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By deploying CRISPR to make the smallest mutations, researchers are learning how subtle changes to genes contribute to disease.
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New research may lead to the development of drugs to prevent the nerve damage and pain many cancer patients experience during chemotherapy.
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Specialized psychosocial interventions—including meaning-centered psychotherapy—can greatly improve a cancer patient's quality of life and reduce suffering.
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Cancer patients on active treatment are 35% less likely to develop COVID-19 than patients not receiving treatment, though those who did test positive for SARS-CoV-2 experienced higher death rates.
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- February 15, 2019
Fewer than 1 in 10 patients with glioblastoma—the most common type of brain cancer—respond to immunotherapy; a new study reveals how to detect patients who may respond.
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- January 17, 2019
A multicenter study from SWOG Cancer Research Network found that infections with hepatitis B and C are common in new cancer patients, but few of these patients are screened for the viruses.
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- December 19, 2018
In a phase three clinical trial, sorafenib stopped progression of desmoid tumors for two years in 80 percent of patients who completed treatment.
- December 10, 2018
Anil K. Rustgi, MD, an expert in gastrointestinal tumors, will join Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian as director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- December 10, 2018
A new study suggests that a type of brain tumor in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 could be treated with immunotherapy, which has so far proved ineffective in treating most brain cancers.
- October 31, 2018
A new study found that women with cervical cancer who had a radical hysterectomy with minimally invasive surgery had a significantly higher risk of death than those who had open surgery.
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- October 12, 2018
For the second year, Velocity, Columbia's Ride to End Cancer raised more than $1 million for cancer care and research.
- October 11, 2018
A new study shows how certain cells ‘cheat’ during cell competition to eliminate their neighbors and take over tissues; the findings could point toward new strategies for treating cancer.
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- September 28, 2018
Sarah Urke and Barbara Trencher, Columbia physical therapists and Velocity participants, developed an exercise program for cancer patients.
- September 20, 2018
Leaders in prostate cancer research and care will convene Sept. 22 for the inaugural NYC Prostate Cancer Summit, a patient-focused event co-hosted by CUIMC and NewYork-Presbyterian.
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