George Weiner: Cancer centers are special, as are site visits in CCSG review - The Cancer Letter The cancer center program of the NCI is a success that is admired not only within the NIH but worldwide. This is due, in large part, to the cancer center review process that has evolved and strengthened over the years. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site […]

George Weiner: "We must remember that the cancer center review process does much more than provide a score and determine how funding is distributed via the Cancer Center Support Grant."
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World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert in Africa, human rights in Tunisia New executive orders issued by the White House are set to further impact the cooperative, multilateral work of the United Nations, two weeks since the United States declared that it was pulling out of...

135,000 #women in sub-Saharan #Africa could die from #breastcancer by 2040 due to gaps in breast cancer control. #WHO found 42 of 47 countries in the region had critical shortage of #healthcareworkers, lack of access to #cancercenters, and lack of #screening programs. tinyurl.com/588cufs6

Thread by @michael_hoerger on Thread Reader App @michael_hoerger: JAMA-NO Today: Masking is a new indicator of healthcare quality. >80% of top #cancer centers have strict masking policies during #Covid waves. #KeepMasksInHealthcare #YallMasking #Sa...

Exciting news in #Covid Twitter today:

Prof Mike Hoerger (Tulane U) has a new paper looking at masking policies in nat/l cancer institute designated centers during most recent surge... a 🧵
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