PHILADELPHIA (October 19, 2021)—Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Edna “Eti” Cukierman, PhD, co-director of the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute, has been named a senior editor for Cancer Research Communications, a new online journal.
Cancer Research Communications, which is being launched by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), will be an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that will cover all aspects of cancer research. Cukierman will work on the Tumor Biology section of the journal with a group of associate editors to review and select articles for publication.
“I am thrilled at the opportunity to be included in the emergence of this new open-access journal from the AACR. Being included in an endeavor of this caliber is a new challenge that I am eager to accept,” said Cukierman, who is also co-director of the Immune Monitoring Facility and co-leader of the Cancer Signaling and Epigenetics Program at Fox Chase. “I am very excited to be involved in an AACR project such as this from the ground up.”
Cukierman’s research focuses on pancreatic cancer, specifically the fibrous scar-like tissue cells that make up most of the tumor microenvironment of the pancreas and influence how tumors are established and progress. The tumor microenvironment comprises normal (noncancerous) cells, a plethora of secreted molecules, blood vessels, and other components that surround tumor cells.
Cukierman’s research has been published in a number of prestigious publications, including Cancer Discovery and Cancer Cell. She has also received a number of accolades over the course of her career, including the AACR Career Development Award.