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Dr. Anne Blaes Named Director of Cancer Survivorship Services and Translational Research for the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
There are more than 15 million cancer survivors in the world today, each living with the systemic impacts of their cancer treatments. Survivorship research focuses on the myriad of issues cancer treatments cause and seeks to maximize…
Talking skin cancer awareness with UMN - UMNews Release
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Skin cancer, including melanoma, is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Melanoma incidence rates in Minnesota have doubled since 1988 for both males and females, according to the…
University of Minnesota research team works to eradicate HIV with natural killer cells
A collaborative research team at the University of Minnesota has used Tri-specific killer engagers (TriKE) to target HIV-infected cells in preclinical testing.
The team, led by Jeffrey Miller, MD, Deputy Director of the Masonic Cancer…
The Connection Between Iron Range Miners and Asbestos-Related Disease
Unknowingly, each day we put ourselves in harm's way of potential exposure to contaminants and toxins that have the ability to adversely affect our own health. Whether on the job or in the home, it is important to understand what is…
Hitting the Hardwood for Cancer Research - UMN Med School Story
The road to the NCAA® Men’s Basketball Championship ended in Minneapolis this year. Excitement surrounding the commencement of the festivities was palpable on Friday, April 5th as thousands of fans filed in the U.S. Bank Stadium to cheer…
Research Brief: Largest study of childhood cancer after IVF - UMNews
In the past three decades, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has gone from an experimental procedure to being more common. Pregnancies enabled by IVF frequently have more difficulties, with children born earlier and smaller even among singleton…
Talking testicular cancer awareness with UMN- UMN News Story
April is National Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. In 2019, the American Cancer Society estimates there will be 9,560 new cases of testicular cancer in the United States.
Arpit Rao, M.D., a testicular cancer expert with the Masonic…
UMN Clinicians and Researchers Hit the Hardwood to Fight Cancer - UMN Med School Story
Author: Krystle Barbour, Media and Public Relations Specialist | MARCH 29, 2019
“I’m running more, adding in a few more practice basketball games,” laughed Christopher Weight, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at the…
Research Brief: Developing a blood test to screen for ovarian cancer - UMNews Release
More than 16,000 women die from ovarian cancer each year in the United States. Ovarian cancer is often called the "silent killer" because the symptoms are so vague that women are often not diagnosed with ovarian cancer until the disease…
Institute's research battles ovarian cancer recurrence - Dr. Ilana Chefetz' discoveries published in top scientific journal
For most people, the only thing worse than hearing the diagnosis "cancer" is hearing that it has returned. Dr. Ilana Chefetz, leader of The Hormel Institute's "Cancer Stem Cells and Necroptosis" lab, today published new discoveries about…