by Taylor Abarca | Jul 11, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
The University of Colorado Cancer Center is leading the way in the development of a new endometrial cancer clinical trial that may lead to practice-changing therapies in the future. Bradley Corr, MD “We are excited to be one of the first cancer centers in the nation...
by Garth Sundem | Jul 9, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Rachel Rabinovitch, MD Ashkenazi Jewish women have a 1-in-40 chance of carrying the BRCA mutation and these BRCA-positive women have an 80 percent lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. A study by University of Colorado Cancer Center and Shaarei Zedek...
by Garth Sundem | Jun 27, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Sameer Nath, MD When it comes to using radiation against lung cancer, preliminary clinical studies were pretty clear: More is better. So why did a large phase 3 clinical trial find exactly the opposite – that stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with...
by Garth Sundem | Jun 25, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Dawn Duval, PhD Some of what we learn through the compassionate treatment of dogs with cancer goes on to help human patients. Now a study by researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center and Colorado State University Flint Animal Cancer Center returns the favor:...
by Garth Sundem | Jun 17, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Elena Shagisultanova, MD, PhD (left), and Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc The growth of some breast cancers is driven by hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Other breast cancers are driven by changes in the gene HER2. Still some cancers are driven by both – and breast...
by Taylor Abarca | May 31, 2019 | Featured, Research
Sexual health can be an uncomfortable subject after completing cancer treatment, but is an important quality of life issue. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference in Chicago...
