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Translational cancer early detection pilot funding - New The Knight Cancer Institute has created a new pilot project funding mechanism for OHSU investigators. The Cancer Early Detection and...
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Breast cancer conference focuses on technology, biology around early detection, Aug. 6
This August, leading breast cancer researchers from around the world will travel to Portland for the 30th International Association for Breast Cancer Research Conference. The theme for this year's...
OHSU Melanoma Research Expo, May 21
Since launching its “War on Melanoma” and creating the Melanoma Community Registry in 2014, OHSU Department of Dermatology has enrolled over 4,800 melanoma survivors, family members, and friends...
Collaboration accelerates research for acute myeloid leukemia
Less than 25 percent of patients newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) survive beyond five years. The disease causes more than 10,000 deaths a year in the U.S., and treatment options have...
Research finds prostate cancer patients helped by targeted exercise
Men being treated for prostate cancer through androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, face a troubling problem: The loss of bone and muscle mass while gaining fat. The side effects of this treatment...
Knight Cancer Institute researchers track metastasis with cell-free DNA
Researchers at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute recently found that sequencing the fragments of tumor DNA that circulate in blood may give a more accurate picture of a patient’s metastatic cancer...
In case you missed it: Updates from the Knight Cancer Institute
Testing the impact of reference pricing on cancer care More than 15 million colonoscopies are performed in the U.S. each year as a routine cancer-prevention service, but did you know that the...
Video lecture: The Philadelphia chromosome and the search for a cure
The first week of May shone a spotlight on research at OHSU at the institution's annual Research Week. Part of the programming included a lecture by science writer and author Jessica Wapner,...
Medical Research Foundation honors top Oregon scientists, mentors
The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon has announced the recipients of its 2014 awards for scientific leadership and innovation in Oregon. The awards were presented Wednesday, Nov....
The American Society of Hematology recognizes Grover Bagby, M.D.
The American Society of Hematology will honor Grover C. Bagby Jr., M.D., with a 2014 Mentor Award at the 56th Annual ASH Meeting and Exposition in San Francisco for his sustained, outstanding...