Cancer
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February 27, 2020
Patient’s cancer treatment includes new immunotherapy
Dona Potter, 87, rode Harleys and drove 18-wheelers back when men dominated the open highways, and she is still defying expectations. -
February 27, 2020
Breast cancer study may help predict treatment response
Researchers at VUMC are reporting another advance in the understanding and treatment of triple-negative breast cancer, which is particularly aggressive and difficult to treat. -
February 20, 2020
Discovery Lecture to feature head and neck cancer expert Grandis
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February 13, 2020
Advocacy group’s gift boosts lung cancer research efforts
An advocacy group for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive lung cancer has awarded a $500,000 grant dedicated to overcoming treatment resistance to the cancer. -
February 10, 2020
Imaging breast cancer cell size
A noninvasive MRI approach assesses breast tumor cell size and could be a useful way to evaluate early response to neoadjuvant therapy. -
February 6, 2020
Powering H. pylori pathogenesis
Timothy Cover and colleagues report new insights into the sources of energy used by a bacterial “machine” linked to the pathogenesis of stomach cancer. -
February 5, 2020
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers included in ASCO annual report
Two researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) are featured in Clinical Cancer Advances 2020: ASCO’s Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer.