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The program brings together physicians and nurse practitioners from multiple disciplines to provide care for smokers and ex-smokers who are at high risk for lung cancer and other complications.
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Sexual dysfunction is common among female cancer patients but infrequently addressed. Columbia oncologist Christine Chin is working to change that.
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Columbia geneticist Wendy Chung reflects on the progress made in cancer genetics and discusses the next frontier of using genetic information to design personalized cancer prevention strategies.
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Columbia cancer researchers estimate that 60% of patients in a phase 2 clinical trial will have no sign of their cancer two years after treatment with combination therapy.
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- April 11, 2022
Heavy ions could radically improve radiation therapy for cancer treatment, but research is needed to understand how they work. With the aid of a new instrument at Columbia, scientists aim to find out.
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- March 30, 2022
The study's findings underscore the importance of identifying different treatments for different subpopulations of glioma patients.
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- March 24, 2022
Columbia's Lisa A. Kachnic, MD, a pioneer in radiation oncology, discusses the advancements made in the field of radiotherapy and the innovation to come.
- March 22, 2022
With colon cancer becoming more common in people under 50, screening guidelines have changed.
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- March 17, 2022
In the future, bacteria may be let loose in the body to seek and destroy cancer cells, but the bacteria need a way to hide from our immune system. Columbia biomedical engineers may have a solution.
- March 17, 2022
In the early days of Columbia's cancer program, several incredible women physicians and scientists made key discoveries in the field.
- March 7, 2022
Having a rapport with kids is a critical part of the job for James Church and other Columbia colorectal surgeons who treat people with hereditary colon cancer.
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- March 3, 2022
Lung cancer often spreads to the brain. Columbia scientists have now uncovered a tactic used by metastases to hide in the brain and identified a drug combination that can potentially target them.
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- February 22, 2022
By applying artificial intelligence to standard-of-care imaging, Columbia cancer researchers can predict how well immunotherapy will work for patients with melanoma.
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- February 4, 2022
A clinical trial led by a Columbia neuro-oncology team suggests that a new type of anti-cancer drug has promise for patients with glioblastoma.
