Cancer February 8, 2017 Effort to improve radiation therapy for veterans receives nearly $4 millionProgram monitors quality, safety of therapy at VHA centers nationwide.News Release January 30, 2017 Online database aims to collect, organize research on cancer mutationsGoal is to help clinicians treat patients based on tumor genetics.News Release January 20, 2017 New insight into origin of stomach cancerCancer pathway doesn't work as previously thought.News Release January 9, 2017 Key driversInvestments in basic science are fundamental to biomedical discovery.Outlook Magazine December 5, 2016 Gene linked to metabolism drives deadly brain cancerCould lead to targeted treatments for this aggressive disease.News Release November 21, 2016 New topical immunotherapy effective against early skin cancerCombination of two drugs reduces precancerous skin lesions.News Release November 18, 2016 Weight loss may help prevent multiple myelomaExcess weight increases risk that benign blood disorder will become cancerous.News Release October 26, 2016 Achilefu receives inaugural breast cancer research award$4.5 million from U.S. defense department funds innovative light therapy .News Release September 26, 2016 $10 million gift creates Bursky Center for Human Immunology and ImmunotherapyResearch harnesses immune system against cancer, other diseases.News Release September 1, 2016 Even with genetic predisposition for lung cancer, quitting smoking reduces riskBreaking habit also halves lung cancer risk.News Release August 15, 2016 $10.4 million awarded for pancreatic cancer researchFederal grant will fund new ways of treating deadliest form of the disease.News Release August 2, 2016 Study finds marker of aggressive prostate cancerMay inform future tests to help doctors decide how best to treat prostate tumors.News Release July 14, 2016 Study aims to find clues to breast cancer outcomes in African-American womenMost past genetic research has analyzed DNA from women of European ancestry.News Release May 18, 2016 Cancer researchers named to federal Moonshot committeesRobert Schreiber and Graham Colditz will serve as advisers to National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.News Release May 5, 2016 Breaking down brain barriers to fight cancerSource: Reuters April 21, 2016 New center aims to fill void in drug developmentCenter for Drug Discovery will focus on unmet needs in public health .News Release April 18, 2016 Delaying radiation therapy for women with very early breast cancer ups recurrenceDelays more common among women in study who were black, unmarried, on Medicaid or diagnosed with larger abnormalities.News Release March 30, 2016 New clues identified in childhood cancer syndromeFindings may help doctors determine which issues are likely to manifest in those with NF1.News Release March 10, 2016 Achilefu named inaugural Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of RadiologyResearch includes developing technologies that help surgeons see cancer cells .News Release February 24, 2016 Laser surgery opens blood-brain barrier to chemotherapyTechnology may improve treatment for deadly brain cancer.News Release February 17, 2016 Govindan named Anheuser-Busch Endowed Chair in Medical OncologyNoted expert treats lung cancer patients, co-chairs effort to describe genomic alterations of lung cancer.News Release February 16, 2016 Washington University leads national effort to improve radiation therapy for U.S. veteransNew program will monitor quality and safety of radiation therapy at VHA centers nationwide.News Release February 9, 2016 Give up your data to cure diseaseSource: New York Times February 2, 2016 New cancer weapon: nanoparticle made from calcium carbonate in antacid tabletsNovel nanoparticle made of common mineral may help keep tumor growth at bay.News Release, Video January 27, 2016 Siteman Cancer Center among leading institutions encouraging HPV vaccinationOnly 40 percent of girls and 21 percent of boys in the U.S. are receiving the recommended three doses, an intervention proven to prevent certain cancers.News Release January 15, 2016 Rival drug firms team up to test new cancer treatment approachSource: STAT January 14, 2016 Mardis visits White House to discuss cancer researchCo-director of The McDonnell Genome Institute joins other top researchers to discuss challenge to cure cancer.News Release December 22, 2015 Study uncovers inherited genetic susceptibility across 12 cancer typesNew finding could help improve the accuracy of existing genetic tests for cancer risk.News Release December 14, 2015 Study uncovers hard-to-detect cancer mutationsFindings could help identify patients who would benefit from existing drugs.News Release December 3, 2015 Scientists receive $13.7 million to develop new multiple myeloma treatmentsNew center will focus on developing nanomaterials and drugs to treat this cancer of the immune system.News Release November 19, 2015 Personalized drug screening on horizon for multiple myeloma patientsMethod could improve long-term outcomes for patients with this treatment-resistant cancer.News Release September 22, 2015 Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein: How to understand a lymphoma diagnosisSource: Wall Street Journal June 15, 2015 Researchers discover weakness in brain tumorsSource: UPI June 3, 2015 Mother fights brain cancer with electric fieldsSource: Reuters May 28, 2015 Medical research: Subject to reflectionSource: Nature May 28, 2015 Simplicity works in cancer prevention — for you and your kidsSource: Huffington Post Posts navigation ‹ Prev 1 … 5 6 7 8 Next ›
