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Columbia researchers are uncovering potential new therapies to counter the changing identities of cancer cells.
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Columbia cancer researcher Cory Abate-Shen has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of science’s highest honors.
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A new Columbia study shows that increased screening for Lynch Syndrome—an inherited condition linked to several types of cancer—could reduce deaths from colon cancer in at-risk persons by nearly 80%.
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Columbia researchers have developed a technique that analyzes RNA and DNA within several thousands of individual tumor cells and could help doctors find the best treatment for a patient's cancer.
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- July 8, 2016
$4 million grant gives Columbia, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, and NYC Health + Hospitals key role in precision medicine cohort program.
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- July 1, 2016
CUMC, NYP, and Weill Cornell are participating in a care delivery model that supports and encourages higher quality, more coordinated cancer care.
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- June 22, 2016
New research suggests that direct transmission of cancer among marine animals may be much more common than once thought.
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- June 16, 2016
One out of four breast cancer patients skipped hormonal therapy if they previously avoided treating chronic conditions, Columbia researchers found.
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- January 28, 2016
A comprehensive analysis of the molecular characteristics of gliomas—the most common malignant brain tumor—explains why some patients diagnosed with slow-growing (low-grade) tumors quickly succumb to the disease while others with more aggressive (high-grade) tumors survive for many years.
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