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Aug 26, 2024
Internationally recognized cancer expert joins UCI Health as cancer center deputy director
Internationally recognized cancer expert Dr. Miguel A. Villalona-Calero has joined the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center as its deputy director and chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
Jul 22, 2024 | UCI Health
Community open house celebrates new facilities at UCI Health ― Irvine
UCI Health hosted a vibrant community open house on Saturday, July 20, to celebrate the opening of the Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building at the new UCI Health – Irvine medical complex. The afternoon event welcomed hundreds of community members and UCI Health co-workers to the new medical complex at 19200 Jamboree Road in Irvine.
Jul 19, 2024 | UCI Health
UCI Health first in region to use new CT imaging technology
UCI Health has become the first Southern California health system to offer advanced photon-counting computed tomography scanning, which features higher resolution scanning at a fraction of the time necessary for traditional CT imaging. The first patients were scanned on July 16 at the new Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building on the UCI Health ― Irvine medical campus.
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In a postpandemic world in which public health is a prime concern, societal pressures still prevent many Asian American people from prioritizing their health. Sunmin Lee, a professor of medicine at UC Irvine, is a social epidemiologist focusing particularly on health disparities faced by the Asian American population.
When Glenn Marquez came to the United States from his native Philippines in 2022, he had been diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer. Marquez sought care rom Dr. Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, a medical oncologist from UCI Health CFCCC. Marquez enrolled in a clinical trial shortly after which changed the course of his future.
At the forefront of a movement to rewrite oral and oropharyngeal cancer outcomes, Dr. Petra Wilder-Smith has spent the last two decades working on devices for early detection. Now, in collaboration with Rongguang Liang at the University of Arizona’s Wyant College of Optical Sciences, the director of dentistry at UC Irvine’s Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic and a professor of medicine has developed a commercial intraoral camera with the ability to screen for cancer.
Aug 12, 2024 | Orange County Business Journal
UCI Health Opens Second Cancer Center in OC
The second phase of the University of California, Irvine’s $1.3 billion medical complex is complete with the opening of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building. The five-story, 225,000-square-foot building triples the available space of the flagship center in Orange, which is one of 57 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, officials said.
Aug 07, 2024 | Healthline
Aspirin no substitute for healthy lifestyle to prevent colon cancer, says UCI Health surgeon
A new study has found that the regular use of aspirin could lower colorectal cancer risk, particularly among individuals with lifestyle risk factors such as smoking or obesity. UCI Health colorectal surgeon Dr. Jason A. Zell, who was not involved with the study, tells Healthline that the findings are unlikely to change the recommendations of the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF).