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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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UCLA Researchers Monitor T cell Function to Improve Melanoma Treatment
May 30, 2013
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3 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
Science & Research
Research suggests popular diabetes drugs can cause abnormal pancreatic growth in humans
Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas, including cell proliferation, that may be associated with an increased risk of neuroendocrine tumors, according to a new study by researchers from UCLA and the University of Florida.
March 26, 2013
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5 min read
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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
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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
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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
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Eddie's Story - Prostate Cancer
October 4, 2012
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2 min read
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Surviving one-two punch of thyroid cancer and sarcoma
October 1, 2012
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6 min read
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Tumor Suppressor Genes Vital to Regulating Blood Precursor Cells in the Common Fruit Fly, UCLA Stem Cell Scientists Find
UCLA scientists have shown that two common tumor suppressor genes, TSC and PTEN, are vital to regulating the stem cell-like precursor cells that create the blood supply in Drosophila, the common fruit fly.
September 5, 2012
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3 min read
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