Vinay Prasad describes his Vanderbilt colleagues as “despicable,” raising new questions about physicians’ conduct on social media

UCLA researchers awarded $2.5M grant from BMS Foundation to increase lung cancer screening in underserved communities

A multidisciplinary team of experts in lung cancer screening and implementation science from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, an independent charitable organization, to spearhead a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.

November 08, 2024

Vol.50 No.42

Cancer History Project Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Tom Lynch reflects on discovery of the EGFR mutations’ role in lung cancer

On Nov. 24, 2003, an article in The Boston Globe told the story of a patient’s remarkable response to gefitinib, a drug that had recently been approved by FDA.

October 04, 2024

Vol.50 No.37

By Paul Goldberg and McKenzie Prillaman

In Brief

Vanderbilt receives $1M grant to fund immunotherapy research in CRC

The Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation awarded a $1 million grant to support research at Vanderbilt aimed at dramatically expanding the efficacy of immunotherapy for colorectal cancer.

October 04, 2024

Vol.50 No.37

Clinical Roundup

Immunotherapy before and after lung cancer surgery reduces death risk, disease recurrence

People with operable non-small cell lung cancers may fare better over the next few years by receiving immunotherapy treatments before and after surgery instead of only before surgery, according to an analysis by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators.

September 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.34