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...
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...
Scientists have discovered how the sex hormone androgen, most commonly testosterone in men, can limit the body’s response to cancer immunotherapy, a finding that may help make those therapies more...
Only a fraction of prostate cancers become life threatening, but it’s impossible to predict which ones. In a surprising new study, researchers found that two signaling proteins used by nerve cells...
Cancer researchers say they have established a new, life-extending treatment option for men with prostate cancer that has spread and become resistant to hormone therapy. The injected treatment...
VA Portland Health Care System and OHSU are launching a precision oncology center of excellence supported by the Prostate Cancer Foundation. On Veteran's Day, the foundation announced $5 million in...
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...
A clinical trial at OHSU and UC San Francisco points the way to potential targeted therapies. The drug enzalutamide is a mainstay of treatment for men with life-threatening prostate cancer that has...
Restoring tumor-specific immunity is a treatment strategy that has worked well, but only against some cancers. Research led by OHSU oncologist Julie Graff, M.D., revived hope that the approach may...
Physician-scientists with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute co-authored three of the 25 most important prostate cancer studies published this year, and one runner up, as judged by the Prostate Cancer...
Cancer researchers at OHSU have been awarded $1 million to test the idea that adjusting the diversity of bacteria inhabiting the intestines could make aggressive prostate cancers more responsive to...
A clinical trial getting underway at OHSU will compare two types of exercise – tai chi versus strength training – as a means to prevent falls and injuries in men who've received androgen...