Names & News

Stefania Vallone has been elected President of Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE), which provides a European platform for already existing lung cancer patient advocacy groups and supports the establishment of national […]

Charles Swanton received the Biochemical Society 2016 GSK prize in recognition of distinguished research leading to new advances in medical science. Prof. Swanton is Professor of Cancer Medicine and Chair of […]

Patrick Soon-Shiong has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Altor BioScience Corporation. Dr. Soon- Shiong is the inventor of Abraxane, an albuminbound nanoparticle of paclitaxel approved for lung, […]

Suresh Senan received the 2016 Heine H. Hansen Award, which recognizes a lung cancer investigator who has made a special contribution to lung cancer research and education on an international […]

Umberto Ricardi has been elected President- Elect of the European SocieTy for Radiotherapy & Oncology (ESTRO). Prof. Ricardi is Full Professor of Radiation Oncology and Chairman of the Radiation Oncology Department, […]

Cathy Pietanza has been appointed Global Director of Scientific Affairs for Oncology in Merck Research Laboratories. Prior to joining Merck, Dr. Pietanza was an Assistant Attending Physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer […]

Roman Perez-Soler has been named to the US National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) Board of Scientific Counselors for Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology, which provides advice on NCI intramural and extramural research […]

Waun Ki Hong received the 10th AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research and the 2016 ASCO Special Recognition Award, which honors an individual whose research […]

Professor Jean-Yves Douillard has been appointed the first Chief Medical Officer of the European Society of Medical Oncology. Prof. Douillard was previously Professor of Medical Oncology at the Integrated Centres […]

Paul A. Bunn, Jr, received the 2016 David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award and Lecture, which is given annually to an oncologist who has made outstanding contributions to cancer research, diagnosis, […]