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Cancer,
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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
UCLA Health Now Offers Superior 3D Mammograms
Breast tomosynthesis - state-of-the-art technology that produces three-dimensional mammograms - is now available at UCLA Health's medical campuses in Westwood and Santa Monica.
August 12, 2013
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3 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,
News about UCLA Health
Talent Agent Joe Cohen Joins Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation Board of Directors
Creative Artists Agency’s Joe Cohen joined the board of directors for the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
July 22, 2013
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2 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
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA Cancer Researcher Receives Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research
Dr. Roger Lo has received the 33rd Annual American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research.
May 24, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Method makes it easier to separate useful stem cells from 'problem' ones for therapies
Pluripotent stem cells can turn, or differentiate, into any cell type in the body, such as nerve, muscle or bone, but inevitably some of these stem cells fail to differentiate and end up mixed in with their newly differentiated daughter cells.
April 22, 2013
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4 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Simms/Mann Center Director Receives Outstanding Clinical Care Award
Anne Coscarelli was awarded the Outstanding Clinical Care Award for 2013 by the American Psychosocial Oncology Society in February.
April 15, 2013
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Breast cancer drug receives 'breakthrough therapy' designation from FDA
An experimental drug being investigated for the treatment of advanced breast cancer by researchers from the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center this week received "breakthrough therapy" designation from the U.S.
April 12, 2013
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4 min read
Cancer
Bob's story - Same-day robotic-assisted prostatectomy
Same-day robotic-assisted prostatectomy at UCLA - Patient reports quick recovery: Back to work, the gym and golf in weeks
February 4, 2013
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3 min read
Cancer
Brain Cancer, mother of 4 young children.
UCLA has been so wonderful for us, as we feel so much individual attention and more care from the doctors than the hospitals close to us, so it is worth the 2+ hour drive each time I have a doctor's appointment.
January 14, 2013
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Combination therapy with experimental drug improves outlook for breast cancer patients
A combination therapy using an experimental new drug shows significant promise for women with a common type of breast cancer in which estrogen causes their tumors to grow, researchers with the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center report.
December 5, 2012
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4 min read
Cancer