UPMC CancerCenter Recognized for Quality Cancer Care from Largest Oncology...
PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2012 – UPMC CancerCenter, partner with the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), has been recognized for its high quality by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative...
View ArticleU.S. Study Strongly Supports Screening for Colorectal Cancer, Demonstrates...
PITTSBURGH, May 21, 2012 – Colorectal cancer screening is effective at preventing cancer from developing in the left and right colon, and also prevents death due to the disease, according to the first...
View ArticlePitt Cancer Institute Researchers Say Decoy Shows Promise as Cancer-Fighter...
PITTSBURGH, August 10, 2012 – A critical protein that had been deemed “undruggable” can be effectively targeted by using a decoy to fool the body into a cancer-fighting response, according to...
View ArticleMortality Higher in Appalachian Coal Mining Counties Compared to Non-Coal...
PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2013 – West Virginia counties with coal mining activity have higher total mortality rates than their non-coal mining Appalachian counterparts, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate...
View ArticleUPCI Researchers Target ‘Cell Sleep’ to Lower Chances of Cancer Recurrence
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2013 – An international research team led by University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists discovered that by preventing cancer cells from entering a state of cellular...
View ArticleUPMC Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program Re-Accredited by FACT
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13, 2013 – UPMC CancerCenter’s Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program has been awarded a three-year re-accreditation by the nonprofit Foundation for the Accreditation of...
View ArticleUPCI Oncologist Recognized for Lung Cancer Research that Promises New Therapies
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16, 2013 – Medical oncologist Timothy Burns, M.D., Ph.D., has been recognized for his work in lung cancer research with the American Lung Association (ALA) Lung Cancer Discovery Award...
View ArticleUnusual Combination Therapy Shows Promise for Preventing Prostate Cancer,...
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16, 2013 – Combining a compound from broccoli with an antimalarial drug prevents prostate cancer in mice, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers discovered. The...
View ArticleAccurately Identifying Neck Tumors Using Robotics Improves Treatment,...
ATLANTA, Sept. 22, 2013 – Using robotic surgery done through the mouth to more accurately identify the cause of lumps in the neck can help physicians to better target more personalized therapies for...
View ArticlePulmonary Fibrosis Therapy Research Presented by UPCI at International Cancer...
ATLANTA, Sept. 25, 2013 – Two new University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) studies offer promising research avenues for preventing debilitating lung-scarring in people who undergo radiation...
View ArticleNext Generation Sequencing Test Developed at UPMC Improves Detection of...
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30, 2013 – A new test for genetic markers that can identify which lumps in the thyroid gland are cancerous and which are harmless – potentially preventing unneeded operations – will...
View ArticleUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Roswell Park Cancer Institute...
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7, 2013 – More than 14,000 women in the U.S., including 800 from Pennsylvania, died last year from ovarian cancer, a disease that often isn’t detected until later stages when it is...
View ArticleUPCI Contributes to National ‘Checklist’ for Personalized Testing in Cancer...
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2013 – A University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) professor contributed to guidelines that will be used by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to evaluate proposals for...
View ArticlePitt Surgeon Awarded $827,280 NIH Grant for Sarcoma Research
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17, 2013 – A musculoskeletal oncologist from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has been awarded a five-year K08 grant totaling $827,280 from the National...
View ArticleUPMC Expands the Use of Next-Generation Sequencing for Cancer Patients to...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 4, 2013 – In a move away from a one-size-fits-most approach to treating cancer, UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh are significantly expanding capabilities to use next-generation...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Receives $50,000 Childhood Cancer...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2013 – Linda M. McAllister-Lucas, M.D., Ph.D., chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, has been awarded a one-year, $50,000...
View ArticlePitt Team Aims to Change Tissue Microenvironment to Fend Off Cancerous Tumors
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2013 – The magic to killing cancer cells might not be in the bullet, but in the gunpowder that accompanies it, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Research Foundation Continues Support of Pitt Investigators...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2013 – In the last five years, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) has provided research support for scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and...
View ArticleCertain Advanced Breast Cancer Patients May Benefit From Surgery Before Other...
San Antonio, Dec. 11, 2013 – Patients newly diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and a solitary bone metastasis could benefit from surgery prior to other treatment, according to early results from a...
View ArticlePitt Researchers Awarded More than $1 Million by NIH to Study New Treatments...
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 2, 2014 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year grant of more than $1.5 million to Herbert J. Zeh III, M.D., and Michael T. Lotze, M.D., at the University of...
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