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Oct 29, 2024 | UCI Health
Turning grief into hope: Mike Kirby makes $1 million donation to fight triple-negative breast cancer
The Suzette Kirby Breast Cancer Research Fund has supported research by Devon Lawson, PhD, associate professor of physiology and biophysics, and Kai Kessenbrock, PhD, associate professor of biological chemistry. The two researchers are at the forefront of innovation in breast cancer research.
Oct 16, 2024 | UCI Health
UCI Health offers breakthrough ultrasound treatment for liver cancer
On Sept. 10, Dr. Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh and her UCI Health interventional radiology team used the noninvasive ultrasound technology, called the Edison histotripsy system, to treat the first patients at UCI Medical Center, part of UCI Health.
Aug 02, 2024 | UCI News
Decreasing Asian American health disparities
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.
Jul 29, 2024 | UCI Health
Drummer beats back kidney cancer in clinical trial
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.
Jul 29, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine Researchers identify key enzyme contributing to cancer health disparities in Latin American population
Researchers from the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s Pannunzio Lab have discovered that an enzyme expressed in B cells is a significant factor driving cancer health disparities within the Latin American population.
Jul 22, 2024 | UCI News
An Anticancer Camera?
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.
Jul 18, 2024 | UCI Health
A 'dream come true' realized in Irvine
Dr. Michael J. Stamos, dean of the UCI School of Medicine, once envisioned opening a small cancer center on the UCI campus in Irvine. What has emerged, he says, is so much more: a $1.3 billion medical complex that rivals the best on the West Coast.
Jul 01, 2024 | UCI School of Physical Sciences
Professor Christopher Barty is pushing cancer treatment into the future
Professor Christopher Barty, a UCI physicist, is developing a machine that can selectively image cancer in the body and also eliminate that cancer while minimizing damage to any surrounding tissue.
Jun 28, 2024 | The Cancer Letter
Miguel Villalona Calero named deputy director of UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miguel Villalona Calero was named deputy director of the University of California, Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and division chief for hematology/oncology. He will start on July 8.
Jun 27, 2024 | UCI Health
Reimagining cancer care for all of Orange County
When the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center's second clinical hub opens its doors July 16, the spacious, state-of-the-art facility in Irvine will extend elite cancer care within reach of residents throughout Orange County and beyond.