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UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Named a Survivorship Center of Excellence
UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center has been named a LIVESTRONG(tm) Survivorship Center of Excellence by the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and will join a network of five leading centers nationwide that will work together to address the needs of the growing number of cancer survivors in the United States.
March 26, 2006
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Researchers Observe How the Immune System Recognizes and Responds to Cancer
November 14, 2005
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Cancer Center Scientists Team with Other Researchers on Nanotechnology Project
Investigators from UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center are teaming up with researchers from the California Institute of Technology, the UCLA Institute for Molecular Medicine (IMED) and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle to develop new technologies for early detection and classification of cancers.
October 12, 2005
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Intervention Program Failed to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates
An intervention program designed to promote screening for colorectal cancer - and thereby decrease the number of cancers diagnosed - failed to increase screening rates in the managed care setting, a UCLA study has found.
October 10, 2005
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NCI Renews $10 Million Grant for Molecular Imaging Center for Cancer Research
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed, for a second five-year period, a $10-million grant for an innovative molecular imaging center at UCLA, officials announced today. The new funding, bringing UCLA's total support to $20 million, will allow the scientific advances made in the last five years to be translated into the clinic in the next five years to improve the diagnosis and staging of cancer.
July 27, 2005
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4 min read
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Researchers Discover Possible Target for Celebrex Therapy in Lung Cancer
A product produced by lung cancer tumors fuels the cells that suppress immune function in patients and may be a target for Celebrex therapy, giving oncologists another weapon to fight cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center.
July 15, 2005
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3 min read
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Men With Partners, Spouses Fare Better After Prostate Cancer Treatment
Being married or in a relationship significantly improves quality of life for prostate cancer patients following treatment, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and the Department of Urology.
May 23, 2005
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4 min read
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Green Tea Extract Shows Potential as an Anti-Cancer Agent, Study Finds
A study on bladder cancer cells lines showed that green tea extract has potential as an anti-cancer agent, proving for the first time that it is able to target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
May 12, 2005
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UCLA Launches Stem Cell Institute to Investigate New Approaches to Cancer, HIV and Neurological Disorders
Drawing together experts from fields as diverse as engineering to molecular biology, UCLA officials today announced the formation of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine to conduct embryonic and adult stem cell research that may lead to better treatments for HIV, cancer and neurological disorders.
March 17, 2005
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6 min read
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Science Features the Evolution of Quantum Dot Imaging and its Potential in Cancer Research
The evolution over the last two decades of the nanocrystals known as quantum dots has seen the growth of this revolutionary new tool from electronic materials science to far-reaching biological applications that will allow researchers to study cell processes at the level of a single molecule and may result in new and better ways to diagnose and treat cancers.
January 27, 2005
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7 min read
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Smoking by Nurses Creates Workplace Issues that Must be Addressed by Health Systems
Smoking by nurses can create workplace problems that must be addressed by health care systems to promote better interactions between nurses and their patients and reduce dissension among staff, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center.
January 19, 2005
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4 min read
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Researchers Can Predict, for the First Time, Which Kidney Cancer Patients Will Respond to Experimental Therapy
UCLA researchers knew - based on two clinical trials - that a subset of kidney cancer patients responded well to an experimental targeted therapy, but they didn't know why. If they could determine the mechanism behind the response, they would be able to predict which patients would respond and personalize their treatment accordingly.
December 20, 2004
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5 min read
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UCLA Cancer Researchers Use Saliva to Detect Head and Neck Cancer
In one of the first studies using the RNA in saliva to detect cancer, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center were able to differentiate head and neck cancer patients from a group of healthy subjects based on biomarkers found in their spittle.
December 15, 2004
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4 min read