National Institutes Of Health

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health has launched a global public repository that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

President Donald J. Trump recognized pediatric cancer research as a national health priority during his State of the Union address in February, when he proposed $500 million over the next decade toward finding cures.

ATLANTA — The cancer research engine is “clearly working,” with an influx of new scientists and groundbreaking discoveries prolonging survival curves across a variety of cancer types, Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, director of the NCI, said during the opening ceremony of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

NEW YORK — PSA is an “imperfect biomarker” that should inform prostate cancer treatment but not dictate it, according to a presenter at HemOnc Today New York.

Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD, will receive the 2019 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.

HIV seropositivity appeared associated with shorter OS among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma despite sufficient antiretroviral treatment, according to results of a global multicohort study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Anti-inflammatory biologic therapy for treatment of severe psoriasis reduced coronary artery plaque, raising questions about whether such agents could have a role in prevention of CHD, researchers reported in Cardiovascular Research.

Patients with intermediate or high-risk differentiated thyroid cancer may not benefit from thyrotropin suppression with levothyroxine, according to results of a retrospective study published in JAMA Network Open.

Rates of therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia have risen significantly in the modern era following chemotherapy for nearly all solid tumor cancer types, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Oncology.

The NIH launched an initiative to coordinate and accelerate research into a cure for sickle cell disease.