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Recent Cancer Currents Blogs Featuring DCB-Funded Research and/or Perspectives
- As Rates of Some Cancers Increase in Younger People, Researchers Search for Answers
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Recent NCI Research Matters Articles Featuring DCB-Funded Research
Upcoming Events
March 10, 2026 (11:00 - 1:30 pm ET)
Tumor-Draining Lymph Nodes Forum: Systemic Relevance and Effects on Distant Metastasis, Lessons from Patients and Animal Models (Part 1)
Drs. Nathan Reticker-Flynn (Stanford University), Mary Jo Turk (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine), Kamila Naxerova (Harvard Medical School), and Alexander Huang (University of Pennsylvania) will discuss systemic relevance and effects on metastases related to tumor-draining lymph nodes during a virtual forum.
March 12, 2026 (11:00 - 12:00 pm ET)
Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System Webinar: Neural Mimicry, Bioelectrical Signaling, and Metastatic Progression
Drs. Leanne Li (Francis Crick Institute) and Madeleine Oudin (Tufts University) will share research related to neural mimicry, bioelectrical signaling, and the spread of cancer.
March 19, 2026
Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD2) Network Virtual Symposium
CTD2 investigators will share their functional cancer genomics research that is bridging the gap between large-scale genomic datasets and the underlying etiology of cancer development, progression, and metastasis.
March 25 - 26, 2026
Cancer-Alzheimer's Disease Inverse Correlation (CADIC): From Biological Mechanisms to Therapeutic Potential - NIA & NCI Workshop
This NIA & NCI workshop will convene experts in Alzheimer's disease, cancer biology, statistics, epidemiology, and translational/clinical research to discuss the inverse association between Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
April 30, 2026 (11:00 - 12:00 pm ET)
Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System Webinar: Perineural Invasion
Drs. Moran Amit (MD Anderson) and Richard Wong (MSKCC) will discuss the role of perineural invasion in cancer.