by Garth Sundem | Dec 7, 2017 | C3 Magazine, Patient Care, Research
Last year when surgeon Gretchen Ahrendt, MD, was considering a move from the University of Pittsburgh to accept the position of Director of the Diane O’Connor Thompson Breast Center on the Anschutz Campus, she and her husband, Steven – also a surgical oncologist –...
by Garth Sundem | Nov 1, 2017 | Latest News, Research
Two University of Colorado Cancer Center studies were presented this weekend at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics Meeting in Philadelphia, PA showing that using the drug alisertib along with the drug TAK-228 is more effective against...
by Garth Sundem | Aug 22, 2017 | Honors, Latest News
A successful early-career scientist will apply for many grants and even win a few, often first from foundations and associations, perhaps from programs designed to promote the training of young researchers, and eventually from the National Institutes of Health to fund...
by Garth Sundem | Aug 7, 2017 | Latest News, Research
Women with obesity are more likely to get breast cancer, and a number of studies have provided a reasonable explanation why: after menopause, fat tissue manufactures estrogen, and the estrogen then promotes tumor growth. But why, then, do women with obesity continue...
by Garth Sundem | Jul 25, 2017 | Latest News, Research
Estrogen-positive breast cancers are often treated with anti-estrogen therapies. But about half of these cancers contain a subpopulation of cells marked by the protein cytokeratin 5 (CK5), which resists treatment — and breast cancers with higher CK5 expression have...
