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OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Find Connection Between Protein, Prognosis in Breast Cancer

April 14, 2008

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have found that a tumor protein present in an aggressive form of breast cancer is related to a poor prognosis. The presence of the protein, called growth factor receptor-bound protein-7, ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Identify New Approach to Help Control Drug Resistance in Leukemia

March 24, 2008

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have found that an experimental drug known as SGX393 is effective against Gleevec-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The results of their study will be published the week of March ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Identify New Approach to Help Control Drug Resistance in Leukemia

March 24, 2008

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have found that an experimental drug known as SGX393 is effective against Gleevec-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The results of their study will be published the week of March ...

New Backpacks Hit the Spot For Young Adults With Cancer

March 17, 2008

When Dewey Burchell, 19, was being treated for testicular cancer, he really didn’t relate to the pediatric cancer patients or the older cancer patients he saw at the hospital. The things he likes to do - the whole stage of life he’s in - is different ...

New Backpacks Hit the Spot For Young Adults With Cancer

March 17, 2008

When Dewey Burchell, 19, was being treated for testicular cancer, he really didn’t relate to the pediatric cancer patients or the older cancer patients he saw at the hospital. The things he likes to do - the whole stage of life he’s in - is different ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Earns Recognition for Excellence

March 12, 2008

The Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute today was awarded the newly-created prestigious national Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers from Regence BlueCross BlueShield Association in 10 vital cancer areas. Joining in ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Earns Recognition for Excellence

March 12, 2008

The Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute today was awarded the newly-created prestigious national Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers from Regence BlueCross BlueShield Association in 10 vital cancer areas. Joining in ...

Hood River, Madras Selected for Important Cancer Screening Study

March 12, 2008

Hood River and Madras residents soon will be invited to take part in an important rural cancer study that could help improve access to cancer screening. Beginning soon, the Oregon Health & Science University Department of Family Medicine researchers ...

Hood River, Madras Selected for Important Cancer Screening Study

March 12, 2008

Hood River and Madras residents soon will be invited to take part in an important rural cancer study that could help improve access to cancer screening. Beginning soon, the Oregon Health & Science University Department of Family Medicine researchers ...

‘Flat’ Colon Lesions Relatively Common, Associated With Colorectal Cancer

March 04, 2008

Flat, non-polypoid colorectal neoplasms (NP-CRNs), which may be difficult to detect, appear to be relatively common and may have a greater association with cancer compared with the more routinely diagnosed type of colorectal polyps, according to a ...

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