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Cancer warrior defeats rare lung tumor
The year 2022 was a difficult one for Candice Ward, a mother of three and grandmother of two. She began the year mourning the tragic death of her 27-year-old son...
Finding an expert who truly understood
It started in 1998. Marjo Woodhull was in her mid-40s when her doctor felt something unusual during a routine Pap smear. A follow-up ultrasound identified a growth in her abdomen...
Young colon cancer patient faces ‘devastating’ diagnosis
Melisa Valenzuela has always been a competitor. Growing up in East Los Angeles, she sought out the toughest challenges. “Especially basketball,” she said, recalling her school days. Playing with other...
Grad student beats ‘rarest of rare’ cancer
Jung Soo Lee takes pride in what she’s accomplished on her own.  Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee speaks perfect, unaccented English — she spent a few years of her...
‘Where others stop, we get started’: Jeff Martin’s story
Jeff Martin just wanted someone to take him seriously. The 52-year-old logistics specialist from Ontario, California, had been seeing blood in his stool for several months. His local doctors were...
New hope for cervical cancer patients
When Luzmila Salazar learned she had cervical cancer, she felt like her life was crumbling around her. “It was the worst thing I’d ever heard,” said the 43-year-old mother of...
City of Hope Study Finds Medicare Advantage May Put Complex Cancer Surgery Patients at a Disadvantage
CONTACTZen Logsdon626-409-9367zlogsdon@coh.orgWith open enrollment for Medicare coverage ending on Dec. 7, researchers say it’s important for patients with cancer to understand how federal health plans cover...
City of Hope es pionero en el poder predictivo de la inteligencia artificial
City of Hope está transformando la práctica de la medicina al usar inteligencia artificial (artificial intelligence, AI) para predecir, con una exactitud que excede la capacidad humana, acontecimientos específicos que...
Yuman Fong, M.D., City of Hope’s chair in surgical oncology, elected to National Academy of Medicine
CONTACT Zen Vuong 626-409-9367 zvuong@coh.org   DUARTE, Calif. — Yuman Fong, M.D., the Sangiacomo Family Chair in Surgical Oncology at City of Hope, a world-renowned cancer research and treatment...
City of Hope pioneers the predictive power of artificial intelligence
City of Hope is transforming the practice of medicine by using artificial intelligence AI) to predict — with an accuracy beyond human capability — specific events that are likely to...