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Diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer, Jeffrey Pulver underwent chemo, surgery, and a neobladder at Columbia—just in time to walk his daughter down the aisle, cancer-free, on their family farm.
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Two teams at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are working to train patients’ immune cells to seek and destroy rogue cells that cause cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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Columbia cell therapy pioneer Michel Sadelain has received the 2025 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology and the 2025 King Faisal Prize in Medicine.
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Columbia researchers are uncovering potential new therapies to counter the changing identities of cancer cells.
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- June 17, 2022
Columbia cancer researchers are using systems biology to tackle the complexity of cancer and improve treatment.
- June 3, 2022
Two new studies from Columbia University cancer researchers highlight the risks of persistent opioid use among cancer patients.
- May 24, 2022
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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- May 19, 2022
Sexual dysfunction is common among female cancer patients but infrequently addressed. Columbia oncologist Christine Chin is working to change that.
- May 4, 2022
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.
- 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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