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Electronic health records may compromise safety for chemotherapy patients

Electronic health records were supposed to streamline patient information, but in the decade since inception, health workers claim they have compromised patient care and complicated their jobs.

Pancreatic Tumor-associated Macrophages Resist Chemotherapy

Gemcitabine, a front-line chemotherapy drug given to patients with pancreatic cancer, is made less effective because similar compounds released by tumor-associated immune cells block the drug’s action, research led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center found.

How The Cancer Genome Atlas Will Shape the Future of Cancer Research

Thirteen years after its initial funding, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) has analyzed 2.5 petabytes of data representing 33 different types of cancer. A series of 27 papers publishing across the Cell Press family of journals summarizes its final project, PanCancerAtlas, the most comprehensive cross-cancer genomic analysis available.

Many Ovarian Cancer Patients are Undertested for Genetic Mutations

Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients diagnosed between 2013 and 2014 in two states underwent genetic testing for cancer-associated mutations, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and several other organizations.

Improving Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Outcomes

In a surprising finding, researchers at the Rogel Cancer Center showed the protein NLRP6 aggravated the difficult symptoms of gastrointestinal graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD). Knocking out this protein in mice led to significantly better survival and less severe GVHD.

Looking for the link between diet and cancer

The foods that people in other countries put on their plates could teach Americans how to reduce their cancer risk. In a global tour under the Fulbright Global Scholar Award, Michigan Medicine cancer researcher Zora Djuric, Ph.D., is studying eating habits in Serbia, Guatemala and Australia.

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