Search Articles
Search results
Displaying 141 - 160 of 1399
Cancer
Pelvic floor: What it is and how to keep it healthy
The problems that arise when the pelvic floor muscles aren’t working properly can be uncomfortable to discuss.
July 19, 2023
|
5 min read
Cancer
Age to Start Colon Cancer Screening Lowered Following Increase Among Younger Adults
Colorectal cancer-screening guidelines, which previously recommended starting at age 50, have been lowered to 45 for average-risk adults.
July 19, 2023
|
4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Dr. Roger Lo receives grant to find ways to prevent melanoma resistance
Dr. Roger Lo received an $800,000 grant from the V Foundation to study new ways to defeat malignant melanoma, an aggressive type of skin cancer that often becomes resistant to current cancer treatments.
July 18, 2023
|
2 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Gene mutations linked to hereditary kidney cancer predisposition but potential Achilles' heel identified
Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have confirmed that a large number of genetic variants of unknown significance are in fact verified mutations that predispose patients to a rare hereditary syndrome that increases the risk of kidney cancer.
July 12, 2023
|
5 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Researchers awarded $2 million grant from National Cancer Institute
Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to design better combination therapies that target the immune system to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, which continues to spread even when testosterone levels are significantly reduced.
July 11, 2023
|
2 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA researchers receive grant from National Institutes of Health
Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center — including Dr. Yazhen Zhu, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, Hsian-Rong Tseng, professor of molecular and medical pharmacology, and Dr. Vatche Agopian, director of the Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center — received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to find a more effective way to detect hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, which often has a poor prognosis.
July 10, 2023
|
2 min read
Cancer
Faculty: Serving Memory
GROWING UP, GARY J. SCHILLER, MD (RES ’87, FEL ’90), listened to the stories his father told of the terrible years as a teenager he spent in Poland’s Lodz Ghetto during World War II and then surviving the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp, among others.
July 3, 2023
|
5 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Researchers develop tool that could improve liquid biopsy
A research team led by Xianghong Jasmine Zhou, PhD, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has made an important advancement to address one of the major challenges in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, also known as liquid biopsy by identifying specific methylation patterns unique to each tissue, potentially helping to Identify the specific tissue or organ associated with cfDNA alterations picked up by testing, a critical challenge for accurate diagnosis and monitoring of diseases.
July 3, 2023
|
2 min read
Cancer
John's Story - Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
In my personal experience, Dr. Maie St. John is an absolutely world-class head and neck surgeon and medical research scientist, and a most wonderful human being.
July 3, 2023
|
5 min read
Cancer
Participation in a Clinical Trial Gives Patient a New Lease on Life
In 2019, after the cancer in Lazaro Barajas’ colon spread to other organs and he progressed through chemotherapy options, doctors at UCLA Health deemed him a candidate for standard immunotherapy.
June 30, 2023
|
3 min read
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle
Grilling meat raises cancer risk. Here are ways to lower it
Barbecuing this summer? Take these steps to reduce your risk of exposure to carcinogens.
June 30, 2023
|
2 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Health radiation oncology care available in downtown L.A.
UCLA Health has radiation oncology services in downtown Los Angeles available to patients with cancer.
June 28, 2023
|
3 min read
Cancer
Hybrid therapy becomes treatment of choice for select abdominal tumors
A therapy utilizing a hybrid technique of surgical tumor removal and application of heated chemotherapy drugs to an affected area has become a well-established treatment for select groups of abdominal tumors.
June 28, 2023
|
3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
AI model could help improve outcomes of prostate cancer focal therapy
A new study shows that an artificial intelligence (AI) model co-developed by researchers in the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and department of Urology at UCLA can help doctors determine the extent of cancer within the prostate.
June 27, 2023
|
3 min read
Cancer
10 UCLA Health nurses recognized for ‘nursing greatness’ by Simms/Mann Family Foundation
Nurses were honored for their leadership, innovation and expertise in caring.
June 26, 2023
|
5 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA researchers uncover potential biomarkers of positive response to immunotherapy
Scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified potential new biomarkers that could indicate how someone diagnosed with metastatic melanoma will respond to immunotherapy treatment.
June 26, 2023
|
4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Andrew Goldstein receives grant from Department of Defense
Andrew Goldstein, associate professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology and urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, received a $900,000 Idea Development Award from the Department of Defense to study how metabolism changes in prostate cancer as a result of hormone therapy, the most commonly used treatment for men with advanced disease.
June 23, 2023
|
2 min read
Cancer
New Simms/Mann director excited to join the one-stop resource for integrative cancer care
Dr. Shannon La Cava joins the Simms/Mann Center after nearly eight years with the nonprofit Cancer Support Community Los Angeles.
June 15, 2023
|
5 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
FDA approvals may move UCLA brain cancer and Alzheimer’s treatments from bench to bedside
“An institution like UCLA offers patients with progressive and ultimately life-ending diseases the opportunity to participate in trials that may benefit them, but the primary goal of any clinical trial is to provide benefit to others.”
June 12, 2023
|
6 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Fine-tuning 3D lab-grown mini tumors to help predict how patients respond to cancer therapies
Scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new method to bioprint miniature tumor organoids that are designed to mimic the function and architecture of real tumors.
June 6, 2023
|
4 min read