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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 20h

Beyond BRCA: Using AI to uncover the hidden architecture of hereditary cancer risk cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 21h

Rachna Shroff, accomplished GI oncologist and “tireless mentor,” dies at 47 Her endowed award will live on cancerletter.com/obituary/20261016_3

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 23h

The lung cancer diagnosis of Pope Leo—believed to be a never-smoker—sparks conversations around screening “Even when the patient is the Pope, advances in cancer treatment don’t arrive by divine intervention.” cancerletter.com/news-analysis/2026…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 16/10/2026

As trust in USPSTF erodes, cancer screening is in peril David Ransohoff predicts a “Wild West” era without evidence-based screening guidelines cancerletter.com/conversation-with-…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 16/10/2026

VCU's Baskin and UNC’s Ferris weigh oncology’s looming dilemma—MCDs Center directors are strategizing for likely FDA approval of GRAIL’s Galleri cancerletter.com/podcastc/20261016_1

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 10/10/2026

@muschollings.bsky.social startup brings preclinical imaging into the light New technology lets cancer researchers watch experiments unfold in real time cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 08/10/2026

"It continues to be, I would say, an interesting and invigorating job," Letai said to The Cancer Letter about his first year as NCI Director. cancerletter.com/conversation-with-…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 08/10/2026

The study is the first to show psilocybin’s potential as a preventive treatment for pain caused by damage to the peripheral nervous system. cancerletter.com/clinical/20261002_4

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 07/10/2026

Nearly two years after FDA issued a final rule requiring radiologists to tell women whether their breasts are “dense” or “not dense” after a mammogram, the notification has become nearly universal. cancerletter.com/regulatory-news/20…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 06/10/2026

"After discussions with my family, I decided that what I wanted to do for the administration was work on cancer policy, because of what I and my family has endured," Caputo said. cancerletter.com/white-house/202610…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 06/10/2026

NIH introduces “Linked Discoveries,” a PubMed tool aimed at strengthening research replication, reproducibility cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/2026…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 06/10/2026

@ascocancer.bsky.social #GU27 remains one of the few spaces where urologic, medical, and radiation oncologists sit at the same table with diagnostic and interventional radiologists to critically evaluate the latest innovations. cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 06/10/2026

@mdanderson.bsky.social researchers found that using psilocybin as a prophylactic treatment before each cycle of chemotherapy completely prevented mechanical hypersensitivity in mice. cancerletter.com/clinical/20261002_4

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 05/10/2026

Letai: "I hope for my Year Two, that we can really focus on executing on a lot of these initiatives that we’ve started. It does no good to start an initiative if you can’t bring it home." cancerletter.com/conversation-with-…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 05/10/2026

“At some high-volume centers, appointments for MRI are booked out months in advance. I know of one breast imaging practice in the Northeast that has a 6-month wait for a screening breast MRI," Mammogen's Elise Berman said. cancerletter.com/regulatory-news/20…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 04/10/2026

Federal judge blocks Trump’s second attempt at imposing $100,000 fee for H1-B visas cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/2026…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 03/10/2026

Michael R. Caputo, a cancer survivor and a Republican political operative, was named to the President’s Cancer Panel. cancerletter.com/white-house/202610…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 03/10/2026

ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium: Pioneering breakthroughs, optimizing patient outcomes. By the @ascocancer.bsky.social cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 03/10/2026

Two years after FDA’s breast density notification rule, there is still no standard for follow-up So far, 38 million patients have received a dense breast notification. Now what? cancerletter.com/regulatory-news/20…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 03/10/2026

@mdanderson.bsky.social study suggests psilocybin may prevent chemo-induced neuropathy “Because it works in one neural system, you begin to wonder: Well, what about another?” cancerletter.com/clinical/20261002_4

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 03/10/2026

"Last year was a year, in my view, of calming things down and starting some things up,” Letai said to The Cancer Letter cancerletter.com/conversation-with-…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 02/10/2026

With Year One metrics in hand, Letai is ready to “bring it home” in Year Two “I hope I don’t see any more reports of NCI cutting funding, because it just is not consistent with the facts” cancerletter.com/conversation-with-…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 02/10/2026

Michael Caputo appointed to President’s Cancer Panel The cancer survivor and political operative says his appointment signals Trump’s interest in cancer, survivorship cancerletter.com/white-house/202610…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 29/09/2026

"We must not lower the bar for approvals and introduction into the population regardless of how desperate we are for solutions,” NCI's Philip Castle said at the meeting. cancerletter.com/news-analysis/2026…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 26/09/2026

In a long-anticipated decision, the FDA Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted in favor of Galleri to become the first multi-cancer detection test to receive regulatory approval. cancerletter.com/news-analysis/2026…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 26/09/2026

