by Garth Sundem | Feb 11, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Alison Bauer, PhD It is well known that exposure to high-molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) increases cancer risk, leading to regulation of compounds like benzo(a)pyrene (BAP). However, less is known about the health effects of low molecular...
by CU Cancer Center | Feb 5, 2019 | Latest News, Patient Care
Tom and his girlfriend Nel in Cambodia. When Tom Donahue came to UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH), University of Colorado Cancer Center’s clinical partner, he thought he had a pre-cancerous condition called Barrett’s Esophagus. But Donahue had a...
by Garth Sundem | Feb 4, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Colorado has the fifth lowest overall rate of cancer in the United States, behind only District of Columbia, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. And the American Cancer Society recently reported that the U.S. cancer...
by Garth Sundem | Feb 1, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
While the overall incidence of colorectal cancer has fallen about 2 percent annually over the previous two decades, the incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer has risen. In adults ages 20-49, the incidence of colorectal cancer rose 1.5 percent annually over this...
by Garth Sundem | Jan 15, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
A study by researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center and Oregon Health & Science University published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network shows that breast cancers diagnosed in young women within 10 years of giving birth are...
by Garth Sundem | Jan 14, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
Doctors would like to use all sorts of nanoparticles in the body, for example to construct detailed images of anatomy and disease, and to deliver cancer-fighting drugs deep within tumor tissue. However, millions of years of evolution have equipped the body to identify...
