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
The new weight-loss drugs and cancer

The new weight-loss drugs and cancer

What patients and doctors need to know when it comes to the popular new injections and pills
Hutch NewsMarch 28, 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
Fred Hutch launches free AI-powered chatbot app to help people quit smoking

Fred Hutch launches free AI-powered chatbot app to help people quit smoking

QuitBot uses evidence-based strategies developed from over 20 years of research by smoking cessation experts at Fred Hutch
News ReleasesJanuary 18, 2024
Smoking cessation trial for American Indian and Alaska Native people funded

Smoking cessation trial for American Indian and Alaska Native people funded

Digital intervention to focus on ethnic groups with ‘highest rates of commercial cigarette smoking’ in the U.S.
Hutch NewsOctober 10, 2023
Striving for the summit of Kilimanjaro

Striving for the summit of Kilimanjaro

How 20 biotech leaders — and two Fred Hutch faculty members — are tackling a mountain and cancer at the same time
Hutch NewsFebruary 10, 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
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
In research and cancer care, Indigenous representation matters

In research and cancer care, Indigenous representation matters

Fred Hutch, UW researchers work to reduce risk and inequities and improve access to care, resources for Indigenous communities and patients
Hutch NewsDecember 06, 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
Tip Sheet: Cancer health disparities, app to stop smoking, diversity in COVID-19 vaccine trials — and more

Tip Sheet: Cancer health disparities, app to stop smoking, diversity in COVID-19 vaccine trials — and more

Summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news, plus resources for October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month
News ReleasesOctober 01, 2020
Fred Hutch-led clinical trial shows new smartphone app helps smokers quit

Fred Hutch-led clinical trial shows new smartphone app helps smokers quit

JAMA Internal Medicine study shows iCanQuit app, based on acceptance and commitment therapy, is 1 1/2 times more efficacious than National Cancer Institute QuitGuide app, based on US clinical practice guidelines
News ReleasesSeptember 21, 2020
Improving apps to help cancer patients quit smoking

Improving apps to help cancer patients quit smoking

Fred Hutch cancer prevention researcher awarded $3.5M NCI grant to run randomized trial of smartphone health apps
Hutch NewsJuly 10, 2020