How biology is reshaping breast cancer care. @cityofhope.bsky.social's Hope S. Rugo on how our growing understanding is helping make personalized cancer care a reality cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 25/09/2026

FDA advisory committee votes in favor of Galleri approval, but calls for removal of “early” detection claims. Clinical benefit will not be considered for approval, FDA says. cancerletter.com/news-analysis/2026…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 14/09/2026

Michael Crane (#WTCHealth): “I will posit right now that lung cancer is caused by that junk in the pile, for sure, but when you took that cigarette risk away, you slowed that down." cancerletter.com/cancer-history-pro…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 14/09/2026

Samuel Kaffenberger named deputy director for cancer clinical services at University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center cancerletter.com/in-brief/20260911_…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 12/09/2026

UK Markey's Tim Mullett: How the Markey Affiliate Network brings NCI-level cancer care to every corner of Kentucky cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 12/09/2026

25 years after 9/11, a smoking cessation program may have curbed lung cancer risk for first responders at Ground Zero “We seem to have a risk of exposure that needed that extra boost of the cigarette to cause the cancer.” cancerletter.com/cancer-history-pro…

"I was thinking to myself, 'God, we don't have enough respiratory stuff, we don't ahve enough protection, the masks. My god, what's going to happen?' My number one concern was the respiratory health going forward." - Michael Crane, MD, MPH, Medical director, World Trade Center Health Program Center of Excellence.

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 12/09/2026

Michael Crane (#WTCHealth): “My greatest concern was that they were gonna get lung cancer. I remember standing there. I couldn't breathe. I had to walk away. I didn't have a mask on or anything.” cancerletter.com/cancer-history-pro…

Smoke and dust descends on Manhattan during the collapse of the World Trade Center.

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 20/08/2026

"A field with that many degrees of freedom and no forum for candid, cross-sector discussion becomes more expensive, slower, and less equitable and accessible to patients" cancerletter.com/guest-editorial/20…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 19/08/2026

Kimryn Rathmell: "One of the great pleasures of summer is having more time to read." cancerletter.com/guest-editorial/20…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 18/08/2026

Yuman Fong/@cityofhope.bsky.social: "What if patients no longer had to choose between staying close to home and receiving specialized surgical expertise?" cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 18/08/2026

@acscan.bsky.social voter poll finds overwhelming support for affordable cancer care, high concern over tobacco usage cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/2026…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 18/08/2026

Physician-scientists by day, a funk-loving musical troupe by night—we asked the @sitcancer.bsky.social house band to craft a recommendation list that similarly blends these two worlds. So, pop on some music, crack open a journal, and enjoy the vibes. cancerletter.com/book-review/202608…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 17/08/2026

Sid Sijbrandij: "I learned that a willingness to engage with a messy, real case is a different trait than reputation. Some of the most useful input I got came from mid-career researchers with expertise in a pathway relevant to my tumor" cancerletter.com/guest-editorial/20…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 16/08/2026

"My mom, noticing with each call how her son’s voice was sounding unfamiliar, gave me the most important advice I heard during this period: Never become a product of your circumstances," writes Lavonté Saunders cancerletter.com/guest-editorial/20…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 16/08/2026

Senate passes stopgap bill that would ban OMB from finalizing rule that would politicize science cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/2026…

Illuminated dome of the U.S. Capitol at dusk.

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 15/08/2026

Remote robotic surgery could redefine access to expert cancer care. By Yuman Fong, MD (@cityofhope.bsky.social) cancerletter.com/sponsored-article/…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 14/08/2026

What are The CheckPoints movin’ and groovin’ to this summer? Join the journal club with the best bops: We asked @sitcancer.bsky.social’s 13-piece band of medical musicians for the top papers and songs of the summer cancerletter.com/book-review/202608…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 03/08/2026

Monica L. Baskin named director of @vcumassey.bsky.social Baskin is the first female director of Massey and the first Black woman to be named director of a NCI-designated Cancer Center. cancerletter.com/in-brief/20260731_…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 03/08/2026

Buchwald/Lowe (@winshipcancer.emory.edu): "The recent retraction of the LungTIME-C01 randomized trial...has ignited a vigorous debate regarding the promise of cancer chronotherapy." cancerletter.com/trials-and-tribula…

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 31/07/2026

Trump plans a 200% tariff on imported generic drugs by 2029, raising fears of cancer drug shortages “There is a reason why generics have been exempt from all the tariffs until now,” Brookings economist warns cancerletter.com/white-house/202607…

Donald Trump outdoors in a dark suit and bright pink tie, arms spread wide, with blurred greenery in the background.

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