May 27, 2022, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) truncated the just-renewed five-year Cancer Center Support Grant held by Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCWFU) as that institution undergoes a bumpy transition of leadership—in the midst of a challenging integration with Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute.

The NCI grant, which was originally set to run through Jan. 31, 2027, will now expire on Jan. 31, 2025. The Winston-Salem-based Wake Forest is a unit of Atrium Health, which also operates Charlotte-based Levine Cancer Institute. The two cancer centers—one NCI-designated, the other not—were in the midst of combining their operations.  The CCCWFU received comprehensive center status from the NCI in 1990.