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ASCO's new CMO Julie R. Gralow will focus on equity, advocacy, and global health

Cover Story

Conversation with The Cancer Letter Free

ASCO's new CMO Julie R. Gralow will focus on equity, advocacy, and global health

By Paul Goldberg

Julie R. Gralow, an expert in breast cancer, clinical trials and global health, was named chief medical officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

COVID-19 & Cancer Free

Cancer hospitals stay open as COVID-19 cases skyrocket

By Alexandria Carolan

Free News Analysis

Trump et al. are wrong: Biden Cancer Initiative is not to be confused with the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Free Letter To The Editor

AACI: President-elect Biden has proven his unyielding commitment to defeating cancer

In Brief

Hannah Hazard-Jenkins named director of WVU Cancer Institute

Edward S. Kim named physician-in-chief of City of Hope Orange County

Julia H. Rowland and Tom Smith receive NCCS Ellen L. Stovall Award

Jedd Wolchok receives Hearst Foundation Grant

CPRIT awards $26 million in new recruitment grants

New AMA policy recognizes racism as a public health threat

ASTRO: Radiation oncologists urge Congress to advance bills that protect patient access to cancer care during the pandemic

Clinical Roundup

In vitro fertilization does not increase the risk of ovarian cancer

UCLA researchers find patients with lung cancer most likely to respond to immunotherapy

AI can pick the best candidates for skin cancer treatment

Phase III trial shows decrease of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia

Neratinib in HER2-positive HR-negative early stage breast cancer shows DFS benefit vs. placebo

Drugs & Targets

Keytruda receives accelerated approval from FDA for locally recurrent, unresectable or metastatic TNBC

FDA issues draft guidance to provide important considerations in cross labeling of oncology drugs

CDER and CBER to increase Emergency Use Authorization transparency

Agendia and Paige collaborate on breast cancer research

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