The composition of the gut microbiomes in a group of rectal cancer patients reveals distinct signatures by race, ethnicity, and age of onset, with white Hispanics showing significant presence of one specific type of bacteria, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
Addressing the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors, Institute Director Kimryn Rathmell announced two key initiatives—the Cancer Screening Research Network and the Virtual Clinical Trials Office—designed to achieve large reductions in cancer mortality and support the cancer research enterprise.
U.S. Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services, Andrea Palm, and Sweden's Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, signing the agreement. Credit: Joel Apelthun/Government Offices of SwedenThe United States and Sweden signed an agreement to step up collaborations in science and technology by focusing on cancer research.
In a policy statement, the American Society of Clinical Oncology calls for global equity in clinical trials.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer published a report titled “Maternal Orphans due to Cancer: The intergenerational impact of cancer deaths in women,” summarizing the findings from previous publications by researchers from IARC and partners that dealt with the theme of the intergenerational impact of cancer deaths in women.
As a new deputy director at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Monica Baskin has assumed a level of responsibility that is unusual, if not unprecedented, for a population scientist at an NCI-designated cancer center.
A study of over 100,000 United States veterans has found that housing for veterans with lung and colorectal cancer was associated with a survival benefit.
As part of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has established the ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health, which commits $100 million towards transformative research and development in women’s health (The Cancer Letter, Nov 17, 2023).
A month after reporting to work in the top job at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Taofeek K. Owonikoko reflected on the obligations that come with being a Black director of an NCI-designated cancer center.
Onyinye Balogun and Stephanie Rieder were named Health Equity Fellows by NRG Oncology, an NCI National Clinical Trials Network group as a part of the organization’s Health Equity Fellowship Program.
