CCR News Archives
CCR News Archives
2021
- Clinical trial evaluates the effect of Minnelide on advanced pancreatic cancer
- Samira M. Sadowski discusses her work at CCR and offers advice for future cancer researchers
- Clinical trial studies surgical treatment for adults with peritoneal carcinomatosis
- Blood test reveals when benign NF1 tumors turn cancerous
- FDA approves belzutifan, first drug for cancers associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease
- New study tests drug combination for treatment of biliary tract cancer
- Clinical trial investigates drug combination for relapsed small cell lung cancers and advanced neuroendocrine cancers
- Clinical trial will test triple-drug combination against aggressive colon and HPV-associated cancers
- Steven A. Rosenberg and Louis M. Staudt receive HHS Departmental Awards
- Collaborative study leads to FDA approval of belumosudil for chronic graft-versus-host disease
- Clinical trial studies six-drug combination aimed at relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma
- Sheue-yann Cheng receives 2021 Valerie Anne Galton Lectureship Award
- Protein that drives aggressive liver cancer identified
- A conversation with Troy A. McEachron, Ph.D.
- Immune cells promote breast cancer’s metastasis to the brain in young mice
- International study of rhabdomyosarcoma finds genetic clues, potential for tailored therapy
- New study tests therapy in patients with hemorrhagic cystitis after bone marrow transplant
- Howard A. Young receives 2021 ICIS Mentorship Award
- Clinical trial studies immunotherapy and radiation for pancreatic cancer
- CCR postbaccalaureate fellow awarded Fulbright to study cancer disparities in Nigeria
- A conversation with CCR immunotherapy experts
- Vassiliki Saloura receives 2021 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Career Development Award
- CCR fellow receives 2021 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Award
- William Figg receives 2021 ACCP Distinguished Investigator Award
- AACR Annual Meeting - Session II
- Live-cell imaging reveals variability in RNA processing
- Elaine S. Jaffe to receive 2022 Gold-Headed Cane Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology
- Steven A. Rosenberg named 2021 Dan David Prize laureate
- Brigitte C. Widemann selected as a 2021 Sammies finalist
- Clinical trial evaluates COVID-19 vaccine in adults in treatment for cancer
- Personalized approach to prostate cancer diagnosis could mean less invasive biopsies
- Vinay K. Pathak receives Cozzarelli Prize
- New fluorescent probes developed that can help clinicians pinpoint cancer metastases
- Stem cell transplant after CAR T-cell therapy effective for young leukemia patients
- FDA approves BCMA-targeted CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma
- In Memoriam: George Vande Woude, Ph.D. (1935-2021)
- New tool predicts which treatments may work best in cancer patients
- CCR scientists and alumni honored by the American Association for Cancer Research
- Drug combination leads to durable responses in patients with small cell lung cancer
- Brigitte Widemann named a Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awardee
- Engineered myeloid cells have promise as a potential treatment for metastatic cancer
- Anish Thomas featured in The Cancer Letter for SCLC study
- FDA grants orphan drug designation to PRGN-2012 for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
- Curtis C. Harris elected as a fellow of the AACR Academy
- Combination therapy in patients with advanced kidney cancer found to be highly effective
- Hotspots for DNA damage and repair in neurons identified
- Clinical trial investigates vaccine to treat recurrent respiratory papillomatosis after surgery
- New trial evaluates immunotherapy combinations in adults with advanced small bowel and colorectal cancers
- New Milestones publication now available
- Clinical trial evaluates combination therapy for men with metastatic prostate cancer
- New finding reveals how some cancers gain or lose chromosomes
- Drug lessens symptoms of severe chronic graft-versus-host disease
- A key mechanism that fuels uncontrolled cell growth is uncovered in yeast
- Registration and abstract submission now open for RNA Biology Symposium
- Potential therapeutic target for lung squamous cell carcinoma identified
- Clinical trial studies immunotherapy combination for recurrent thymoma and thymic carcinoma
- Fecal microbiota transplants help patients with advanced melanoma respond to immunotherapy
- New way to address chemoresistance linked to the protein SLFN11
- Genetics, not just smoking, influence small cell lung cancer risk
- New findings show how damaged cells survive the cell cycle
- New insights into what fuels an aggressive form of kidney disease
- Clinical trial studies therapy for relapsed/refractory T-cell malignancies
2020
- Study evaluates, treats, and follows patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors
- New clinical trial studies immunotherapy combination for metastatic breast cancer
- Clinical trial studies therapy for adults with BRAF-mutant hairy cell leukemia
- New connection between gut microbes and liver cancer uncovered in mice
- Immunotherapy combination tested for advanced/metastatic solid tumors
- Analysis of T cells from melanoma patients uncovers characteristics leading to cancer regression
- Clinical trial evaluates therapy for adults with relapsed/refractory HCL
- Treatment for women with advanced, untreated cervical cancer tested in new clinical trial
- Clinical trial studies drug combination for EGFR-mutated adenocarcinomas
- Clinical trial evaluates therapy for advanced or metastatic solid tumors
- Embryonic stem cells have their own strategy for protecting chromosome ends
- Clinical trial studies modified treatment regimen for patients with B-ALL
- Clinical trial to test drug for cancer patients with weakened immune systems
- Japan approves photoimmunotherapy for head and neck cancer
- New clinical trial studies stem cell transplant for primary immunodeficiency diseases
- Clinical trial studies therapy for people with prostate or kidney cancer
- Combination therapy tested in clinical trial for metastatic genitourinary cancers
- Peter Choyke and Louis Staudt elected to the National Academy of Medicine
- Phase I CAR T-cell therapy leads to years-long remissions in relapsed B-cell lymphoma patients
- Clinical trial tests immunotherapy combination for advanced HPV-associated cancers
- Clinical trial tests vaccine for late-stage HPV-linked tumors
- Lymphoma therapy drug tested as early treatment for chronic graft-versus-host disease
- Ira Pastan receives 2020 Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement award
- Ruth Nussinov and Kandice Tanner named American Physical Society Fellows
- Jordan Meier receives the 2021 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
- Sue Wickner receives the 2021 American Society for Microbiology Award for Basic Research
- Combination therapy for solid tumors and small-cell cancers studied in new clinical trial
- Clinical trial studies combination immunotherapy for colorectal cancer
- Registration Open: Enhancers, Gene Regulation and Genome Organization
- Selumetinib offers hope as first FDA-approved treatment for neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1)
- Clinical trial evaluates a combination therapy for metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma
- In Memoriam: Larry K. Keefer, Ph.D.
- Clinical trial evaluates immunotherapy for head and neck cancer caused by HPV
- Trial opens to evaluate a potential anti-metastasis compound
- Clinical trial will evaluate chemotherapy-sparing approach to treating Kaposi sarcoma
- Undergraduate research at NCI sparks curiosity and new connections
- Innovative imaging tools reveal how neutrophils fight inflammation in mice
- FDA grants rare pediatric disease designation for experimental immunotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia