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Cancer,
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You are what you eat: Low-fat diet changes prostate cancer tissue
Men with prostate cancer who ate a low-fat diet and took fish oil supplements had lower levels of pro-inflammatory substances in their blood and a lower cell cycle progression score - a measure used to predict cancer recurrence - than men who ate a typical Western diet, UCLA researchers found.
November 18, 2013
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Nanotech researchers' two-step method shows promise in fighting pancreatic cancer
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new technique for fighting deadly and hard-to-treat pancreatic cancer that uses two different types of nanoparticles, the first type clearing a path into tumor cells for the second, which delivers chemotherapy drugs.
November 14, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA researchers identify unique protein key to the development of blood stem cells
Led by Dr. Hanna Mikkola, UCLA scientists have discovered a unique protein that is integral to the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) during human development.
November 13, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
New cancer drugs much more effective against endometrial tumors when estrogen is low
Modulating the hormonal environment in which endometrial cancers grow could make tumors significantly more sensitive to a new class of drugs known as PARP inhibitors, UCLA researchers have shown for the first time.
November 12, 2013
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5 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Experimental drug shows encouraging results in treating most common form of lung cancer
An experimental cancer drug that has shown promise in the treatment of melanoma has also shown early potential as an effective treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death among men and women worldwide.
October 31, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA Dentistry discovers cellular signals between pancreatic cancer tumors and saliva
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
October 8, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA study finds link between high-fat, high-calorie diet and pancreas cancer
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that mice made obese by high-calorie, high-fat diets develop abnormally high numbers of lesions known to be precursors to pancreas cancer.
October 1, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
JCCC Member Named UCLA Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research
Dr. Arash Naeim has been appointed UCLA Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research.
September 19, 2013
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2 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
New system uses nanodiamonds to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to brain tumors
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an innovative drug-delivery system
September 11, 2013
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
A system in crisis: Cancer care in America needs an overhaul, national report says
Cancer care in the United States is a system in crisis, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine that says urgent changes are needed to boost the quality of care and improve outcomes for people diagnosed with the disease.
September 10, 2013
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2 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Swallowing exercises preserve function in head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation
A study at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation as part of their treatment were less likely to need a feeding tube or suffer unwanted side effects.
September 4, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Four UCLA stem cell researchers receive CIRM Early Translational grants
Four researchers from UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have received Early Translational Research Awards totaling approximately $13 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state's stem cell agency.
August 30, 2013
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5 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA Stem Cell Researcher Wins Prestigious McCulloch and Till Award
Dr. Hanna Mikkola has been named the 2013 recipient of the McCulloch and Till Award by the Society for Hematology and Stem Cells (ISEH) in honor of her efforts.
August 28, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Eating right, exercise may help prostate cancer patients reduce risk of aggressive tumors
Lenora Arab Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown for the first time that men with prostate cancer who closely adhere to World Cancer Research Fund lifestyle recommendations have a significantly reduced risk of highly aggressive prostate tumors.
August 14, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle,
Science & Research
Chronicling cancer experience online can reduce depressive symptoms in breast cancer patients
Adults increasingly are conveying their personal experiences with serious disease online, but do such chronicles help the authors or their audience?
August 13, 2013
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4 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
UCLA prostate cancer research program receives $11.6 million federal grant
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the department of urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have been notified that their standing as a National Cancer Institute Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) site in prostate cancer has been renewed for another five years.
August 6, 2013
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5 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
New Treatment Strategy for Breast Cancer Spread to Brain
Successfully combining cellular therapy and gene therapy in a mouse model system, researchers have developed a viable treatment strategy for breast cancer that has metastasized, or spread, to the patient’s brain.
August 6, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle,
Science & Research
Eating Right, Exercise May Help Prostate Cancer Patients
Researchers have published the first study on aggressive prostate cancer and the adherence to eight World Cancer Research Fund lifestyle recommendations, with results showing a significantly decreased risk of the cancer associated with adherence to the recommendations.
July 31, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA Researchers Find Link Between Intestinal Bacteria and White Blood Cell Cancer
UCLA researchers have discovered that specific types of bacteria that live in the gut are major contributors to lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells that are part of the human immune system.
July 29, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA Researchers Monitor T cell Function to Improve Melanoma Treatment
May 30, 2013
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3 min read