December 2021: New work from Alana Welm’s lab reveals a novel immunotherapy target for metastatic breast cancer. A study published in Cancer Discovery shows that blocking short form Ron kinase...
According to medical experts, in the recent decades, breast cancer mortality has gone down thanks to increased screenings. More women are getting their mammograms, but one group is still seeing...
According to the Utah Department of Health, breast cancer is the most commonly-occurring cancer in the U.S. and the leading cause of female cancer-related deaths in Utah. Clinical trials and...
It may be human nature to peruse social media for answers after a cancer diagnosis, but experts say following advice found online without talking to your doctor first can be...
The internet is a major source for health information, and misinformation is growing among many types of health conditions. This is an urgent challenge because it can result in patients...
Jennifer Doherty, PhD, MS, researcher and co-leader of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at HCI and U of U associate professor of population health sciences, received the 2020...
With a goal of reducing health disparities in Utah, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $5 million to Rachel Hess, M.D., and Guilherme Del Fiol, M.D., Ph.D., of...
A global team of medical researchers led by UNSW have developed a test that could help to predict survival for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and pave the way towards...
Radiation oncologist Gita Suneja, MD, was born and reared in St. Louis, the first-generation daughter of two Indian immigrants. "Both my parents were lifelong learners and always worked in service-oriented...
March 10, 2020. Esther Chang, Qinging Hu, Seungmin Kim, and Krista Ocier presented their posters at the HCI/Nature Conference on Transdisciplinary Cancer Interception: Leveraging Biology to Improve Prevention and Detection
Cho Y. Lam, PhD, research associate professor in the department of population health sciences at Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah, spoke with HemOnc Today for a cover story...
Two PCORI-funded research teams are investigating interventions designed to help people in underserved populations access and engage in evidence-based tobacco cessation interventions and successfully quit smoking. David Wetter’s University of...
Brenna Blackburn, Esther Chang, Qingqing Hu, Seungmin Kim, and Krista Ocier presented their posters at the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Poster Summit.
Intermountain Precision Genomics, a program within Intermountain Healthcare, has awarded more than $400,000 in total to researchers at Stanford University, Huntsman Cancer Institute, the University of Utah School of Medicine...
Faculty at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) cultivate the scientists who will carry our lifesaving work into the future. It's part of our mission. We offer trainee programs for researchers, public...
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jennifer Doherty has been elected MEG Chairperson-elect 2019-2020. Dr. Doherty will assume the office of Chairperson elect at the AACR Annual Meeting 2019...
