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Cancer,
Science & Research
Cancer researchers awarded $3.2 million grant to find better ways to treat advanced melanoma
A team of investigators from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute was awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
March 11, 2024
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health
The American Society for Clinical Investigation recognizes three UCLA physician-scientists for their achievements in research
The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) has named Dr. Quen Cheng, Dr. Elizabeth Volkmann, and Dr. Ching Zhu among its 2024 Early-Career Awardees.
March 5, 2024
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4 min read
Cancer
Genetic testing can reveal the path forward for people at high risk of colorectal cancer
March 4, 2024
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5 min read
Cancer
Competitive athlete Hilary Witbrodt's greatest victory? Her win over colorectal cancer
Competitive athlete Hilary Witbrodt's greatest victory? Her win over colorectal cancer
March 4, 2024
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7 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA professor honored by Society of Pediatric Research
Dr. Anna-Barbara Moscicki, professor of pediatrics at UCLA, has been honored with the Society for Pediatric Research’s 2024 Douglas K. Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Healthcare Research.
March 4, 2024
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2 min read
Cancer
Dr. Folasade May discusses the rise in colorectal cancer cases and how it can be reversed
March 1, 2024
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Researchers uncover a potential genetic marker associated with better survival outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer
Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center discovered a gene usually linked to giant axonal neuropathy, a rare neurological condition, also plays a role in inhibiting aggressive tumor cell growth in head and neck cancers.
February 29, 2024
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3 min read
Cancer
30 years and counting: Simms Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology is a national model for whole-person cancer care
When the father of Victoria Mann Simms, PhD, was diagnosed with cancer in the early 1990s, integrative care was virtually non-existent.
February 28, 2024
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7 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA receives $10 million to launch Howard and Irene Levine Family Center for Movement Disorders
February 27, 2024
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4 min read
Ask the Doctors,
Cancer,
Science & Research
Researchers use AI to detect pancreatic cancer sooner
A dear friend was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was so advanced, he died just a month later. I recently saw a discussion on television about using AI to detect pancreatic cancer early, while it is still curable. How would that work?
February 26, 2024
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health
In memoriam: Michael Grunstein, 77, pioneering scientist who helped make genetic cloning possible
Michael Grunstein, a distinguished professor emeritus of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and pioneering scientist who helped make genetic cloning possible, has died. He was 77.
February 23, 2024
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Off-the-shelf vaccine offers hope for pancreatic and colorectal cancer patients with KRAS mutations
Samara Rahman, 74, enrolled in a clinical trial at UCLA Health that was evaluating an “off-the-shelf” vaccine that is given after surgery to prevent or delay the cancer from coming back in high-risk patients.
February 22, 2024
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5 min read
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle
What you need to know about cancer and nutrition: March webinar
Simms Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology is launching a monthly education webinar - Nutrition & Cancer: What You Need to Know. This is designed to shed light on the complex topic of nutrition for cancer survivors.
February 21, 2024
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3 min read
Cancer
Turning a Cancer Diagnosis into Life-Affirming Giving
Friends - U Magazine Winter 2024
February 16, 2024
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4 min read
Cancer
This revolutionary breast cancer drug has saved millions of lives in its 25-year history
UCLA Health oncologist Dr. Dennis Slamon and his team brought forward Herceptin, the first FDA-approved gene-based drug to fight cancer, back in 1988.
February 16, 2024
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6 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Promising target for CAR T-cell therapy leads to potent antitumor responses against cutaneous and rare melanomas
Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have built and demonstrated the potential efficacy of a new CAR T-cell-based immunotherapy specifically designed to treat patients with cutaneous and rare subtypes of melanoma.
February 16, 2024
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4 min read
Cancer
Chaplain Michael Eselun helps people address the big spiritual questions that often accompany a cancer diagnosis
February 15, 2024
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6 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA-led research results in FDA approval of 4-drug combination for frontline treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer
A four-drug chemotherapy regimen of irinotecan liposome (Onivyde) in combination with oxaliplatin, leucovorin, and fluorouracil has been approved by the FDA for the first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
February 15, 2024
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Antibody drug conjugates make strides in ovarian cancer with recent FDA approval
The UCLA Health women’s cancer research team in OBGYN played a pivotal role in a clinical trial that led to the FDA granting accelerated approval of the first antibody drug conjugate for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
February 12, 2024
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4 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Receives $4.6 Million Grant from The Warren Alpert Foundation to Launch Computational Biology/AI Training Program
UCLA has received a $4.6 million grant from The Warren Alpert Foundation to establish the Warren Alpert UCLA Computational Biology/AI Training and Retention Program. The program aims to address the increasing demand for diverse, skilled professionals
February 9, 2024
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3 min read