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Date: 12/09/2024
A research partnership between Michigan Medicine and Gift of Life Michigan has revealed a new pathway to understanding the progression of pancreatic cancer.
Date: 12/09/2024
Novel finding suggests a possible target for improving response to immune-based cancer treatments
Date: 12/05/2024
The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has named Kyle Cuneo, M.D., its new associate director for clinical research. In addition, a new position of assistant director for clinical research will be filled by John Magenau, M.D. Cuneo and Magenau will collaborate with leaders across Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan to establish processes and infrastructure in support of cancer-focused clinical research.
Date: 11/25/2024
The 66th American Society of Hematology 2024 annual meeting, will be Dec. 7-10 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, and online. University of Michigan faculty and trainees will present or moderate more than two dozen sessions and posters.
Date: 11/25/2024
Clinical trials testing cancer immunotherapies significantly under-represented Black patients. So while these treatments have resulted in dramatically improved outcomes for some patients, researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center wanted to understand whether that success holds true for patients who are Black.
Date: 10/30/2024
The gift will create the Rogel and Blondy Center for Pancreatic Cancer in honor of Max Rogel and Allen Blondy, Richard and Susan Rogel’s fathers, both of whom died from cancer. It will provide support for clinical care and translational research, playing to the strengths of the Rogel Cancer Center’s current robust team of 60 doctors and scientists from 10 departments already working in this area.
Date: 10/16/2024
After 28 years at the University of Michigan, David Smith, M.D., will retire later this fall.
Date: 10/07/2024
In two separate papers, U-M researchers describe how a gene alteration drives prostate cancer and a potential degrader that stops it
Date: 10/07/2024
Capturing nanoscale ‘packages’ that cancer cells send out, twisting gold nanoparticles use light to distinguish healthy patients from lung cancer patients.
Date: 10/02/2024
The Inflation Reduction Act’s limit on Medicare Part D spending leads to significant savings for patients prescribed oral chemotherapy