Over the past year, I noticed several books written by giants in our field, people everyone knows, people I am honored to know personally. I was interested in what they wrote, and I thought their books would be of general interest to The Cancer Letter community. Going beyond merely recommending the books, I set out […]
In the 1970’s I was probably one of the last American high school students who was told that if you wanted to go to medical…
As he addressed FDA employees, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the Trump era as a “generational opportunity to make the regulatory agency live…
The American Association for Cancer Research will honor the following cancer researchers and physician-scientists during the AACR Annual Meeting 2025, to be held April 25-30…
In an email sent to directors and deputy directors of NCI-designated cancer centers, Krzysztof Ptak, director of the NCI Office of Cancer Centers, provided a…
Confidential Trump administration budget documents show that the upcoming FY26 Budget Request will radically cut about $50 billion out of the U.S. Department of Health…
The COVID-19 vaccine is a significant technological advancement with widespread global use. However, its effect on cancer immunity, particularly with repeated vac-cinations, remains unclear. We…
Speaking on The Cancer Letter Podcast, Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko recalled recent conversations with two junior faculty members at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart…
Rachel Smith: Such an amazing day presenting my abstract at Brown University / Brown University, cancer, OncoDaily, Oncology, Rachel Smith, Wafik S. El-Deiry
The first clinical trials are testing inhibitors of transposons, DNA sequences that hop around the genome on their own
I stay in the cancer social media world because it helps me cope, even when friends disappear and I’m left wondering if they’re resting, retreating…
