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Cancer survivor funds immunotherapy research
Ted Schwartz, a City of Hope patient and lymphoma survivor, has given City of Hope a $15 million gift on behalf of his family to advance immunotherapy research. The gift...
A New Cancer Treatment Discovery Brings Hope for a Subgroup of Patients Facing Metastatic Colon and Rectal Cancer
A Foundational Step in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Treatment                                Marwan G. Fakih, M.D. Marwan Fakih, M.D., a physician-scientist at City of Hope, identified a novel combination immunotherapy regimen that demonstrated significant response in a...
Study Will Test Lung Cancer Screening at Home
It almost defies logic. “We have a major problem here in the U.S.,” said thoracic surgeon Dan J. Raz, M.D., M.A.S. “Lung cancer screening is recommended for millions of people...
Lynda Carter Altman helping fund and advocate for blood cancer research
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, has forged a new partnership with actress, singer-songwriter and advocate Lynda Carter Altman to help improve diagnosis and treatment of...
From optimized stem cell transplants to CAR T cell therapy: Advancing options for cancer, HIV and more
The man had been living with HIV for 31 years before coming to City of Hope with another grave diagnosis — acute myeloid leukemia. One of the...
$3.7 million grant awarded for learning impairment in children treated for cancer
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $3.69 million grant to City of Hope neuropsychologist Sunita Patel, Ph.D., for a study designed to fill a vital need...
City of Hope approved for $7 million for lung cancer study in older adults
City of Hope has been approved for nearly $7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study how physical activity affects older adults undergoing lung cancer surgery. Dan Raz, M.D., M.A.S.
Patient with HIV achieves remission following stem cell transplant at City of Hope
Jana K. Dickter, M.D., City of Hope associate clinical professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases City of Hope announced July 27 that a 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 has been in remission from the virus for over 17 months after...
In innovative twist, City of Hope applies CAR T cell therapy to HIV 
Over the last couple of decades, HIV/AIDS has turned from a grim diagnosis to a manageable disease thanks to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). However, the virus remains in patients’...
Chemicals in personal care products cause harmful effects in breast cancer cells from Black women
Chemicals called parabens, which are found in widely used hair and personal care products, cause harmful effects in breast cancer cells from Black women, according to a new study presented...