William Calo named co-leader of Cancer Control Program at Penn State Cancer Institute

Directors of NCI cancer centers say prevention, control, and health equity are key to reaching Moonshot goal

Cancer prevention and control and efforts to ensure health equity are essential in meeting the Cancer Moonshot goal of halving cancer mortality in the next 25 years, but some complex scientific and societal problems must be resolved for this to happen, a group of four directors of NCI-designated cancer centers said.

Terry Hyslop named Cancer Risk and Control Program co-leader and director of Center for Health Equity at SKCC

Terry Hyslop was named co-leader of the Cancer Risk and Control Program at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center named.

October 21, 2022

Vol.48 No.38

Guest Editorial

Let’s learn from our neighbors from the North as we get the menthol flavor out of cigarettes

In the trenches on the medicine wards and smoking cessation clinics at Parkland Hospital and UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center, I see firsthand the increased prevalence of smoking in the Black population, their frequent use of menthol, and the ravaging toll it takes on their health.

May 06, 2022

Vol.48 No.18

By David Balis

Anticipating Ukrainian refugees in U.S., ACS, ASCO, Jefferson expand volunteer corps for cancer care resource hub

A care hotline and resource hub for Ukrainian cancer patients established by the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health has recruited several hundred volunteers as the organizations work to develop a lasting infrastructure to support those displaced by the crisis.

April 22, 2022

Vol.48 No.16

By Alice Tracey

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Romania’s Csaba Dégi: We need to be proactive about psychosocial support, because Ukrainians are suffering

Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons with cancer are fighting a double war for survival—which is why aid networks and providers must prioritize psychosocial oncology, said Csaba Dégi, executive secretary of the International Psycho-Oncology Society.

April 22, 2022

Vol.48 No.16

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Yuliya Nogovitsyna: Evacuating children with cancer from Ukraine “a risky operation” as drivers, suppliers are targeted

More than 850 children with cancer have been evacuated or are in the process of evacuation from Ukraine, 45 days after a collaboration of international organizations began transporting pediatric cancer patients out of the country.

April 15, 2022

Vol.48 No.15

By Alice Tracey

William Calo named co-leader of Cancer Control Program at Penn State Cancer Institute

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