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A non-profit organization focused on raising money for childhood cancer research has awarded Dr. Julia Heck, associate research professor of epidemiology in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, with a two-year, $200,000 grant to study pediatric cancer in Taiwan.

June 14, 2017 8:00 AM

After her second diagnosis with cancer, Lila Javan had to put her dream of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro on hold. But that didn't stop her from eventually reaching the peak, and this time she was able to bring along a special group of friends including her oncologist, UCLA's Dr. Sarah Larson.

June 04, 2017 6:00 AM

Scientists with UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center will present some of the most highly anticipated research at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The event takes place at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago from June 2 through June 6.

June 01, 2017 9:00 AM

A new study by UCLA scientists has found that the breakthrough immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab can be more effective in improving survival in people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) if they have previously received radiation therapy, compared to those without a history of radiation treatment.

May 25, 2017 6:30 AM

If you have had insomnia, you know worrying about sleep makes it even harder to fall asleep. For the 30 percent of breast cancer survivors who have insomnia, sleepless nights can lead to depression, fatigue and a heightened risk of disease.

May 15, 2017 9:00 AM

UCLA scientists have discovered a dendritic cell vaccine that amplifies the response of the immune system in people with non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of lung cancer.

May 11, 2017 9:00 AM

Celebrating its 22nd year, the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s signature event, Taste for a Cure, was held on Friday, April 28 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. During this special evening, Yael and Scooter Braun were honored with the 2017 Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award, presented by James Corden.

May 09, 2017 10:00 AM

A new study by scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center could be a significant step toward understanding how certain cases of advanced melanoma shield themselves from pembrolizumab, the FDA-approved treatment that harnesses the immune system to attack the disease.

May 09, 2017 9:00 AM

Researchers have been trying to understand why up to 85 percent of women experience recurrence of high-grade serous ovarian cancer — the most common subtype of ovarian cancer — after standard treatment with the chemotherapy drug carboplatin.

May 04, 2017 11:30 AM

UCLA researcher Dr. Siwen Hu-Lieskovan has been awarded the Phillip A. Sharp Innovation in Collaboration Award from Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) to fund her work using genomics to better understand how melanoma and other cancers can become resistant to immunotherapy.

May 03, 2017 12:00 PM

Dr. Jacqueline Casillas, clinical director of UCLA’s Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program and associate director of the UCLA-LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence, has received the 2017 Unmasque “Caregiver” Award from the The Samfund organization for her decades-long commitment to young pediatric cancer survivorship.

May 01, 2017 8:00 AM

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration today approved a new drug to treat people with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer. The drug, regorafenib, is the first and only therapy approved by the FDA in over a decade to show significant improvement in survival for patients with the disease after standard treatments have failed.

April 27, 2017 1:00 PM

In 2015, Denise Delatorre was diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma. Chemotherapy failed to work. She was given six months to live. But the Laguna Beach mother read about a study at UCLA involving a unique immunotherapy called CAR-T cell therapy. She became the first patient to be involved in the clinical trial.

April 26, 2017 10:00 AM

Dr. Michael Teitell has been named to the prestigious Association of American Physicians. Election to membership is among the most widely recognized international measures of scholarly excellence in academic medicine.

April 21, 2017 12:00 PM

Physicians of low-income breast cancer survivors are more likely to implement recommended survivorship care if the survivors also receive counseling and a tailored survivorship care plan, a study led by UCLA researchers has found.

April 18, 2017 1:00 PM

UCLA researcher Andrew Goldstein has been awarded a research scholar grant from the American Cancer Society to fund his work on prostate cancer. Goldstein is an assistant professor in residence in the departments of Urology and Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, and a member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and Broad Stem Cell Research Center.

April 18, 2017 9:00 AM

Younger and younger people are getting diagnosed with throat cancer each year, watch as UCLA's Dr. Abie Mendelsohn explains why.

April 17, 2017 3:00 PM

UCLA scientists have unlocked an important mechanism that allows chemotherapy-carrying nanoparticles to directly access pancreatic cancer tumors, thereby improving the ability to kill cancer cells and hence leading to more effective treatment outcome of the disease.

April 17, 2017 1:00 PM

The AAAS has announced the winners of the prestigious 2017 AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award, recognizing UCLA scientist Dr. Heather Christofk for her pioneering research into how metabolism can regulate and drive cancer.

April 11, 2017 11:00 AM

Scientists with UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center will present some of the most highly anticipated research at the 2017 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting. The event takes place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from April 1 through April 5. 

March 29, 2017 8:00 AM