Issue 13 - The Cancer Letter

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March 30, 2018Mar 30, 2018

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James Holland, an oncology pioneer, dies at 92

Cover Story

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James Holland, an oncology pioneer, dies at 92

By Tim Wendel

This article is adapted from “Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors and the Quest to Cure Childhood Leukemia,” Wendel's forthcoming book. The book is available for pre-order here.

New players, new strategies, new resolve raise NIH budget to new level

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Duke faces tightened NIH grant oversight over handling of past scientific misconduct

By Paul Goldberg

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

University of Michigan gets $150 million to recruit cancer researchers, fund research

By Paul Goldberg

AACR announces scientific award winners, new board of directors

In Brief

Society of Surgical Oncology gives service award to Wolmark and Fisher

NCCN honors contributors to the Improvement of global cancer care

City of Hope and Fivepoint partner to bring outpatient center to Orange County

Thomas Gallo named ACCC President 2018-2019

ONS elects board of directors

Cohen joins department of radiation oncology at Fox Chase

Funding Opportunities

DOD publishes funding opportunities for breast and prostate cancer programs

Clinical Roundup

Sorafenib improves PFS in rare sarcomas, NIH-funded study shows

Zejula plus Keytruda shows activity in refractory ovarian cancer

Retrospective analysis identifies predictors of dose modification for niraparib

Drugs & Targets

FDA gives accelerated approval for Blincyto for ALL patients with minimal residual disease

Enfortumab vedotin gets breakthrough designation in urothelial cancer

FDA approves changes on Hologic's 3Dimensions Mammography System

FDA accepts application for Opdivo plus Yervoy for MSI-H or dMMR metastatic colorectal cancer for priority review

NCI Trials

NCI Trials for March

The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.

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