Researchers at City of Hope have developed a tool that could predict if older adults with early-stage breast cancer will develop a severe or deadly reaction to chemotherapy.   This...

For almost half of her young life, Raeleen Whitt of Costa Mesa, California, has battled cancer.   She was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia when she was 16 years...

City of Hope's Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., M.A., R.N. City of Hope’s Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., M.A., R.N., recently joined the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in health and medicine. The academy recognized her...

City of Hope scientists have combined two potent immunotherapies — an oncolytic virus and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy — to target and eradicate solid tumors that are...

Nicole A. Karras, M.D. While all of us live in the shadow of COVID-19, few are as vulnerable to this virus as bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients. How is City...

In one of the largest clinical network expansions in City of Hope’s history, Pacific Shores Medical Group has joined City of Hope. The addition of the seven Pacific Shores locations...

Cancer care is changing rapidly, and the pace of change is accelerating. In 2019, major advances in precision medicine, gene-based therapy, immunotherapy and many other areas brought new hope to...

Jeanelle Folbrecht, Ph.D. A pandemic has frayed the fabric of American life as entire cities stay home trying to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus’s spread. Ironically, some who...

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their recommendation that certain immunocompromised people receive a supplemental dose of the COVID-19 vaccine — a “booster.” Here, we provide...

COVID-19 presented myriad challenges to City of Hope staff in the last year. But even during a pandemic, through the efforts of nurses, physicians and leadership, the institution achieved an...