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Date: 08/13/2021
A simple, wearable temperature sensor was able to detect dangerous complications in hospitalized cancer patients hours earlier than routine monitoring, a team from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center found.
Date: 08/10/2021
A new study led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center demonstrates how inhibiting a key enzyme known as GOT1 can flip a switch in the cancer cells — causing them to shift from using nutrients to fuel growth toward conserving them to maintain energy levels.
Date: 08/04/2021
Researchers led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center started with a simple thread: an inhibitor that showed promise against metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer cells. This is the most challenging type of prostate cancer – advanced disease that has become resistant to hormone-based treatment.
Date: 07/30/2021
A new, University of Michigan-led study analyzing data from more than 850 patients across the state of Michigan, however, found a commercially available genomic test known as Decipher Biopsy may help identify patients who are at high risk of prostate cancer progression.
Date: 07/27/2021
As the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine was also given the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll distinction.
Date: 07/23/2021
A $2.26 million grant from the National Cancer Institute lets Christine Veenstra, M.D., MSHP, study the barriers to equitable use of targeted therapies among diverse patients and diverse practice settings.
Date: 07/20/2021
Younger cancer survivors — those between ages 18 and 64 — faced fewer financial barriers to health care after the Affordable Care Act was implemented than they did before the landmark law took effect, University of Michigan researchers found.
Date: 06/30/2021
The Washtenaw County vaccination program has been offering COVID-19 vaccines to our community by partnering with local institutions like to sponsor events.
Date: 06/30/2021
Chemotherapy as additional treatment for breast cancer did not increase the complication rate for women who had a mastectomy and breast reconstruction as part of the same operation.
Date: 06/25/2021
A blood test being developed by Rogel Cancer Center researchers shows promise for predicting whether patients with metastatic HPV-positive throat cancer will respond to treatment earlier than standard scans.