review
Part One Of A Two-Part Interview With NCI Director Harold Varmus
Also: NCCN Committee Reaffirms Clinical Guideline Covering Avastin for Breast Cancer Indication
ODAC Votes For Accelerated Approval For Adcetris For Two Lymphoma Indications
Richard Pazdur’s Comments to ODAC
Department of Defense Offering $16 Million in Cancer Research Grants
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- NIH eliminates the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors
Over its 28 year history, BSA shaped NCI-funded extramural science - TIL + pembro regimen achieves 24% response rate in solid epithelial tumors, marking a step forward in immunotherapy research
- The White House “skinny budget” document cuts NIH by nearly 40%
The cuts are consistent with the previously leaked “passback” document - NIH cuts threaten U.S. edge in biomedical research: “We are giving China the opportunity of a lifetime”
Cancer research also took center stage at Senate appropriations hearing - In The Headlines: Are cancer registries on the chopping block, and what does it mean if they are?
- DOD cancer research programs face 57% funding cut in year-long continuing resolution
Pancreatic, lung, kidney cancer research programs eliminated