Past Issues - Synthesis Magazine Online
2016
2016
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- K12 scholars
- T32 scholars
- Sexual health after cancer
- Chemo class eases anxiety
- Interrogating cancer
- Meet Melvin
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Spring / Summer
Feature Stories:
- End of an era
- To screen or not to screen?
- No butts about it
- "Resilience" resounds
2015
2015
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- Three advances in diagnosis and care
- Innovation groups attack thorny cancer problems
- Cherry leads international development of full-body scanner
- HBV study could improve outcomes for Asian-Americans
- Chatting with Marcio Malogolowkin
- One tumor, a cohort of mice and a treatment target
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- New mapping strategy designed for lung cancer therapy
- Nurse practitioners key players in cancer care
- Researcher moves to make medical imaging safer
- Finding cancer clues in the microbiome
- Chair of the UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences
- Chief of the Division of Genomic Medicine in the UC Davis Department of Pediatrics
- Lung cancer specialist plans large gift
2014
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- Pharmacy program personalizes cancer care
- Clinic takes on patient suffering
- Allen Gao: Finding new tools against prostate cancer
- Cell signaling insights for cancer therapies
- Grooming next generation clinician-researchers
- Virgil Traynor, In memoriam
- Endowed professorship seeks lymphoma cure
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- Network benefits ease patient’s journey
- Distress screening critical to patient care
- Melanoma treatment in dogs provides hope for humans
- Glycan research yielding potential biomarkers
- Can the PSA test diagnose prostate cancer without leading to unnecessary treatments?
- Endowment will boost lung cancer drug research
2013
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- Isolated villagers offer cancer clues
- Shane Rogers’ journey will aid future patients
- Sequencing key to quicker clinical care
- Supportive Services introduces a new team, more resources
- Survivor invests in brain tumor research
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- Biotechnologies combine to improve cancer detection
- Bay Area patient embraces personalized approach
- Research partnership yields prostate cancer biomarker
- Hsing-Jien Kung takes on new challenges in Taiwan
- Supportive Services introduces a new team, more resources
- Stem cell discovery broadens treatment options
- Fund benefits women’s cancer advocacy and research
2012
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- Expanding the center's space — and our horizons
- A collaborative effort against leukemia
- Community-created art brightens Cancer Center environment
- LGBT task force finds disparities in cancer screening and care
- A dogged path to a cure
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- UC Davis achieves the highest honor in oncology
- Early leaders paved the way for national prominence
- Clinical staff built comprehensive clinical program
- Sarcoma treatment a model of team care for patients
- Comprehensive cancer prevention strategies for diverse communities
2011
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- Addressing AYA cancer patients disparities
- Research to speed treatments
- New surgical decision-making tool
- Improving outcomes for HER2 patients
- Creative hi-tech tools
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- Radiologist brings screening expertise to Kosovo
- California registry resource bolsters cancer center research
- Phase I clinical trials director offers promising therapies
- Major findings open doors in DNA repair research
- UC Davis researchers zero in on molecular targets
2010
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- Cancer Center breaks ground
- Improving bladder cancer survival
- Writing group inspires patients
- World-class Radiation Oncology team
- A refined approach to drug delivery
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- A new generation of cancer scientists
- Key to cancer-cell death
- Enhancing benefits and reducing harm of radiation exposure
- Disparities in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction
- Risks of hepatitis C
2009
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- Beyond Hormones
- Helping The Body Fight Back Against Cancer
- Finding A Cancer's Weakness
2008
2007
2006
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- Center Stage
- Capital & Endowment Initiative Launched
- Seats of Science
2005
2004
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Spring/Summer
Feature Stories:
- Raising Awareness
- From Biodefence to Cancer Offence
- Man's Best Friends
2003
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Fall/Winter
Feature Stories:
- OncoMouse advances breast cancer research
- Breast surgery without the scalpel
- Biostatisticians defeat cancer with math
2002
2001
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Spring
Feature Stories:
- UC Davis scientist leads studies of genetic repair
- Radio-immunotherapy
- Teaming up to fight cancer
2000
1999
1998
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Fall
Feature Stories:
- Signaling cells
- Skull-base surgery team weaves tapestry of survival
- An affinity for eggs