Top Stories
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Explore pioneering work in AI, cell therapy and immunotherapy, and our approach to compassionate, community-informed care in the 2024 Pathways to a Cure annual report.
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Researchers Rebecca Kehm, PhD and Lauren Houghton, PhD, shed light on an emerging trend in early onset breast cancer, pointing to early adolescence as a key window that could provide needed answers.
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A new advisory on how alcohol increases cancer risk addresses the growing body of evidence about alcohol’s harmful health impacts, including its direct link to cancer.
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Join us in celebrating HICCC's top stories of the year.
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Latest News
- June 29, 2021
“I hope that our study raises awareness that even a brief exposure to these addictive medications for surgery-related pain or anxiety can lead to long-term use,” says first author Dr. Jacob C. Cogan.
- June 24, 2021
In our Disruptors column, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic discusses groundbreaking work between engineers and cancer researchers to accelerate personalized therapeutics and better understand the disease.
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- June 5, 2021
Results of a new phase 2 clinical trial demonstrate the potential of targeted therapy in combination with chemotherapy to treat patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma.
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- June 3, 2021
Congratulations to the 2021 recipients of Conquer Cancer/ASCO awards for young investigators who are working on innovative research projects aimed at advancing cancer care and treatment.
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- May 27, 2021
A new study finds that cervical cancer screening tests are frequently overused among commercially insured women with average risk of developing cancer.
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- May 25, 2021
As a skin cancer specialist, Dr. Larisa Geskin has devoted her career to treating patients and promoting awareness about cancer prevention and the importance of daily sunscreen usage.
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- May 21, 2021
A new study by HICCC members shows that the presence of a rare and previously unknown type of immune cell in kidney tumors can predict which patients are likely to have cancer recur after surgery.
- May 18, 2021
Congratulations to Drs. Christine Iok In Chio and Xuebing Wu, recipients of the 2021 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for their out-of-the box approaches to cancer research.
- May 11, 2021
In a new study by Adam Bass, MD, scientists have found that many esophageal cancers turn on ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, a finding that could lead to improvements in immunotherapy.
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- May 10, 2021
Silver nanoclusters—which could be applied to the treatment of cancer in the future—block an early step of DNA replication, a new study by Columbia cancer researchers has found.
