The Human Tumor Atlas Network charts the roadmap for advancing spatial omics

Moving from mandate to mission: Community outreach and engagement at NCI-designated cancer centers
“COE is broken.”

Acting Director Dr. Krzysztof Ptak’s words reverberated throughout the meeting room—and the heads of several of us—during the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Centers update on the final day of the 2024 Association of American Cancer Institutes/Cancer Center Administrators Forum Annual Meeting in Chicago.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

By Monica L. Baskin, Nadine J. Barrett, Kim F. Rhoads, Hayley S. Thompson, Kimlin Tam Ashing, Folakemi T. Odedina and Vanessa B. Sheppard

BSA approves four new, five reissue concepts

The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors approved four new concepts and five reissue concepts at a joint meeting of the BSA and the National Cancer Advisory Board Dec. 2-3.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Claire Marie Porter

In Brief

VCU awarded $9M from NCI to establish Cancer Control Equity Research Center

Virginia Commonwealth University has been awarded a five-year, $9 million grant from NCI to establish a pioneering Cancer Control Equity Research Center. This initiative aims to enhance the dissemination and implementation of health promotion and cancer prevention services for individuals and families residing in Virginia’s Housing and Urban Development-administered income-based housing communities in the Greater Richmond region and Hampton Roads.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

In Brief

UCLA’s Christopher Seet receives $2.9M NCI grant to advance cell-based cancer treatments

Christopher Seet received a $2.9 million R37 MERIT Award from NCI to advance the development of innovative T cell therapies for cancer. He is an assistant professor of hematology-oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

NCI Director's Report

NCI paylines to drop to 9th percentile amid CRs and uncertainty

NCI is temporarily reducing its paylines as the federal government is being funded at FY2024 levels via a continuing resolution that extends until Dec. 20, delaying the budgeting process for most federal agencies in the new fiscal year.

December 06, 2024

Vol.50 No.45

By Jacquelyn Cobb

An NCI initiative focuses on early-onset cancers

NCI is establishing an Early-Onset Cancer Initiative to address the reported rise in early-onset cancer. The initiative will focus on the biological mechanisms of early-onset cancer, the interactions between several known risk factors, and prevention strategies.

December 06, 2024

Vol.50 No.45

By Yiqing Wang

The Human Tumor Atlas Network charts the roadmap for advancing spatial omics

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Moving from mandate to mission: Community outreach and engagement at NCI-designated cancer centers“COE is broken.”

BSA approves four new, five reissue concepts

VCU awarded $9M from NCI to establish Cancer Control Equity Research Center

UCLA’s Christopher Seet receives $2.9M NCI grant to advance cell-based cancer treatments

NCI paylines to drop to 9th percentile amid CRs and uncertainty

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Moving from mandate to mission: Community outreach and engagement at NCI-designated cancer centers
“COE is broken.”