2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (220+ words) Oncologists know that intensive treatment rarely helps patients in their final days but recognizing when someone is entering that stage is difficult, especially in metastatic breast cancer, where an increasing number of effective treatments has helped prolong life and given…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (479+ words) Living human cells will launch aboard a European research rocket next month as South Australian researchers use space to investigate cancer in a radically different environment. The mission, led by Adelaide company Cambrian Defence & Space in partnership with Dr Nirmal…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (457+ words) Expanding use of a noninvasive, ultrasound-based cancer treatment is the ultimate goal of the new University of Michigan Histotripsy Center, a first-of-its-kind facility launched today. The Histotripsy Center is open for use by researchers both inside and outside U-M. The…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (305+ words) | Newswise Newswise RWJBarnabas Health Names Dr. David Silverman Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer Role Will Lead Pharmacy Strategy, Operations and Clinical Excellence Across the Health System David Silverman, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Newswise — West Orange, NJ, September 10, 2026 — RWJBarnabas Health,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (323+ words) Newswise — TAMPA, Fla., and PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 10, 2026) — Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University have received $2.8 million in federal funding to investigate new treatment strategies for acral melanoma, a rare form of melanoma that develops on the palms of…...

4+ day, 35+ min ago   (412+ words) | Newswise Newswise Rebecca Schnall Named Vice Dean for Research at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Newswise — Rebecca Schnall, PhD, MPH, RN-BC, FAAN, FACMI, will join the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing as faculty and Vice Dean for Research effective December…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (217+ words) UChicago Medicine has appointed Kimyatta Washington as Chief Operating Officer of the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion, expanding her leadership responsibilities as the health system prepares to open the 575,000-square-foot facility in April 2027. Washington will continue to serve as Vice President…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (188+ words) John Paul Shen, M.D. Nineteen patients (9.4%) experienced recurrence during a median follow-up of more than five years. Recurrence occurred in 6% of patients with stage 2 disease and 19.5% of those with stage 3 disease. Patients whose cancer returned had poorer outcomes, with a five-year…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (412+ words) Nancy B. Schwartz, PhD, a pioneering scientist, mentor, and nationally recognized leader in graduate and postdoctoral education who spent more than five decades at the University of Chicago, died August 28, 2026, at age 82. Schwartz was Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Biochemistry and…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (211+ words) Newswise — ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a potential new approach to treating glioblastoma that could help the immune system fight the aggressive brain cancer while improving the effectiveness of existing chemotherapy. The preclinical research, published in Nature Communications,…...