The UC Cancer Institute will host a melanoma awareness reception on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, to educate the public about the deadly form of cancer. Free skin exams will be available to attendees.
Researchers are currently seeking patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) for two novel cancer vaccine clinical trials. This fast-growing form of brain tumor occurs in the central nervous system and accounts for 60 percent of the 17,000 new primary brain tumors diagnosed annually in the United States.
New UC research suggests that kidney cancer growth depends on autophagy, a complex process that can provide cells with nutrients from intracellular sources. Researchers say in certain circumstances autophagy can protect tumor cells from chemotherapy, allowing them to survive for long periods of time in a hidden, dormant, metastatic state.
The saying goes that "third time is a charm" but for patient Georgia Anderson, it turned out the "charm" was with number four when she met her current oncologist, W. Edward Richards, MD.
An experimental vaccine study currently under way at the UC Cancer Institute aims to prevent ovarian cancer recurrence by triggering the body's natural defense system.
UC environmental health research associate Hung-ming Lam, PhD, was recently named the 2012 Steve Wynn -- Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award recipient. She will receive a $225,000 grant from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to pursue her work on estrogen receptor and prostate cancer.
Butter and baby oil were Amanda Moore's introduction to the joys of tanning--and turning her pale complexion bronze during her teen years. She despised her pale complexion, so the day she turned 18 she bought an unlimited tanning pass and went just about every day for years. At age 27, she was diagnosed with melanoma--a disease studies have shown is linked to tanning.
The eighth annual "Looking Upstream for Environmental Links to Breast Cancer" public education forum will feature leading breast cancer researcher Julia Brody, PhD, on Saturday March 17, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at UC's Reading campus, 2189 E. Galbraith Road.