One study shows how it may be possible to stop acute myeloid leukemia by targeting a hidden population of cells that support the cancer. Another reveals how AML evolves to evade anti-cancer drugs,...
The Beat AML clinical trial has matched 250 study participants to targeted treatments for acute myeloid leukemia – with promising early results. Regulators were wary of the complicated study...
The VA Portland Health Care System is one of 12 centers across the U.S. selected for a national initiative to give military veterans more opportunities to participate in cancer clinical trials. The...
Osteosarcoma is a bone cancer that disproportionately affects teenagers, and outcomes for patients have changed little in decades. Now researchers, including two OHSU Knight Cancer Institute...
Q&A: Prostate cancer expert Julie Graff, M.D., explains how a new treatment option fills a void for men with resurgent tumors. When prostate cancer isn't cured by surgery or radiation, the...
A $10 million gift from The Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation will help The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society expand the Beat AML Master Trial underway at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and other...
Five oncologists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland will receive a $25,000 salary supplement for one year, allowing them to reserve time to pursue promising research...
A precision oncology clinical trial in the works at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute gained a $25,000 pledge from Intel Corp. The company said it will contribute the money by means of a fund...
At the recent European Society for Medical Oncology meeting, OHSU oncologist Julie Graff, M.D., presented the first evidence of meaningful clinical activity for PD-1 blockade in men with...
The best available treatment for acute myeloid leukemia is a drug combination established more than 30 years ago. And today less than a third of newly diagnosed AML patients survive beyond five...
Nearly a third of people diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma have locally advanced tumors that cannot be removed by surgery. A longstanding and critical question for these patients is...