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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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- September 7, 2017
Cancer immunotherapy drugs only work for a minority of patients, but a generic drug now used to increase blood flow may be able to improve those odds, a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers suggests.
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- August 30, 2017
Immunotherapy expert Pawel Muranski speaks about the new CAR-T therapy for leukemia and his work to bring T cell therapies to patients with a wide range of cancers.
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- August 30, 2017
Prakash Satwani, MD, leads NYP/CUIMC's program in CAR-T therapy, a new treatment that uses a patient's own T cells to attack cancer.
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- July 11, 2017
Inna Kleyman, MD, shares why she joined Velocity, a new cycling event that benefits the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at CUMC.
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- July 11, 2017
Ilene Anesini shares why she joined Velocity, a new cycling event that benefits the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at CUMC.
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- July 11, 2017
Alexander Small, MD, shares why he joined Velocity, a new cycling event that benefits the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at CUMC.
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- July 10, 2017
Velocity is a new cycling event that benefits the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at CUIMC. Columbia riders share why they joined the cause.
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- May 4, 2017
Researchers discovered a mechanism that reprograms tumor cells in patients with advanced prostate cancer, reducing their response to anti-androgen therapy.
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- April 6, 2017
Columbia University scientists study tumor revertants as possible new approach to cancer therapy.
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- March 28, 2017
Based on new evidence, laparoscopic surgery should be offered to most women with early-stage endometrial cancer, says Columbia’s gynecologic cancer chief.
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