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‘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 ...

New Navigator Helps Patients Steer Their Way Through Cancer

March 03, 2008

Cathy Lou Holt had liver cancer. She needed surgery, then help finding a place to stay in Portland during her subsequent three weeks of radiation at Oregon Health & Science University. And she needed help figuring out how she was going to pay her ...

New Navigator Helps Patients Steer Their Way Through Cancer

March 03, 2008

Cathy Lou Holt had liver cancer. She needed surgery, then help finding a place to stay in Portland during her subsequent three weeks of radiation at Oregon Health & Science University. And she needed help figuring out how she was going to pay her ...

Yellow Hats Raise Money For OHSU Cancer Institute Young Cancer Patients

February 27, 2008

Thanks to a yellow baseball hat, adolescents and young adults with cancer will get an added boost. American Family Insurance is giving nearly $300,000 to help fight cancer with about $100,000 going to the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer ...

Yellow Hats Raise Money For OHSU Cancer Institute Young Cancer Patients

February 27, 2008

Thanks to a yellow baseball hat, adolescents and young adults with cancer will get an added boost. American Family Insurance is giving nearly $300,000 to help fight cancer with about $100,000 going to the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Research Gives Hope for Chemo Holidays to Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

February 25, 2008

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers, in a first-of-its-kind study, have found that even men with advanced prostate cancer can take a much-needed safe break, or holiday, from chemotherapy. The double-blind, randomized study, ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Research Gives Hope for Chemo Holidays to Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

February 25, 2008

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers, in a first-of-its-kind study, have found that even men with advanced prostate cancer can take a much-needed safe break, or holiday, from chemotherapy. The double-blind, randomized study, ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Receives $5 Million Gift to Establish State-of-the-Art Research Laboratories

February 20, 2008

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University who played a critical role in the development of Gleevec - the revolutionary pill that has given more than 100,000 cancer patients the gift of longer life - are now getting a special gift of their own: ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Receives $5 Million Gift to Establish State-of-the-Art Research Laboratories

February 20, 2008

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University who played a critical role in the development of Gleevec - the revolutionary pill that has given more than 100,000 cancer patients the gift of longer life - are now getting a special gift of their own: ...

OHSU Cancer Institute Researcher Discovers New Predictor of Prostate Cancer Recurrence

February 14, 2008

An Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researcher has found a biomarker that may help improve the ability to predict if a man's prostate cancer is going to come back after surgical removal. In order to make this discovery, researchers ...

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