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When NCI renewed the Comprehensive Cancer Center designation for Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, it also acknowledged that the institution's catchment area now covers the entire state of New Jersey, having expanded from roughly three counties around its home location of New Brunswick.
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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