This month, Robert A. Winn returns to his role as guest editor of The Cancer Letter and the Cancer History Project during Black History Month.
A paper authored by members of an American Society of Clinical Oncology Task Force illuminates the importance of enabling patients to receive trial-related testing and care near their homes, rather than requiring patients to travel long distances to reach major research institutions.
The New York Proton Center and the WiTT Group Inc. formed a strategic partnership to help patients navigate the non-clinical challenges of cancer treatment.
Henkel ValentineKimiko KriegerHenkel Valentine and Kimiko Krieger, two cancer scientists, were two of six postdoctoral researchers nationwide recently recognized as an IMPACT Fellow by the National Postdoctoral Association.
Robert A. Winn, director of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, became president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes at the conclusion of the 2023 AACI/CCAF annual meeting in Washington, DC, Oct. 3.
Miria KanoCurtis HenryMiria Kano and Curtis Henry were named associate director and deputy associate director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
On June 29, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that reverses 45 years of legal precedent in admissions at institutions of higher learning, striking a death blow to affirmative action.
Despite racial and ethnic minority groups making up nearly half of the United States population, underrepresentation in clinical trials remains a critical challenge. In an effort to improve clinical trial diversity, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine partnered with The African American Male Wellness Agency, Genentech Inc., and Pfizer, Inc. to engage with almost 450 community members in 25 states and five countries to create solutions to barriers of access, awareness, discrimination and racism, and workforce diversity.
Leal Health, formerly known as Trialjectory, presented data on the negative impact of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, or ECOG, performance status scores on cancer patients’ eligibility to enroll in clinical trials at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd said “I can’t breathe” more than 20 times before he suffocated on a street in Minneapolis. On Jan. 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols repeatedly screamed, “Mom, mom, mom” as he was beaten to death on a street in Memphis.
