Senator McCain, Cancer and Clinical Frustration: The Long Road to Better Treatments
On July 19th, Senator John McCain's office announced he had brain cancer. Three UChicago physicians spoke with us about this disease. [Read More]
Cancer
Transoral thyroidectomy offers a scarless alternative
Sheri Caine did not want to see a reminder of her thyroid cancer surgery, so she decided on a scarless option. [Read More]
UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences faculty receive named professorships
Seven faculty members from UChicago Medicine and the Biological Sciences Division have received named professorships. [Read More]
Radiosurgery: becoming the treatment of choice for spinal metastases
How radiosurgery helped Theresa Barrett battle metastatic disease. [Read More]
New research points to potential for more targeted treatments of deadly neuroblastoma tumors in children
Genetic variations appear to pre-dispose children to developing certain severe forms of neuroblastoma, according to new research by the University of Chicago Medicine. The findings lay the groundwork for developing more targeted treatments for particularly deadly variations of the cancer. [Read More]
Thomas Gajewski selected as a 2017 Giant of Cancer Care
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and pathology at the University of Chicago and an authority on immunotherapy, has been named one of 12 “Giants of Cancer Care for 2017” by OncLive. [Read More]
Immunotherapy drug effective in triple-negative breast cancer
Rita Nanda, MD, presents results from the I-SPY 2 trial at the ASCO annual meeting showing that adding the checkpoint blocker pembrolizumab (KeytrudaTM) to standard therapy dramatically improved response rates for patients with invasive triple-negative breast cancer. [Read More]
One patient’s remembrance of Dr James Nachman, 1948-2011
Leonard Savala III remembers Dr. James Nachman, beloved pediatric cancer specialist who treated him 25 years ago. [Read More]
Searching for the keys to immunotherapy success in the tumor microenvironment
In a new study, UChicago researchers look to understand why some cancer tumors are more susceptible to immunotherapy than others. [Read More]
Large data set brings precision to breast cancer diagnosis and care
Finding genetic variations common in black women could improve outcomes and reduce recurrence of breast cancer, according to a new study. [Read More]
