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Dr. Rebekah Pratt on cervical cancer self-collect screening

Cervical cancer self-collect screening could be a game changer for healthcare access

Scientists at the Masonic Cancer Center (MCC), University of Minnesota have been leading the way in groundbreaking research to improve cervical cancer screening. Our team of doctors, nurses, scientists, and educators at MCC is…
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Lung cancer: Insights on prevention and screening

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, accounting for about 20 percent of all cancer-related fatalities. Each year, more people die from lung cancer than from…
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MCC researchers secure $11.6M for inflammatory disease research

A pair of University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center researchers have been awarded an $11.6 million grant to advance transformative treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases.
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New study reveals extreme variability of harmful chemicals in smokeless tobacco products in India

In India, nearly 200 million adults regularly use smokeless tobacco (SLT) products such as chewing tobacco and snuff. Incidentally, India has one of the highest global rates of oral cancer. Although 90 percent of those cancers can be…
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Renville County, Minn. advocates take on colon cancer research

At the Masonic Cancer Center (MCC), University of Minnesota, our team of doctors, scientists, educators, and community health advocates has worked for over 30 years to reduce the burden of cancer on Minnesotans by advancing knowledge and…
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Talking critical aspects of liver cancer with Dr. Zamzam Ali and Jessica Trihn

October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month. This month we sat down with Dr. Zamzam Ali and Jessica Trihn to chat about all things liver cancer from signs and symptoms, to early detection, risk reduction strategies, and community engagement.…
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Digging Deeper Into Breast Cancer Prevention and Screening with Dr. Damé Idossa

Breast cancer is among the top five causes of death in Minnesota Women. Of those, black women have a 40 percent higher mortality rate than white women when it comes to breast cancer.
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Talking blood cancers with Dr. Zohar Sachs

What are blood cancers? We sat down with MCC’s Zohar Sachs, MD, PhD to chat about all things blood cancers from signs and symptoms, to research happening here at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Sachs, alongside Taylor Kadlac and…
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Masonic Cancer Center announces Spring 2024 internal grant awards

The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota recently announced the awarding of $230,000 in pilot grants through its Spring 2024 Internal Grant Program. Support for these grants is made available by the center through a variety of…
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Talking translational research with Dr. Deepa Kolaseri and Dr. Manish Patel

Curious about how scientific discoveries become real-world therapies? Physician-scientist Manish Patel, DO, and Deepa Kolaseri, PhD, scientific director of translation chat about the journey of translational research from…