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Date: 06/19/2020
Kyoung Eun Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology at Michigan Medicine, received a $50,000 grant through funds raised in 2019 by Swim Across America, an open-water swim along the Detroit River. Lee talks about the impact she hopes this grant will have on pancreatic cancer research.
Date: 06/19/2020
Like everything else, Swim Across America - Motor City Mile, an open-water swim that raises money for the Rogel Cancer Center, had to adjust this year. Instead of an in-person event along the Detroit River, Swim Across America will be in a virtual format, allowing participants to track their time or miles doing any activity – not just swimming.
Date: 06/18/2020
The data is clear: for patients with early stage breast cancer, certain operations risk more harm than good -- increasing the risk of medical complications, missed work and health care costs without increasing survival rates.
Date: 06/16/2020
Leaders and care teams across our center are working tirelessly to provide safe cancer care during the COVID pandemic.
Date: 06/16/2020
Awards three outstanding young clinical researchers, two exceptional medical students and a powerhouse fellow.
Date: 06/12/2020
Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have identified a protein -- Argonaute 2 -- that appears to be critical for the progression of benign precursor lesions into pancreatic cancer. Argonaute 2 interacts with K-RAS, which helps relay signals from the outside of a cell to its nucleus. Mutations in the KRAS gene drive more than 90% of pancreatic cancers, and currently there are no therapies that target these mutations.
Date: 06/10/2020
A new $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute will help University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center researchers prepare the next generation of scientists focused on cancer care delivery.
Date: 06/02/2020
The Rogel Cancer Center joins with our communities of color, and all Americans, to express our outrage and heartbreak over the continued racism and injustice tearing at the fabric of civil society.
Date: 06/01/2020
The University of Michigan’s OncCOVID app draws on global cancer and coronavirus data to help people assess the risks to their lives by delaying cancer treatment.
Date: 05/29/2020
The Rogel Cancer Center offers updates, support for anxiety and stress, what cancer patients need to know, how to seek out cancer treatment during this time and ways you can support our staff. Michigan Medicine and the Rogel Cancer Center will continue to update the links and information on this page as the situation evolves.