Knight Cancer signal achievements of 2022
People at the Knight Cancer Institute accomplished a lot in 2022. Through innovative, collaborative research and education, the institute delivers cancer prevention, detection, and care — one...
Tag: cancer early detection
Blood test could reveal transition to cancer in people at risk
Scientists have devised an accurate and sensitive way to test blood to see if a pre-cancerous condition is escalating to outright cancer — potentially enabling treatment early in tumor development...
Early Detection of Cancer Conference set for Oct. 18-20
Leaders in early detection and top scientists and innovators in cancer research and bioengineering will gather in Portland, Oregon, Oct. 18-20, 2022, for the seventh in the series organized by the...
Time to accelerate early detection research
Cancer early detection research is poised to transform patient survival, but significant hurdles stand in the way of translating new findings into clinical application, leaders of the field assert in...
Highlights from the Fifth Early Detection of Cancer Conference
Advancing the early detection of lethal cancers is fundamental to treating patients more effectively. One of the most important factors in cancer survival is diagnosis at an early stage. Screening...
Engineering models of early cancer: Q&A with Carolyn Schutt Ibsen
Carolyn Schutt Ibsen, Ph.D., develops biomaterials that can be controlled remotely and noninvasively using ultrasound. She and her team at OHSU are using these “energy-responsive” materials to...
Interrogating cancer, one cell at a time: Q&A with Hisham Mohammed
Hisham Mohammed, Ph.D., helped create a way to peer into individual cells and take multiple measures of gene activity and gene regulation at the same time. He’s leading the first research to apply...
Early detection: a powerful way to improve cancer survival
Advancing the early detection of lethal cancers is fundamental to treating patients more effectively. But the path forward is not easy to see. It will require multi-disciplinary collaborations,...
Cancer genome study reveals big window for early detection
Tell-tale DNA errors arise years before tumors become dangerous. For cancers that can’t currently be detected early, a new discovery suggests there may be a large window of time in which to look...
‘Bone in a dish’ opens new window on cancer initiation, metastasis, bone healing
Researchers in Oregon have engineered a material that replicates human bone tissue with an unprecedented level of precision, from its microscopic crystal structure to its biological activity. They...
First in philanthropy: Phil and Penny Knight
Phil Knight and Brian Druker, M.D., on "Good Morning America" in 2015. Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny ranked no. 1 in The Chronicle of Philanthropy list of Americans who donated...