Thanks to a $2.7 million National Cancer Institute grant, radiation oncologist Arta Monjazeb and his team will study how obesity makes tumors more resistant to radiotherapy.
Read MoreA new UC Davis study reveals the interaction between tumor microbiome and the immune system may be the secret to improving outcomes for sarcoma patients.
Read MoreUC Davis sarcoma researchers are part of an international team of scientists working to uncover the genetics behind a deadly cancer that is more common in children.
Read MoreThe holidays were merrier for hospitalized kids at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, thanks to $28,989 that was raised during the 2022 Virtual Toy Drive.
Read MorePatients visiting the cancer center can now view inspiring oil painting as they await treatment thanks to a generous art donation from the wife of a pioneering UC Davis oncologist.
Read MoreNow available, the winter issue of Synthesis magazine, published by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, reports on the latest in cancer research and breakthroughs.
Read MoreFindings from a UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center study prompt researchers to question current cervical cancer screening guidelines for older women.
Read MoreImmunologist William Murphy discusses CAR T-cell cancer therapy and his work with Caring Cross, CIRM and UC Davis researchers to find novel cures to leukemia and lymphoma.
Read MoreCancer is hard, especially for patients facing financial challenges. That’s why, for a second year, the cancer center is giving away holiday meal cards.
Read MoreA new study looks at cancer deaths in California due to tobacco, sounding the alarm regarding the tragic loss of life caused by tobacco addiction.
Read MoreUC Davis Health surgeons find FLIm, a novel optical imaging system, helpful in detecting primary cancer cells in head and neck cancer of unknown origin.
Read MoreThe Interventional Pulmonology Program has completed its 100th robotic-assisted bronchoscopy procedure for minimally invasive peripheral lung biopsy, becoming the first hospital in the Sacramento region to reach this milestone.
Read MoreA partnership between UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine hopes to help cure cancer in both people and pets.
Read MoreLaura Fejerman named new associate director for cancer center’s Office of Community Outreach and Engagement as Moon Chen heads new cancer screening program.
Read MoreThe American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout – a day to challenge smokers to give up cigarettes for 24 hours – marks its 45th anniversary today. UC Davis has a Quit Tobacco Program to help patients and staff with group or individual counseling.
Read MoreA Sacramento woman celebrates the 100th dose of a clinical trial therapy that has left her cancer free. The Phase II clinical trial at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center combines two immunotherapy drugs that lower toxicity and lengthen remission.
Read MoreA team led by Diana Miglioretti, chief of biostatistics at UC Davis, won a $15 million NCI grant to develop models and use artificial intelligence to make breast cancer screening and surveillance more accurate and equitable.
Read MoreThe annual celebration recognizes the important work of UC Davis medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals.
Read MoreUC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is marking Lung Cancer Awareness Month by encouraging screenings, especially for Black smokers and former smokers, who are 18% less likely to be diagnosed early as compared to white smokers or former smokers.
Read MoreA UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher helped lead a new study that may prompt medical experts to rethink when to start mammograms for women who have a mother, sister or daughter diagnosed with breast cancer.
Read MoreStudents, faculty, and researchers attended the 28th Annual Cancer Research Symposium spotlighting life-saving science underway at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Investigators competed in poster presentation sessions detailing innovative cancer research, with the top three teams winning prize money.
Read MoreUC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has launched a Center for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer to accelerate promising cancer therapies from the lab to the bedside. The idea is to advance precision medicine that leads to more effective, less toxic cancer therapies.
Read MoreNew findings published in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research journal by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer tobacco researchers may lead to urgent recommendations for doctors to help patients quit smoking as a way of countering COVID-19.
Read MoreDavid Tom Cooke, UC Davis oncology surgeon and chief of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery, has received the 2022 Ethnic Physician Leadership Award. He was recognized for his work to improve community health and reduce health disparities in California.
Read MoreThe UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center has teamed up with Panera Bread for the Pink Ribbon Bagel campaign for the entire month of October.
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