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Lisa Kachnic, MD, the new chair of radiation oncology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, has helped pioneer techniques that deliver radiation therapy to cancer patients with more precision.
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A new drug that penetrates the protective barrier around pancreatic cancers and accumulates in malignant cells may improve current chemotherapy, a study in mice suggests.
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Researchers in Columbia's medical and engineering schools have edited a strain of non-pathogenic bacteria to colonize solid tumors in mice and safely deliver potent immunotherapies.
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Barring ovarian cancer surgery at low-volume hospitals could limit access to care for many rural and underserved patients, a new study has found.
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Latest News
- October 29, 2015
Columbia researchers Andrea Califano and Jean Gautier have received prestigious NCI awards that support and encourage leaders in cancer research.
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- October 28, 2015
Columbia has one of six new sites launched by the NIH's Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program for prevention and research across the lifespan.
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- October 26, 2015
Dr. Andrea Califano has won a two-year $200,000 research grant for neuroendocrine cancer research.
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- October 21, 2015
According to a recent study, a microsurgical approach is found to be a safe and effective technique to prevent breast cancer-related lymphedema.
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- October 12, 2015
Andrea Califano and his investigative team discover a molecular signaling mechanism underlying a specific type of highly aggressive breast cancer.
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- October 5, 2015
KEYTRUDA is an immunotherapy that blocks the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, helping the immune system to help detect and fight cancer cells.
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- September 23, 2015
The Columbia Combined Cancer Panel has been granted full approval by the New York State Department of Health.
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- September 18, 2015
Dr. Naiyer Rizvi, director of thoracic oncology at CUMC, offers updates on immune checkpoint inhibitors in certain forms of lung cancers.
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- May 26, 2015
Columbia scientists have created new decoy drugs that can intercept the deceptive growth signals that cancer cells send out.
- April 14, 2015
A study of the genomes of patients with a particularly aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma shows that many cases are driven by alterations in the JAK/STAT3 cell signaling pathway.
