Policy
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Policy Matters
Putting an End to Cancer Health DisparitiesCancer has a disproportionate impact on disadvantaged and minority groups. The AACR 2020 by 2020 initiative is a step toward closing the gap.
by Michael A. Caligiuri, MD
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Will Right to Try Increase Access to Experimental Treatments?
The recently passed Right to Try Act is meant to provide patients with greater access to experimental therapies. Patient advocates are divided on whether the law will benefit patients.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Bill Aims to Improve Childhood Cancer Research
The STAR Act passes in the U.S. House of Representatives.
by Brad Jones
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Talking About Medical Marijuana
Medical oncologists discuss marijuana with their patients. Many of these doctors feel they aren't well enough informed to make recommendations about it, but some do anyway.
by Kate Yandell
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Paying for Tumor Testing
A recent U.S. government decision about coverage of tumor sequencing could affect cancer patients.
by Brad Jones
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The Many Faces of Patient Advocacy
Advocates shared their stories and projects at the AACR Annual Meeting.
by Kate Yandell
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A New Type of Drug Approval
At the AACR Annual Meeting, researchers and regulators discuss what it means to tie approval of an immunotherapy to tumors' molecular characteristics, not to their tissues of origin.
by Kate Yandell
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Policy Matters
Forcing Big Tobacco to Tell the TruthA judge orders tobacco companies to come clean about the dangers of their products after decades of deception.
by Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD
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Forward Look
Tobacco Ads Admit Cigarettes Cause CancerCBS, ABC and NBC are airing advertisements that acknowledge the link between cigarettes and cancer.
by Sue Rochman
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Forward Look
Tobacco’s Global ReachAction on Smoking and Health works to reduce global tobacco use.
by Sue Rochman