Adding the targeted therapy drug ribociclib (Kisqali^®) to hormonal (endocrine) therapy showed a significant improvement in invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) for people with HR-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer. The research will be presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

Today the U.S. House is poised to vote on legislation to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. The proposal includes flat funding for non-defense discretionary spending in FY 2024 and a 1% funding increase in FY 2025. This would considerably restrict potential resources for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) at a time when scientists are on the cusp of so many promising cancer discoveries. 

Five-year overall survival improved by 30% for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were treated at the Hospital General-Tijuana in Mexico, after implementation of a cross-border cancer treatment training and access program facilitated in partnership with Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The research will be presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting and is in press with JCO Global Oncology for publication on Saturday, June 3.

Adding the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) to chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab (Avastin®), improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in people with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer, regardless of whether the cancer expressed PD-L1. The research will be presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jeremy Lyle Warner, MD, MS, FAMIA, FASCO, has been appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics (JCO CCI), an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) journal. JCO CCI is an online-only interdisciplinary journal with a primary focus on how information systems help us learn from and improve cancer care, how they interact with each other, and how they serve to advance the field of cancer medicine. 

Today President Biden announced the nomination of current National Cancer Institute Director (NCI), Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, to become Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – More than 150 members of the Association of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the leading professional organization for oncology professionals, will meet with Members of Congress on Tuesday urging them to make cancer care a top priority.

“Lawmakers have a profound effect on cancer patients and their doctors. From funding the research that leads to new groundbreaking treatments, to ensuring those treatments are covered by insurance and accessible and affordable to patients; lawmakers play a pivotal role,” said ASCO Board Chair Lori J. Pierce, MD, FASTRO, FASCO.