Hutch News

Breast Cancer Research Foundation to fund seven Cancer Consortium researchers

Breast Cancer Research Foundation to fund seven Cancer Consortium researchers

BCRF awards $2.6M in grants to Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium researchers
Hutch NewsDecember 10, 2025
Cigarettes or vapes, pick your poison

Cigarettes or vapes, pick your poison

From the Fong Lab, Translational Sciences & Therapeutics Division
Science SpotlightDecember 18, 2024
Una clave de la metástasis del cáncer de mama se esconde en las diminutas cavidades entre las células

Una clave de la metástasis del cáncer de mama se esconde en las diminutas cavidades entre las células

Del Laboratorio Cheung, Programa de cánceres de mama y ovario, Consorcio del cáncer.
Science SpotlightJuly 17, 2023
Dead to me? Insights into a tumor’s necrotic core

Dead to me? Insights into a tumor’s necrotic core

Research from Cheung Lab reveals role for ‘dead zone’ within cancers as a launch system for metastatic spread
Hutch NewsFebruary 27, 2023
Structural landscape of DNA and precision medicine, firm handshake

Structural landscape of DNA and precision medicine, firm handshake

From the Ha lab, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions
Science SpotlightNovember 21, 2022
Accepting glowing cells as one’s own allows immune competent metastatic studies

Accepting glowing cells as one’s own allows immune competent metastatic studies

From the Ghajar Lab, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions
Science SpotlightApril 18, 2022
Grad student Andrea Lim wins NCI award to study cancer metastasis

Grad student Andrea Lim wins NCI award to study cancer metastasis

She studies how lymph nodes regulate tumor dormancy
Hutch NewsOctober 03, 2018
Immune cells share their insides with tumors to promote cancer spread

Immune cells share their insides with tumors to promote cancer spread

New study in zebrafish and mice shows immune cells interact with melanoma and transfer their contents to spur metastasis
Hutch NewsDecember 04, 2017
New study estimates number of U.S. women living with metastatic breast cancer

New study estimates number of U.S. women living with metastatic breast cancer

First-ever estimate of women living with metastatic breast cancer shows these patients are living longer with disease
Hutch NewsMay 17, 2017
Inherited mutations tied to advanced prostate cancer

Inherited mutations tied to advanced prostate cancer

Genetic screening could help men with prostate cancer find better treatments — and alert family members to their own cancer risk
Hutch NewsJuly 06, 2016
The science of cancer spread

The science of cancer spread

The how and why of metastasis — and what it might take to stop it
Hutch NewsApril 28, 2016
New strides in metastatic breast cancer research give patients hope

New strides in metastatic breast cancer research give patients hope

New strides in metastatic breast cancer research and advocacy give patients, scientists hope
Hutch NewsApril 27, 2016
Shedding new light on breast cancer metastasis

Shedding new light on breast cancer metastasis

Study reveals how cancer cells travel together, like ‘a gang of thugs’
News ReleasesFebruary 01, 2016
Cyrus Ghajar receives $4.1M grant to study ways to prevent metastatic breast cancer

Cyrus Ghajar receives $4.1M grant to study ways to prevent metastatic breast cancer

Investigating two different approaches: keeping dormant cells asleep or destroying them altogether
News ReleasesJune 29, 2015
Study challenges previously held beliefs about the role of genetic mutations in colon cancer development

Study challenges previously held beliefs about the role of genetic mutations in colon cancer development

Discovery in mitochondrial DNA of colon cancer cells may open new avenues for cancer therapy, early detection and monitoring treatment response
News ReleasesJune 07, 2012
Brain cell migration may offer clues to cancer metatasis

Brain cell migration may offer clues to cancer metatasis

Cooper, Jossin find surprising new role for N-cadherin; finding could shed light on how normal and cancerous cells migrate within the body
Hutch NewsApril 25, 2011