U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued recommendation on screening for skin cancer
On Apr. 18, 2023, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published a final recommendation statement on screening…
U.S. FDA approves cell therapy for patients with blood cancers to reduce risk of infection after stem cell transplantation
On Apr. 17, 2023, the U.S. FDA approved Gamida Cell’s Omisirge (omidubicel-onlv), a substantially modified allogeneic (donor) cord…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released National Cancer Plan
On Apr. 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a National Cancer Plan,…
Thermo Fisher Scientific opened cell therapy facility at University of California, San Francisco
On Mar. 27. 2023, Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, San Francisco, announced they will accelerate…
Pfizer announced acquisition of Seattle-based Seagen for $43 billion
On Mar. 13, 2023, Pfizer announced an agreement to acquire Seagen, a global biotechnology company that discovers, develops…
FDA updated mmammography regulations to require reporting of breast density information and facility oversight
On Mar. 9, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it had published updates to the…
Blood test identified acute myeloid leukemia patients at greater risk for relapse after bone marrow transplant
On Mar. 7, 2023, researchers at the National Institutes of Health reported the benefits of screening adult patients…
Vekluryï¾® (Remdesivir) reduced risk of mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients across all variants in real world study
On Feb. 21, 2023, Gilead Sciences announced positive data from three retrospective real-world studies which demonstrated that initiation…
CPRIT approved $12 million to bring top-flight cancer researchers to Lone Star State
On Feb. 15, 2023, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced a major step forward…
WHO launched new roadmap on breast cancer
On Feb. 3, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework providing…
University of Wisconsin and TGen researchers used machine learning to make early detection of cancerm more accessible
On Jan. 13, 2023, a team of researchers including faculty at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part…
Purdue Center for Cancer Research renamed Purdue Institute for Cancer Research
On Jan. 6, 2023, the Purdue Center for Cancer Research announced it was changing its name to the…
BioNTech announced strategic partnership with UK Government to provide up to 10,000 patients with personalized mRNA cancer immunotherapies
On Jan. 5, 2023, BioNTech announced that the Company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government…
FDA approved first gene therapy for treatment of high-risk, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
On Dec. 16, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg), a non-replicating…
FDA granted approval to atezolizumab for alveolar soft part sarcoma
On Dec. 9, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for adult and…
U.S. launched largest ever liver cancer screening study VA launched largest ever liver cancer screening study
On Dec. 8, 2022, the Department of Veterans Affairs embarked on a study to determine the most effective…
CPRIT approved $12 million to bring top-flight cancer researchers to Lone Star State
On Nov. 16, 2022, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) approved $12 million in recruitment…
Reported cancer deaths continued downward trend; modest improvements in survival for pancreatic cancer
On Oct. 27, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that overall cancer death rates continued to decline…
NIH-funded studies showed damaging effects of vaping, smoking on blood vessels
On Oct. 26, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that overall cancer death rates continued to decline…
Hutchinson Cancer Center announced $710.5 million gift to support cancer and infectious disease research, ﾑskin-on-chipﾒ technology
On Oct. 12, 2022, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced the Bezos family had committed $710.5 million over…
U.S. recorded steady decline in cancer death rates
On Sept. 21, 2022, the AACR released the 12th edition of its AACR Cancer Progress Report, an annual…
FDA approved first targeted therapy for HER2-low breast cancer
On Aug. 5, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki), an IV infusion…
Patient with HIV achieved remission following stem cell transplant
On Jul. 27, 2022, City of Hope announced that a 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in…
Hospitalizations and mortality rates higher for cancer patients with breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections, studies showed
On Jun. 10, 2022, researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, and The…
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NIH study confirmed benefit of supplements for slowing age-related macular degeneration
On Jun. 2, 2022, the National Institutes of Health reported that the Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS and…
Wake Forest CCSG cut from 5 years to 3 as center changes leadership, administrative structure
May 27, 2022, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) truncated the just-renewed five-year Cancer Center Support Grant held by…
Jaguar Health announced launch of the first U.S. Canine Cancer Registry and Canine Cancer Care Index
On May 23, 2022, Jaguar Health announced the launch of Canine Cancer: Take C.H.A.R.G.E. (Canine Health And ReGistry…
NIH launched clinical trial of Epstein-Barr virus vaccine
On May 6, 2022, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced that it had launched…
Major study linked breast cancer treatment with increased risk of cardiovascular disease
On Apr. 6, 2022, a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that women receiving certain…
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Fred Hutch and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance unite, reshaped relationship with UW Medicine
On Apr. 1, 2022, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) announced a…