These cancer patients write their own story
They hurt. They weep. They fly. They soar above the thunderheads. They plunge back to earth. They hold fast to their lovers and their children. They bruise. They burn. They heal. Cancer is not a...
Averting miscommunication in cancer care: Q&A with Don Sullivan, M.D.
Donald Sullivan, M.D., M.A., M.C.R., understands the importance of clear communication. Before becoming a physician-scientist, he served as a combat medic in the U.S. Army for six years as a...
How to maintain cancer screening during a pandemic
Cancer screening fell far behind during the crisis phase of the COVID-19 pandemic – likely worsening inequalities in prevention and care that already exist for underserved populations. But new...
Expert in young women’s breast cancer awarded the Leonard Schnitzer Chair
Pepper Schedin, Ph.D., professor of cell, developmental and cancer biology in the OHSU School of Medicine and the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, was appointed the inaugural recipient of the Leonard...
Beset by rare cancer, a dancer finds her steps
Tracey Katona had choreographed hundreds of dances for adults, kids, elite athletes and celebrities. But this was her first performance as a cancer patient. The OHSU Department of...
With a Little Help from My Friends
Portland rockers rally around musician’s fight with leukemia. Boxes. Every room was filled with cardboard boxes – a rectangular riot of books, records, photos, tools, kitchen stuff and music...
Cancer Survivors Who Inspire Us
June 4 is National Cancer Survivors Day. To honor this occasion, we’re sharing the stories of six survivors who inspire us. Some are public figures who are famous the world over. Others are people...
Ten imaginative ideas for fighting cancer funded by the Kuni Foundation
Bring cancer screening to underserved places with simplified tests that don’t require a doctor. Disrupt the niche of cancer stem cells so they can’t regenerate tumors. Defeat brain tumors by...
A surgeon-scientist blazes a new path to immune-based cancer treatment
It’s a paradox: The immune system’s cancer-fighting T cells target and infiltrate tumors, but often they stop working and let the cancer grow. Trained as a surgeon, Robert Eil, M.D., had...
OHSU leadership on stage at AACR
Dozens of OHSU Knight Cancer Institute researchers commanded the spotlight at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., who concluded...
MRI innovation reveals cells’ energy activity in organs and tissues
To survive, every cell in the body puts enormous energy into sustaining the right balance of water and essential electrolytes. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a...