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Saying goodbye to a community partner and friend
Bridgette Hempstead, founder of Cierra Sisters and staunch health equity research advocate, remembered as a force for underserved patients

10 years in, HICOR’s efforts boost cancer care’s value
Fred Hutch’s Value in Cancer Care Initiative celebrates a decade of data and crucial collaborations between providers, payers and patients

How do we increase equity in cancer care?
HICOR’s Value in Cancer Care Summit brings together stakeholders to discuss barriers, pain points and solutions

First Lady Jill Biden: ‘Your work will change and save lives’
MET-X research lab tour and Cancer Moonshot ‘listening session’ on survivorship and pediatric cancer highlight First Lady's visit to Fred Hutch

ASCO 2023 highlights: Fine-tuning cancer care
Annual oncology meeting emphasizes less-toxic treatments, more precision oncology and new ways to reduce collateral damage

What’s new in breast cancer research? SABCS 2022 delivers plenty
Studies highlight research on treatment toxicity, disparities in insurance, gaps in metastatic care, new therapies and more

Cancer chemo side effects and how to limit them
A Q & A with physician-scientist Dr. Gary Lyman on his new Nature review of acute chemotherapy-associated adverse events

New studies highlight cancer inequities in hospice care, financial impacts
Analyses shared at ASCO annual meeting show lack of home hospice care for Medicaid patients during COVID-19; quantify financial hardships

Tip Sheet: Disparities in cancer outcomes, catching up on cancer screenings, boosting immunotherapy effectiveness and SARS-CoV-2 origins
Summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news

What's a cancer registry?
These large national databases track cancer trends, spotlight health disparities and improve patient care; new linkages allow for even more

New cancer drugs lead to life-threatening financial choices
Hutch researchers in HICOR take on one of cancer treatment’s deadliest side effects, financial toxicity; call for Medicare policy change

How to achieve equity in cancer care, research and beyond
New national reports outline our progress on cancer and issue a call to action to eliminate structural racism that drives health disparities

Fred Hutch announces new collaboration with Roche leveraging digital technology to help cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Project will focus on reducing unplanned emergency department visits through a remote monitoring system

NIH grant to fund new financial-toxicity intervention
Randomized trial will test benefit of proactive financial counseling and navigation for cancer patients and caregivers

Future of medicine: Body heal thyself
Panel of Hutch scientists talked gene therapy, big data and financial toxicity to reporters at annual AAAS meeting

Fred Hutch at ASCO: HPV vaccine uptake in U.S., immunotherapy and sarcoma, financial toxicity of cancer, health care disparities and more
The American Society of Clinical Oncology will hold its annual meeting May 31-June 4 in Chicago

New data on cancer disparities in Washington
Health equity, patient voices and patient-engaged research hot topics at Value in Cancer Care Summit

Hutch CIO gives keynote at Hopperx1 women-in-tech conference
Kathy Alexion spoke about cloud computing's potential to accelerate cancer research

Filling in the gap on prevalence of viral infections
From the Ramsey Group, Public Health Sciences Division