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Date: 07/08/2016
Acupressure helped reduce persistent fatigue in women who had been treated for breast cancer, a new study finds. Fatigue is one of the most common long-term effects of breast cancer treatment. About a third of women experience moderate to severe fatigue up to 10 years after their treatment ends.
Date: 06/28/2016
The University of Michigan was selected to participate in the Oncology Care Model.
Date: 06/17/2016
A $17.5 million commitment for cancer research from Madeline and Sidney Forbes of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., will create the Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery within the U-M Rogel Cancer Center.
Date: 06/16/2016
A new study explains how cancer cells use energy to fuel this switch between motion and proliferation. The researchers identified for the first time a connection between a cancer gene that controls motility and how cancer cells metabolize energy to move and divide so quickly.
Date: 06/15/2016
For information about the Blue Boxer Fund, please visit the University of Michigan's Leaders and Best webpage.
Date: 06/11/2016
Media contact: Nicole Fawcett, 734-764-2220 | Patients may contact Cancer AnswerLine™, 800-865-1125
Date: 05/18/2016
In a survey of high-achieving physician-scientists, nearly a third of women reported experiencing sexual harassment.
Date: 05/18/2016
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center faculty receive many awards and honors. Here are some of their most recent accomplishments.
Date: 05/18/2016
This issue features three patient stories about clinical trials: two immunotherapy and one precision medicine. It also covers Vice President Joe Biden's cancer moonshot and information about symptom management and alternative/complementary therapy.
Date: 05/11/2016
A new paper looks at how MRI and a clear understanding of the functional anatomy around the prostate can allow radiation oncologists to plan a course of treatment for patients with prostate cancer that spares these critical structures.