At an uncertain time for cancer research and public health, Wayne Frederick steps in as interim CEO at ACS

Karen Knudsen tells us why she took the CEO job at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

After Karen Knudsen departed from the American Cancer Society late last year, the question of where she will end up becoming the fodder for cocktail party chatter throughout oncology.

UA research team receives $1.2M ACS grant to study link between neighborhood environment and cancer risk

A University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health researcher has received a $1.2 million grant from the American Cancer Society to evaluate potential links between the neighborhood environment and cancer risk.

March 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.11

In Brief

W. Kimryn Rathmell awarded the ACS 2025 Medal of Honor

Former NCI Director W. Kimryn Rathmell was awarded the American Cancer Society 2025 Medal of Honor.

March 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.10

Capitol Hill White House

Amid funding cuts and firings, cancer groups seek relief from judges, in Congress—and in the court of public opinion

As NCI employees and others at HHS were receiving notices of termination, national cancer organizations called on Congress “to restore stability to NIH.”

February 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.07

By Claire Marie Porter, Jacquelyn Cobb and Paul Goldberg

The War on Cancer: After half a century of progress, a promising prognosis may be Richard Nixon’s greatest legacy

Fifty-four years ago, in his State of the Union Message in January 1971, President Nixon proposed a visionary and vigorous new challenge. He said “The time has come in America when the same kind of concentrated effort that split the atom and took man to the moon” should be applied to finding a cure for cancer. He followed up by requesting an appropriation of $100 million, and the promise to ask for whatever additional funds could be effectively used.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.06

By Jim Byron

Clinical Roundup

Pain linked to increased tobacco and cannabis use among cancer survivors, study finds

Experiencing pain may increase the odds that cancer survivors will use cigarettes and cannabis, according to a recent study published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of ACS.