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Date: 07/20/2021
Younger cancer survivors — those between ages 18 and 64 — faced fewer financial barriers to health care after the Affordable Care Act was implemented than they did before the landmark law took effect, University of Michigan researchers found.
Date: 06/30/2021
The Washtenaw County vaccination program has been offering COVID-19 vaccines to our community by partnering with local institutions like to sponsor events.
Date: 06/30/2021
Chemotherapy as additional treatment for breast cancer did not increase the complication rate for women who had a mastectomy and breast reconstruction as part of the same operation.
Date: 06/25/2021
A blood test being developed by Rogel Cancer Center researchers shows promise for predicting whether patients with metastatic HPV-positive throat cancer will respond to treatment earlier than standard scans.
Date: 06/23/2021
Erika Newman, M.D., has been named the Rogel Cancer Center's first associate director for diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.
Date: 06/23/2021
Leukemia stem cells are rare cells that can renew themselves while continuing to generate malignant cells known as leukemic blasts. These cells are difficult to eradicate using chemotherapy drugs and frequently lead to recurrence of leukemia.
Date: 06/21/2021
While patient survival has been extended by modern drugs that block the production or action of male hormones that fuel prostate cancer — androgen receptor inhibitors such as enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide, and abiraterone — eventually these drugs stop working
Date: 06/17/2021
As the coronavirus pandemic disrupted our workplaces, schools and families, studies have shown that women bore a disproportionate burden. The pandemic has been especially challenging for women in medicine, a field that’s already had slow progress in gender equity.
Date: 06/15/2021
Having an Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) referral center located in this region will help the 12 Michigan-based patients currently registered with ECDGA.
Date: 06/14/2021
Swim Across America - Motor City Mile will be July 9, 2021, in Detroit, with proceeds supporting research at the Rogel Cancer Center.