Hutch News

Cancer Action Plan of Washington (CAPOW) packs a punch

Cancer Action Plan of Washington (CAPOW) packs a punch

New 5-year plan maps out key strategies to reduce cancer rates, deaths by boosting health literacy, screening, prevention and equity efforts
Hutch NewsFebruary 11, 2026
Getting the best bang for your cancer prevention buck

Getting the best bang for your cancer prevention buck

Fred Hutch experts weigh in on budget-friendly ways to cut disease risk and stay healthy in the new year
Hutch NewsJanuary 09, 2026
Fred Hutch receives funding to advance Indigenous cancer health equity

Fred Hutch receives funding to advance Indigenous cancer health equity

Cooperative agreement will support work on smoking cessation, lung cancer screening, patient navigation and more
Hutch NewsDecember 20, 2024
Reduce smoking rates with a behavioral activation mHealth app: a pilot study on Actify!

Reduce smoking rates with a behavioral activation mHealth app: a pilot study on Actify!

From the Heffner research group, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJuly 24, 2024
When to do what to reduce your risk of cancer

When to do what to reduce your risk of cancer

A handy decade-by-decade guide for recommended screenings and other preventive actions
Hutch NewsJanuary 25, 2024
Winning the Battle Against Smoking: A Digital-Medication Approach

Winning the Battle Against Smoking: A Digital-Medication Approach

From the Bricker research group, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJanuary 22, 2024
Question? Answers from our cancer experts

Question? Answers from our cancer experts

Does growing up in a household with smokers qualify someone for a low-dose CT lung cancer screening?
Hutch NewsNovember 17, 2023
3 new grants power colorectal cancer studies

3 new grants power colorectal cancer studies

Research will focus on CRC in Alaska Native people, gene + environment interactions and how systemic racism impacts care
Hutch NewsOctober 18, 2023
Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community

Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community

From structural barriers and binary patient forms to gendered diseases, ‘queer cancer’ can be fraught with bias and bad assumptions
Hutch NewsAugust 03, 2023
Hutch trial will test new app to help teens stop vaping

Hutch trial will test new app to help teens stop vaping

Smoking cessation expert to adapt adult quit-smoking app for kids under 18; pilot trial will test its efficacy in 200 self-consenting teens
Hutch NewsMay 17, 2022
Science Says: Renew, refocus, reduce risk

Science Says: Renew, refocus, reduce risk

Lowering risk of cancer through the science of prevention
Hutch NewsFebruary 04, 2022
7 ways to science your life for the coming year

7 ways to science your life for the coming year

Researchers share evidence-based strategies for managing your health during yet another uncertain year
Hutch NewsJanuary 14, 2022
Hopes and predictions for 2022

Hopes and predictions for 2022

Hutch researchers look ahead to an increase in cancer screening, improved vaccines and greater trust in science
Hutch NewsDecember 21, 2021
Smartphone applications to help American Indians and Alaska Natives quit smoking

Smartphone applications to help American Indians and Alaska Natives quit smoking

From the Bricker Group, Division of Public Health Sciences
Science SpotlightDecember 20, 2021
Fred Hutch eyes the future of weight loss

Fred Hutch eyes the future of weight loss

Successful pilot study uses acceptance and commitment phone therapy to help people lose weight; new $3.7M grant will launch full-scale trial
Hutch NewsMarch 31, 2021