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Kidney cancer discovery could expand treatment options

June 02, 2011

Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researchers uncovered a gene that may be the key to helping kidney cancer patients who don’t respond to current therapies. This discovery could also provide a toolkit to identify patients who ...

Immune system therapy shows promise in slowing the progression of prostate cancer in patients with recurrent disease

May 23, 2011

An immunotherapy for prostate cancer, which is currently used to treat men whose disease has spread to bones and is considered life threatening, shows early promise in slowing cancer progression in men whose disease has recurred following surgery, an ...

Immune system therapy shows promise in slowing the progression of prostate cancer in patients with recurrent disease

May 23, 2011

An immunotherapy for prostate cancer, which is currently used to treat men whose disease has spread to bones and is considered life threatening, shows early promise in slowing cancer progression in men whose disease has recurred following surgery, an ...

OHSU/Doernbecher ‘razor heads’ go bald to support childhood cancer research

May 04, 2011

WHAT Nurses, physicians and staff at Oregon Health & Science University — four women and five men — will shave their heads in support of children with cancer as part of the annual Portland St. Baldrick's event. This year nine brave souls will go bald ...

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute offers free head and neck cancer screenings

April 21, 2011

WHAT As part of national Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is offering free head and neck cancer screenings. WHEN 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, May 13. Screenings are first come, first served. WHEN OHSU Center for ...

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute offers free head and neck cancer screenings

April 21, 2011

WHAT As part of national Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is offering free head and neck cancer screenings. WHEN 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, May 13. Screenings are first come, first served. WHEN OHSU Center for ...

College student dedicated to curing his own cancer speaks at OHSU

April 11, 2011

WHAT Josh Sommer will discuss his campaign to find a cure for a rare bone cancer of the head and spine called clival chordoma, and his belief that patients can and should play an active role in bringing about treatments for their own conditions. Josh ...

College student dedicated to curing his own cancer speaks at OHSU

April 11, 2011

WHAT Josh Sommer will discuss his campaign to find a cure for a rare bone cancer of the head and spine called clival chordoma, and his belief that patients can and should play an active role in bringing about treatments for their own conditions. Josh ...

OHSU Doernbecher scientists discover new approach to overcoming drug resistance in a childhood cancer

March 30, 2011

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital have identified a promising new approach to overcoming drug resistance in children with an extremely aggressive childhood muscle cancer known as alveolar ...