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NIH Saves Lives: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Calls on Congress to Restore Full Funding
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, one of the nation’s top cancer research and prevention centers and pioneer of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation, today called on Congress to support restoring full funding to the National Institutes...
5/15/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Cancer Diagnosis Puts People at Greater Risk for Bankruptcy
People diagnosed with cancer are more than two-and-a-half times more likely to declare bankruptcy than those without cancer, according to a new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Researchers also found that younger cancer patients...
5/10/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Fred Hutch Evolutionary Geneticist Harmit Malik Selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Harmit Singh Malik, Ph.D., an evolutionary geneticist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center who studies genetic conflict – the competition between genes and proteins with opposing functions that drives evolutionary change – has been selected...
5/9/2013 6:00 AM EDT
Immune Cells That Suppress Genital Herpes Infections Identified
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington scientists have identified a class of immune cells that reside long-term in the genital skin and mucosa and are believed to be responsible for suppressing recurring outbreaks of...
5/3/2013 12:50 PM EDT
Taking Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Also Reduce the Risk of Dying From Prostate Cancer
Men with prostate cancer who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are significantly less likely to die from their cancer than men who don’t take such medication, according to study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
5/1/2013 7:00 PM EDT
Few Breast Cancer Survivors Maintain Adequate Physical Activity Despite Benefits
Breast cancer survivors are among the women who could most benefit from regular physical activity, yet few meet national exercise recommendations during the 10 years after being diagnosed, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson...
4/17/2013 10:30 AM EDT
Alcohol Consumption Has No Impact on Breast Cancer Survival
Although previous research has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study has found that drinking before and after diagnosis does not impact survival from the disease. In fact, a modest survival benefit...
4/4/2013 2:15 PM EDT
Esophageal Cancer Risk May Be Reduced Through a Variety of Lifestyle Factors -- From Taking Aspirin to Losing Belly Fat
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is home to the Seattle Barrett’s Esophagus Program, a multidisciplinary effort conducted in collaboration with researchers at Brigham & Women’s College and the University of California at San Francisco....
4/1/2013 2:15 PM EDT
Expert on BRCA1/BRCA2 Gene Mutations & Risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancers Available for Interviews
5/16/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Fred Hutch Expert Available to Discuss Psychosocial Impact of Prophylactic Oophorectomy (Ovary Removal)
5/15/2013 2:40 PM EDT
HIV/AIDS Experts Available to Comment on Aids@30 Observance
HIV/AIDS vaccine experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and vaccine trial participants are available for interviews about the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s announcement of the nation’s first identified...
5/11/2011 1:45 PM EDT
10 Tips for Breast Cancer Survivors
Today’s tip sheet, the fourth and final in the series, is “10 Tips for Breast Cancer Survivors” provided by Karen Syrjala, Ph.D., director of Biobehavioral Sciences and co-director of the Survivorship Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
10/22/2010 11:30 AM EDT
10 Tips for Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection
Today’s tip sheet, the second of four in the series, is “10 Tips for Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection” provided by Constance Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., director of Breast Imaging and medical director of Radiology at the Seattle Cancer...
10/8/2010 11:40 AM EDT
Preventing prostate Cancer and BPH: Prostate-health Expert Available (National Men's Health Week Is June 9-15)
The risk of the two major prostate diseases, cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), can be reduced by changes in lifestyle, such as avoiding smoking, maintaining a normal weight and eating a healthy diet. Alan Kristal, Dr.P.H., associate...
5/9/2008 1:00 PM EDT
