AACI Commentary

Exploring Topics of Interest to AACI Cancer Centers

To promote the work of its member centers, AACI publishes Commentary, an editorial series focusing on major issues of common interest to North American cancer centers. 

Each AACI Commentary is written by a cancer center leader and distributed by email to the more than 2,200 readers of the AACI Update newsletter. 

The publication is designed to cover a specific topic in 750-1,000 words. Recommendations for topics and authors are encouraged. 

Please submit suggestions to: 

Chris Zurawsky
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
412-802-6775

Emily Stimmel
Communications and External Relations Coordinator
412-647-0504

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Reflections on the 2019 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting

By Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD 

As chair of AACI’s 2019 Annual Meeting Program Committee, I took a keen interest in watching the event unfold last month in Washington, DC. From panel discussions on CAR T-cell therapy and the biology of cancer metastases to economic issues like controlling costs for patients and cancer centers, the meeting held something for everybody in the cancer research enterprise.

Read the November 2019 Commentary.