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In the Headlines: Could “flooding the zone” drown NIH and cancer centers?


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With a growing backlog at NIH and Columbia University’s grants getting canceled over alleged antisemitism, where does that leave NCI-designated cancer centers?

Paul Goldberg, editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, and Claire Marie Porter, reporter, discuss this and more on the latest episode of The Cancer Letter Podcast.

Stories mentioned in this podcast include:

  • The Directors: Ray DuBois and Roy Jensen on how COE guides cancer care in rural America

  • Backlog of work grows at NIH as staff members are being hounded to quit

  • Kimryn Rathmell: My mentor recognized a cliff I was going to fall off before I did

  • Guest editorial by Shine Chang, Michaela A. Dinan, and Miria Kano: In support of three coordinated CCSG components reducing our national burden of cancer

  • Guest editorial by William Pao: New drugs don’t appear out of thin air 

A transcript of this podcast is available: https://cancerletter.com/podcastc/20250319/


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