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Cover Story

Edith Mitchell, medical oncologist, champion of health equity, and brigadier general, dies at 76

By Alexandria Carolan

Edith P. Mitchell, a medical oncologist, champion of health equity, and the first woman physician to attain the rank of U.S. Air Force brigadier general, died unexpectedly Jan. 21. She was 76.

Dana-Farber to retract six papers, correct 31, over “image discrepancies” in papers co-authored by top leaders

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Real-world Evidence

Flatiron, Caris combine EHR, multi-omics data to support precision oncology

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Guest Editorial

The growing need for cancer patient navigation and how to meet it

By Alyssa Schatz and Crystal S. Denlinger

Guest Editorial

Reflecting on Janet Woodcock’s retirement from FDA

By Ellen V. Sigal

Free In the Archives

Breaking barriers: Edith Mitchell’s extraordinary life

In Brief

Shikhar Mehrotra named co-leader of Cancer Biology and Immunology research program at MUSC Hollings

Alexandra Miller named chief of neuro-oncology and co-director of Brain and Spine Tumor Center at NYU Perlmutter

LSU LCMC Health research team granted $1.2M to address barriers to cervical cancer prevention

UMass’s Stacyann Bailey receives $400,000 from NCI to research whether checkpoint inhibitors worsen bone damage in metastatic cancer

Clinical Roundup

Long-term follow-up pinpoints side effects of prostate cancer treatments

Study determines factors affecting decisions regarding active surveillance in low-risk prostate cancer

Botensilimab/balstilimab demonstrate tumor shrinkage, biomarkers response in CRC

Molecular profiles of tissue plus circulating tumor DNA can better guide cancer care

Fred Hutch establishes free AI-powered chatbot app to help people quit smoking

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Balversa for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma

Tempus develops MRD assay for colorectal cancer

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