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Risky business: Understanding how numbers, percentages and data impact cancer care
Statistics can simultaneously enlighten and confuse patients
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November 21, 2023
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Fred Hutch’s Dr. Ross Prentice retires
Longtime scientist and statistician contributed to Women’s Health Initiative, cancer prevention research and much more
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January 20, 2023
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Dr. Ruth Etzioni receives $7.4M NCI grant to assess new cancer diagnostics
Award will provide long-term support to investigate accuracy of multi-cancer liquid biopsies and other new technology
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October 06, 2022
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Dr. Yingye Zheng named fellow of American Statistical Association
Honored for work to develop biomedical decision tools
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May 05, 2021
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5 reasons why a cancer research center has virology expertise
Pathogens can cause diseases, the immune system can fight them
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March 18, 2021
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Biostatisticians draft blueprints for COVID-19 vax trials
Hutch group applies skills honed during decades of HIV prevention trials to bring about safe and effective vaccines for a new pandemic
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February 18, 2021
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Dr. Ruth Etzioni receives Rosalie & Harold Rea Brown Endowed Chair
'Biostatistician on a mission' uses math models to improve cancer screening, reduce health disparities
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October 07, 2020
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Spinning science: Overhyped headlines, snarled statistics lead readers astray
Tips and tools to help you better understand cancer risk, scientific research and clinical studies
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February 13, 2020
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99 problems when n=1?
In research, (sample) size matters
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February 13, 2020
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Dr. M. Elizabeth ‘Betz’ Halloran elected to National Academy of Medicine
Statistician honored for helping the world anticipate, manage and prevent infectious disease outbreaks
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October 21, 2019
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Structural and clinical barriers keep 3 of 4 cancer patients from participating in trials
‘Patients are willing to participate in trials if they’re offered one’
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February 19, 2019
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Bringing personalized oncology to cancer prediction — and prevention
Unique $2.4M NCI-NIEHS award teams Hutch cancer geneticists, epidemiologists and oncologists to use mutation rate to predict individual cancer risk
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October 01, 2018
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Dr. James Dai receives $2.1M NCI grant for cancer biomarker research
Biostatistician plans to use funds to develop statistical models to further precision cancer prevention and treatment
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August 20, 2018
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Dr. Yingqi Zhao receives SWOG Coltman Fellowship early-career award
She plans to use the funds to develop new surveillance and diagnostic strategies for immunotherapy trials
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August 08, 2018
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Finasteride can reduce prostate cancer risk long term
Fred Hutch study taps big data to tease out extended cancer-prevention benefit of drug used for enlarged prostate, hair loss
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March 21, 2018
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Good News: NCI awards Dr. Ruth Etzioni 5-year grant to fill gaps in cancer-recurrence data
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
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October 19, 2017
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Childhood cancer survivors pay more for health care, more likely to be denied insurance coverage
Adult survivors of childhood cancer suffer from ‘financial toxicity’ decades later, a study conducted at the dawn of the Affordable Care Act found
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September 26, 2017
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Good News: CBS 'Sunday Morning' to feature Dr. Jim Olson's Tumor Paint research this weekend
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
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July 20, 2017
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Chance of surviving childhood cancer has improved — but survivors’ overall health has not
In large study of childhood cancer survivors, self-reported health remained constant or declined for patients treated in recent decades
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November 07, 2016
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Common genetic disorder linked to increased death rate from cancer drug
Researchers recommend ‘caution’ when using the chemotherapy busulfan in patients with Gilbert’s syndrome
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October 27, 2016
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