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LSU Health New Orleans receives $3.1M grant to study head-and-neck cancer incidence in people living with HIV

LSU Health New Orleans was awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

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Randomized trial failed to accrue, but data point to preoperative chemo as viable option in sinonasal cancer

If clinical research were anything like fly fishing, the scientific question that EA3163 trial attempted to answer might be considered “the one that got away”.

SU2C announces grants supporting research in six cancer types

Stand Up To Cancer announced grants to several teams of leading cancer investigators in support of cutting-edge research in a variety of cancers including head and neck, pediatric, pancreatic, breast, rectal, and gastro-esophageal cancers, as well as research focused on how the microbiome communicates with the immune system.

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Keytruda meets primary endpoint as perioperative treatment regimen in resected, locally advanced HNSCC

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Vol.50 No.38

Clinical Roundup

Mayo Clinic performs world’s first known successful total larynx transplant in a patient with active cancer

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Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Robert L. Ferris named executive director of UNC Lineberger—with an additional job as chief of oncology services

Robert L. Ferris, a head-and-neck surgeon and an expert in cancer immunotherapy was named the executive director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the chief of oncology services at UNC Health.

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By Paul Goldberg

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