Rosemary Rochford, PhD, Receives Henle Award for Decades of Research on Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Cancer
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University of Colorado Cancer Center member Rosemary Rochford, PhD, has spent the past 34 years researching the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) a virus that causes several types of cancer, including Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  ..read more
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Christopher Lieu, MD, Named Vice Chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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University of Colorado Cancer Center Associate Director of Clinical Research, Christopher Lieu, MD, is bringing his wealth of expertise and dedication to a new role as the Vice Chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN ..read more
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Patients, Caregivers, and Medical Professionals Enjoy a ‘Wealth of Spectacular Music’ at Chords for Cancer Concert
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Music can soothe, sustain, and inspire. There's evidence that it can even heal, as well as provide support through the rigors of therapy ..read more
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‘Cancer Affects Everybody’: Longtime CU Cancer Center Benefactors Support Rising Stars
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Gary and Kathy Kortz, partners in marriage for nearly three decades, have also been partners in giving generously of their time and philanthropy for many years to support the University of Colorado Cancer Center and cancer research in general ..read more
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A Combination of Targeted Therapies Proves Effective Against Mutation-Driven Lung Cancer
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Combining targeted therapies known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) can be an effective way to treat a mutation-driven form of lung cancer in cases where tumors develop resistance to treatment and where cancer has spread to other parts of the body, a University of Colorado Cancer Center member reports ..read more
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Turning Off the Breast Cancer Switch: Federal Grant Powers Study of Therapy Resistance
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With support from a $3.3 million federal grant, a pair of University of Colorado Cancer Center members will investigate how a molecule they’ve been studying for a decade is able to promote resistance to therapies for a major type of breast cancer – and how to switch off the molecule’s harmful interference ..read more
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CU Cancer Center Member Delivers Promising Updates on Bladder Cancer Treatment
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Treatment guidelines for bladder cancer have changed significantly in recent years, due to the introduction of effective new drug combinations to treat the disease ..read more
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A Study Will Explore How a Brain Tumor Can Trigger Severe Child Obesity
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A pilot grant funded in part by the University of Colorado Cancer Center will support a study that will look at factors contributing to extreme obesity in children with a type of benign brain tumor ..read more
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Mark Koebrich's Journey: From Television to Triumph Over Esophageal Cancer
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Mark Koebrich's heartburn, a lifelong companion through nearly four decades in television, took a turn for the worse after retirement, prompting him to seek medical advice. His general practitioner referred him to UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, where he met Sachin Wani, MD, the Endowed Chair of the Katy O. and Paul M. Esophageal and Gastric Center of Excellence. Koebrich was diagnosed with Barrett's esophagus with low-grade dysplasia, a precancerous condition, and was enrolled in the SURVENT trial, a groundbreaking study offering cutting-edge treatment options ..read more
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Football Coordinator With Leukemia Finds Winning Team at CU Cancer Center
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Matt Lubick had finished marathons before, but none was so personally meaningful as the 26-mile distance he covered in one day while being treated for leukemia at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital. Lubick walked dozens of laps around the facility, wheeling his IV pole up and down the corridors as day slowly turned to night outside the tall glass windows ..read more
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