by Taylor Abarca | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Patient Care, Research
Colorectal cancer is unique in that, unlike many other cancers, we know how it progresses from healthy to cancerous. We also know how to prevent it and catch it in its early stages, making it one of the only truly preventable cancers. Unfortunately, even with this...
by Erika Matich | Mar 12, 2019 | Featured, Patient Care, Research
When it comes to cancer research the more data, the better. That is the premise behind the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN). The research initiative brings together 19 accomplished cancer centers to accelerate the progress of cancer research and...
by Garth Sundem | Mar 5, 2019 | Latest News, Research
In the field of Molecular and Cellular Oncology (MCO), cells often arrive frozen to the lab and must be thawed quickly by diluting with culture medium. And so it’s fitting that, on a macro level, molecular oncology researchers themselves arrived frozen to the...
by Garth Sundem | Mar 1, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
Diana Cittelly, PhD Triple-negative breast cancers are more likely than other breast cancer types to metastasize and are especially likely to go the brain in younger women. Researchers have tested various hypotheses to explain this danger. One idea that has gotten...
by Garth Sundem | Feb 25, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Betsy Risendal, PhD Student loans aren’t the only reason young adults end up in debt. One of the largest-ever studies of work-related risks in young adult cancer survivors finds that of 872 survivors, 14.4 percent borrowed more than $10,000 and 1.5 percent said they...
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...
