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Jan 17, 2025
Nixon National Cancer Conference Fosters Discussion on Improving Communication, Utilizing Technology and Building Trust Within the Cancer Care Community
On January 15 and 16, 2025, the fourth annual Nixon National Cancer Conference convened at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. … Panel 1: The Complexity of Cancer Care Today. Panelists: … Richard A. Van Etten, MD, PhD – Director of the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. … Dr. Michael Stamos, Dean of UCI School of Medicine, spoke about the innovation in research and clinical trials happening at UCI School of Medicine.
Jan 10, 2025
Data science is accelerating UC medical research, diagnosis and treatment in California
The UC Health Data Warehouse is helping researchers to fast-track medical research and improve health outcomes. In 2024, six teams across UC’s health system followed data to notable findings that accelerated diagnosis and treatments while revealing how social determinants of health can impact access to care.
Jan 03, 2025
The Mystery of What’s Causing Young People’s Cancer Leads to the Gut
At the University of California, Irvine, cancer biologist Selma Masri has shown in mice that changing the body’s internal clock, called the circadian rhythm, changes the diversity and abundance of gut bacteria. … She also found a link between disrupting the circadian clock and colorectal cancer.
Oct 17, 2024
NIH Boosts Cancer Health Disparities Research through All of Us
The National Institutes of Health has provided additional funding to four grantee partners to leverage the power and diversity of the All of Us Research Program's dataset to develop more precise cancer prevention, detection, and treatment tools.
Oct 08, 2024
Measuring cholesterol to understand breast cancer risk can be tricky
Researchers used All of Us Research Program data to help clear up the confusion around cholesterol levels and breast cancer risk. They found that high levels of bad cholesterol and high total cholesterol levels were related to a higher risk of breast cancer.
Oct 07, 2024
Updated findings provide insights into radiation exposure’s impact on cancer risk
A major update was made to the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS), an international epidemiological study of workers in the nuclear sector to assess their risks of cancer and non-cancerous diseases.
Sep 30, 2024
Disrupting the Gut’s Clock Could Fuel Colorectal Cancer
In a new study in mice, researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), demonstrated how disruption of the circadian clock may accelerate the progression of colorectal cancer by affecting the gut microbiome and intestinal barrier function.
Sep 11, 2024
UC Irvine electronic patient-reported outcome tool reduces cancer care disparities
The chair of clinical pharmacy practice details how the organization got, for example, racial/ethnic minorities receiving chemotherapy two times higher likelihood in reporting pain compared with non-Hispanic whites.
Aug 19, 2024
CBCRP-funded study shows Manuka honey reduced tumor growth in animal models
UCLA researchers found that Manuka honey significantly reduced tumor growth in mice with ER-positive breast cancer cells without affecting normal breast cells or causing major side effects.
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.