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OHSU School of Dentistry Faculty Receive National Awards
June 17, 2008
Kirsten Lampi, M.S., Ph.D., associate professor of integrative biosciences, recently received the 2008 Cataract Research Award from the National Foundation for Eye Research. Lampi was recognized at the Association for Research in Vision and ...
OHSU Cancer Institute One of First to Offer Study Participants Promising New Prostate Cancer Drug
June 05, 2008
Abstract #"Phase 1-2 study of MDV3100 in patients with progressive castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute is one of the first three centers in the world to offer a new drug, MDV3100, to ...
OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Find Drug That Stimulates Immune System to Fight Prostate Cancer
June 05, 2008
Abstract No. 5004: Phase I Trial of Ipilimumab (IPI) Alone and in Combination With Radiotherapy (XRT) in Patients With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC). In a multi-site study, Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute ...
OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Find Many Stomach Cancer Patients Not Receiving Best Treatment
May 29, 2008
Abstract No. 6596: "A Population-Based Analysis of Surgical and Adjuvant Therapy for Resectable Gastric Adenocarcinoma" New findings from Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute show a significant numbers of patients nationwide who are not ...
OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Find Abnormalities in Gene for Melanoma
May 29, 2008
Abstract #9016 Genomic Alterations of KIT in Acral and Mucosal Melanomas New research from the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute about mutations in melanoma may bring a wellspring of hope to many patients. Researchers have discovered ...
Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center Awarded $10 Million in Federal Funding
May 28, 2008
The Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, a collaboration among Oregon Health & Science University, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, recently was awarded $10 million in federal research ...
OHSU, Portland VA in Nationwide Dialysis Study
May 27, 2008
Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center participated in a nationwide multicenter study of critically ill patients with acute kidney injury that found a more intense than usual dialysis regimen is not ...
OHSU Discovery May Lead to Early Cancer Detection
May 22, 2008
This week researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Oregon Stem Cell Center and the OHSU Digestive Health Center are shining a new ray of hope on patients with pancreatic cancer. They've developed new reagents, or antibodies, that ...
Google Funds OHSU Medical Image Retrieval Project
May 20, 2008
Google Research, an arm of Google, Inc., the Internet search engine company, has awarded a small but strategic grant to advance work under way at Oregon Health & Science University aimed at improving the use of image retrieval systems for medical ...
Google Funds OHSU Medical Image Retrieval Project
May 20, 2008
Google Research, an arm of Google, Inc., the Internet search engine company, has awarded a small but strategic grant to advance work under way at Oregon Health & Science University aimed at improving the use of image retrieval systems for medical ...