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Groundbreaking new therapies provide hope to blood cancer patients
For two groups of patients — older people diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and patients whose aggressive B cell lymphoma did not respond to treatment or had relapsed — the prognosis...
City of Hope develops tests to categorize pancreatic cancer risk
Ajay Goel, Ph.D., M.S. Researchers led by Ajay Goel, Ph.D., M.S., founding chair of the Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics and founding director of Biotech Innovations at Beckman Research Institute...
City of Hope lauded for exceptional transplant outcomes
Keeping patients at the center of all it does is why City of Hope is lauded year after year for excellence in care, treatment, research and outcomes. City of Hope...
Robotic surgery revolutionizing colon cancer treatment
“When a patient hears the “c” word, it usually triggers acute anxiety — and when it’s colon cancer , the fears they spontaneously express are: Am I going to die? Will...
5 Facts About Skin Cancer With Christiane Querfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Christiane Querfeld, M.D., Ph.D.Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy. Most forms are not life-threatening, except for the rarest form, melanoma. However, even this most aggressive...
I Assumed My Breast Cancer Risk Was Average … I Was Wrong
I’d always assumed my breast cancer risk was average and, weighing the risks and recommendations, had decided to wait until age 50 for my first mammogram. My paternal grandmother had...
Advice from a lung expert for staying well amid smoky skies
As lingering smoke from the Bobcat, El Dorado and other wildfires throughout the state continues to impact our air quality, questions remain about how we can best protect our health.    ...
Dr. Dad: Ravi Salgia, M.D., Ph.D., inspires his three kids to become physicians
Ravi Salgia, M.D., Ph.D., a clinician scientist for more than 30 years, is an internationally renowned lung and thoracic cancer expert who serves as the Arthur & Rosie Kaplan Chair...
Lung cancer patient gets a second chance
Anthony Wright with his wife JoAnn Anthony Wright, a big healthy guy who loves Jeep off-roading and deep-sea fishing, had the classic symptoms of sciatica — pain that shot from...
8-year-old patient to meet donor that saved his life
It is understandably difficult for Ashley Montañez to talk about the moment a doctor told her Joseph, her only son, a kindergartner and only 6 years old at the time...