The American Cancer Society prefers to avoid public confrontation with corporate donors, even those who make money by selling tobacco products.

“We have come to the conclusion that in the case of Walgreens, CVS, and other business partners, the best strategy is to work with them rather than against them,” said Robert Youle, vice chair of the board of the American Cancer Society and an attorney with the Denver firm Sherman & Howard.

Almost one decade ago, Laurie Fenton-Ambrose, president and CEO of the Lung Cancer Alliance, described the National Lung Screening Trial as “failed” and “outdated.”

The Department of Defense announced the availability of several grants through its Ovarian Cancer Research Program and its Lung Cancer Research Program. 

For a good time, go to the Medicare database and key in the name of your physician friend, foe, or whatever, and presto!—you will see how much that person had billed Medicare in 2012.

This will make for hours of guilty pleasure, especially if you are willing to set aside concerns about—not just privacy—but accuracy.

President Obama signed a bill authorizing $126 million for pediatric medical research over the next 10 years, following a rare showing of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill.

The American Association for Cancer Research presented its 2014 awards at its annual meeting, held April 5-9 in San Diego. The AACR also inaugurated its officers for the next year during its annual business meeting. Carlos Arteaga was named president of the organization. 

• Patricia Goldsmith named CEO of CancerCare

• Becky DeKay named president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers

• MD Anderson Cancer Center partners with GlaxoSmithKline

• AACR taking applications for SU2C-Cancer Research UK Fellowship

Cancer research remains underfunded, and the U.S. cancer care system as a whole may be unprepared to handle an aging population, according to two separate reports from the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Current Medicare policies do not adequately reimburse cancer care provided in the community setting, the Community Oncology Alliance and the U.S. Oncology Network said in a joint, open letter to members of Congress.

The American Association for Cancer Research named its 2014 class of elected fellows of the AACR Academy. The fellows will be inducted at the association’s annual meeting in San Diego, April 5-9.

• PCORI Forms Clinical Trials Advisory Panel

• Samuel Broder named executive VP at Intrexon Corporation

• Marion Couch named chair of IU Head and Neck Surgery

• John Powderly II honored by ACCC

• Two foundations offer $300,000 for neuroendocrine tumor lines

• Fred Hutch honors thirteen graduate students

• Community Oncology Alliance publishes IV Fluid Shortage Survey

• NCCN Updates colorectal assessment guidelines