The Cancer Letter

Inside information on cancer research and drug development

Lowy calls for expanding NCI’s clinical impact, including: (1) the number of drug candidates, (2) the clinical trials system, and (3) access to cancer care

Share on facebook
Share on twitter
Share on linkedin
Share on email
Share on print
BYLINE
IN THIS ISSUE
BYLINEDOWNLOAD PDFTABLE OF CONTENTS

NCI must make a bigger investment in new cancer therapies and expand the clinical trials system that tests them, the institute’s Acting Director Douglas Lowy said in his remarks at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting June 4.

To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.

If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a sponsored account.*
*Not all site licenses are enrolled in sponsored accounts.

Login Subscribe
Byline
Alice Tracey
Alice Tracey
Reporter
Table of Contents

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

Climate change exacerbates cancer disparities
Amid disasters, oncologists see urgent need for methodologies, metrics for gauging the problem

Ivan Borrello, medical director of the Myeloma, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies Program at Tampa General Hospital’s Cancer Institute, watched as flood waters from Hurricane Helene heaved against a contraption called the AquaFence, which is, as the name suggests, a water-impermeable barrier made of marine-grade laminate and various metals that can withstand storm surges of up to 15 feet above sea level. 
By Claire Marie Porter
Byline
Alice Tracey
Alice Tracey
Reporter
Table of Contents

Login

Site license subscribers:
Log in with your IP | Register a sponsored account