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Cover Story

The first-ever cancer clinic on an American Indian reservation may close–unless CMS changes payment rules

The cancer clinic at Tuba City, AZ, was a landmark from the day it opened its doors. It is, in fact, the only such clinic on any Indian reservation in the lower 48 states.

Cancer hospital rankings shift as U.S. News favors clinical metrics over “reputation” scores amid broader boycott

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Guest Editorial

AAADV-ASCO-CDDF workshop to examine cancer prevention strategies in 2023

By H. Kim Lyerly, Renzo Canetta, Philip E. Castle, Lisa M. McShane and Richard L. Schilsky

Free Obituary

Wendy R. Brewster, gyn-onc professor and health disparities expert at UNC-Chapel Hill, dies at 57

By UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Communications staff

Free In the Archives

Notable new releases on oncology history spotlighted on Cancer History Project

In Brief

Christopher Flowers named head of the Division of Cancer Medicine at MD Anderson

Martin Edelman named inaugural chair of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple

Emory Winship opens Winship Center for Cancer Health Equity Research

Lisa Coussens, Elliott Levy, Patricia LoRusso named to inaugural Shasqi scientific advisory board; Jean-Frédéric Viret, Mukul Agarwal named to leadership roles

Clinical Roundup

SWOG pragmatic trial could guide treatment of malignant bowel obstruction in patients with advanced cancer

Cost of translating consent documents may serve as a barrier to participation of members of underrepresented groups in clinical trials

Research casts doubt on role of fungus in driving pancreatic cancer

Yale scientists develop approach to strengthen CAR T cell therapy for cancer treatment

Breast cancer patients with higher BMI more likely to experience heart damage during chemotherapy

UPMC Hillman researchers demonstrate how skin cancer virus outcompetes host cell replication

Combining new and standard biopsy techniques may detect more treatable lung cancer cases, Main Line Health researchers find

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Jemperli with chemotherapy for endometrial cancer

FDA approves Lonsurf with bevacizumab for previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer

NCI Trials

NCI Trials for August 2023

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

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