New Prostate Cancer Treatment Uses MRI to Guide Ultrasound Ablation
City of HopeA new multicenter clinical trial seeks to offer men with prostate cancer another option – one that physicians hope will treat prostate cancers with fewer side effects.
A new multicenter clinical trial seeks to offer men with prostate cancer another option – one that physicians hope will treat prostate cancers with fewer side effects.
A team of researchers at City of Hope has developed a screening assay that can quickly assess up to 1,536 compounds’ effect on estrogen activity in the body. The test can also evaluate whether chemicals act as inhibitors of aromatase, an enzyme linked to breast cancer that converts androgen to estrogen.
Five foundations have announced grants totaling $450,000 in support of City of Hope's neural stem cell based research to treat medulloblastoma.
This year, Black History Month converges with the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement, and the nation's notable gains in equality give us much to celebrate. But equality in health and access to care continue to be areas of serious concern.
Treatment and “cure” of breast cancer doesn’t ensure that the disease won’t spread to the brain. Too often, sometimes years after an initial diagnosis and remission, breast cancer cells are discovered growing as new tumors within the brain. Now City of Hope researchers have found how this happens.