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September 16, 2019
3 cancers, 2 women, 1 goal
A patient and caregiver bond over their shared diagnosis, lust for adventure and quest to cure the ‘harder cancers’
Dr. Sita Kugel receives grant to study aggressive form of pancreatic cancer
A new type of NCI award will allow her to pursue novel therapeutic avenues
Cancer prevention community mourns epidemiologist Dr. Alan Kristal
Pioneering researcher studied how diet can lower cancer risk
Dr. Heather Wright receives NIH training fellowship to study pancreatic cancer metastasis
She will explore the role of a molecule called hyaluronan in promoting cancer spread
Dr. Sita Kugel named 2018 V Scholar
Pancreatic cancer researcher will focus on development of targeted therapeutics
5 questions with a cancer immunotherapy expert
Dr. Phil Greenberg to receive high honor for his contributions to the field
Lyani Valle: leukemia survivor, Obliteride walker
'Cancer was a huge wake-up call to what is important in life'
Immunotherapy strategy for ovarian cancer aims to rewire a ‘kill switch’ to ramp-up signal
T cells bearing a new engineered protein boost immunotherapy’s effectiveness in laboratory models of AML, ovarian, pancreatic cancers
Dr. Sita Kugel receives $100K grant to study pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
She will use preclinical models to study the role of DNA packaging in cancer development and metastasis
Experimental drug makes some pancreatic cancers more vulnerable to chemo
Early trial shows possibility of knocking down a ‘daunting’ cancer’s defense
Good News: $1.8M Cancer Moonshot grant advances precision medicine for pancreatic cancer
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Good News: Dr. Cyrus Ghajar receives $1M from Keck Foundation to study why cancer doesn’t spread to skeletal muscle
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
In crowded spaces Hippo hinders chemo
From Taran Gujral, Human Biology Division
Good News: Fred Hutch scientists to develop bioassay for ovarian cancer for new NCI initiative
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Good News: First extensive immune profiling of sarcomas shows some types may be susceptible to immunotherapy
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Dissolving implant could bring immunotherapy to solid tumors
A biopolymer sponge delivers cancer-shrinking T-cell therapy in preclinical study
Finding ways to deliver on the promise of precision oncology
‘Functional genomics’ method aims to marry three powerful techniques to speed personalized cancer treatments to patients
A Q&A with immunotherapy researcher Dr. Rachel Perret
As part of a world-class immunotherapy research team, Perret is working her ‘dream job’ — trying to bring T-cell therapy to all who need it
So you're BRCA, now what?
A Fred Hutch researcher and breast cancer survivor talks about her inherited mutation and how it helped guide her decisions
Fred Hutch selected to join national effort to transform treatment for pancreatic cancer patients
Precision Promise clinical trial platform creates unprecedented model of collaboration among renowned researchers, clinicians, and diagnostic and drug developers
A new model for pancreatic cancer research: Flexible, precision-medicine trial 'driven by doing what is best for the individual patient'
Flexible, precision-medicine trial ‘driven by doing what is best for the individual patient’
Good News: Dr. Jeff Whiteaker wins NCI Research Specialist Award; Human Biology gains four new faculty members
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
'Climb to Fight Cancer' volunteers scale mountains to help fund Fred Hutch research
Scaling mountains to fund research is just another way to rescue lives for this intrepid 'Climb to Fight Cancer' team