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Scientists present leading-edge research at AACR
City of Hope® researchers will present more than 70 abstracts and sessions on innovative clinical trial results, breakthrough diagnostic techniques and advances in treatment options, as well as share their...
Researcher receives fellowship supporting gender equity in health care
Nadia Carlesso, Ph.D. As a member of the newest class of 24 women selected nationwide to participate in the Carol Emmott Fellowship, Nadia Carlesso, Ph.D., wants to take this unique and...
Young patient overcomes rare dysgerminoma diagnosis
Bryn Cloud Bryn Cloud loves to ski, and she works hard during warmer months to keep in tip-top shape. So in March 2020, when symptoms stacked up — worsening lower-back pain...
Stage 4 Colon Cancer Survivor Shares Treatment Experience
Jason Randall and his wife, Tellena Jason Randall has a dream.The 40-year-old digital cartographer and Navy vet from Eudora, Kansas, hopes to build a unique retreat where cancer survivors can decompress, escape the overwhelming...
City of Hope launches first-of-its-kind mobile cancer prevention program
Manisha Ati, M.S.N, FNP-C, examines Ernie DePass in City of Hope's mobile cancer prevention and screening clinic. City of Hope is taking leading-edge clinical screening and care into Southern California communities and beyond with the launch today of its new mobile cancer prevention and screening program...
CAR T cell therapy helps toddler tackle leukemia
“Can you do Spiderman?” the visitor asks.Like a shot, 6-year-old Julian “Juju” Castaneda Figueroa strikes the classic pose, crouched low, arm extended, head cocked sideways with eyes intensely focused...
Tapping the potential of biology-guided radiation technology
City of Hope continues to change the cancer treatment paradigm by leaning into available technology and adopting and applying it in innovative ways to care for its patients.It was...
Targeting cell surface proteins could block cancer growth
Scientists at City of Hope® have discovered a new cellular mechanism that plays an important role in spurring the growth of cancer cells, as well as a way to target...
World Cancer Day: How City of Hope is closing the cancer care gap
Every year on Feb. 4, we recognize World Cancer Day, an initiative dedicated to uniting the cancer community to help reduce the global cancer burden, promote greater equity and...
New hematologist shares his journey from UN to City of Hope
Growing up in Iran, hematologist-oncologist Salman Otoukesh, M.D., always knew he wanted to be a physician. Inspired by his father, a pediatric nephrologist and professor still working in Iran...
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