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![A group of adults practicing Tai Chi in a park.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/25/istock-462718989.jpg?f=279c4e38&itok=vGkLYGVf)
Behavioral Health,
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Tai Chi reduces risk of inflammatory disease, treats insomnia among breast cancer survivors
June 26, 2024
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3 min read
![pathologists](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/5f/meichang-834e9edd-344f-417a-a514-4bf738c45b02-prv.jpg?f=f9a224dd&itok=nD1DAXKs)
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
Zhen Mei, Vivian Chang awarded grant from American Society of Hematology
June 26, 2024
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1 min read
![Founders of the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy are interviewed during a panel discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/b8/ciii-founders.jpg?f=c7949b6d&itok=48C9ZZPB)
Cancer,
Science & Research
Meet the founders of the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy
June 24, 2024
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3 min read
![Jill Wesiman holding her bike](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/b4/jill-holding-bike.jpg?f=79ce6af2&itok=l6XnEk8q)
Cancer
Marathoner runs a race against cancer and wins
June 21, 2024
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3 min read
![Colorful image of the brain](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/59/cognitive-problems-workshop-brain-image.jpg?f=447a52a7&itok=v0uFT90I)
Cancer
Cognitive issues are common after cancer treatment, but their impact can be minimized
June 20, 2024
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5 min read
![Artist Jill Covell, with paint brush in hand, sits in front of two of her paintings, including one showing a butterfly and a dragon.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/00/jill-covell.jpg?f=2ccf9a53&itok=HxPqfjc0)
Cancer
Art as a way to process worries, anxiety during cancer journey
June 20, 2024
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4 min read
![Patient having consultation with a doctor](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/87/psychiatry1800x800.jpg?f=a6965613&itok=b1NNB7yI)
Ask the Doctors,
Cancer
Neuroendocrine cancer is often slow-moving, lacks symptoms
We have a family friend who passed away just three weeks after being diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. There were no symptoms at all, and it was found pretty much by accident, during an appendectomy. What kind of cancer is that? Does it always move so fast?
June 19, 2024
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3 min read
![Dr. Aparna Bhaduri](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/1b/bhaduri-aparna.jpg?f=4c32aab2&itok=rdz6fvK1)
Cancer,
Science & Research
Aparna Bhaduri named a Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research
The award will help support Bhaduri’s work in uncovering the mechanisms behind treatment resistance in glioblastoma, an often-lethal type of brain cancer that is extremely difficult to treat.
June 18, 2024
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2 min read
![Illustration by Chloe Cushman](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/banner-images/e5/sequential-care-cover3.jpg?h=d13fcf53&f=b9e8f527&itok=6K5GjNjl)
Cancer
Sequential Care
With new targeted therapies improving survival rates and extending lives beyond expectations, many cancers are close to becoming manageable, chronic illnesses.
June 12, 2024
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1 min read
![DNA strand with tumor](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/af/dna-strand-orange-red.jpg?f=dd05692e&itok=eqB_iIHp)
Cancer,
Science & Research
Scientists accurately measure cancer evolution
In a new UCLA-led study, investigators shed light on the intricate processes underlying cancer evolution and define the optimal algorithms to analyze the genetic makeup of tumors.
June 11, 2024
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4 min read
![prostate cancer cells](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/e6/shutterstock-1908461986.jpg?f=929a048c&itok=5waEgnDl)
Cancer,
Science & Research
AI model may yield better outcomes for prostate cancer
Using AI to help map out the boundaries of cancerous prostate tissue can help ensure an accurate diagnosis, precise treatment planning and effective surgical procedures.
June 11, 2024
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4 min read
![Dr. Hanna Mikkola and Julia Aguade Gorgorio](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/54/hanna-julia-main-image-nature-pr.jpg?h=790be497&f=a3fd4e34&itok=7P7KSflJ)
Cancer,
Science & Research
Scientists identify ‘missing piece’ required for blood stem cell self-renewal
June 5, 2024
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4 min read
![Dennis Slamon](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/39/2023-09-01-uclah-jccc-slamon-015.jpg?f=0edd8dd2&itok=WFidSLCv)
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA oncologist Dr. Dennis Slamon awarded Szent-Györgyi Prize for groundbreaking research discoveries
Dr. Dennis Slamon, a world-renowned oncologist and scientist whose groundbreaking research has transformed the treatment of breast cancer, has been awarded the 2024 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.
June 5, 2024
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4 min read
![For kids to have the most fun in the sun, keep their skin safe](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/66/skin-safety-vital-signs2023.jpg?h=b2a114f5&f=c3714e76&itok=DMjzA67C)
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle,
Science & Research
Dermatologic conditions – even sunburn – can present differently in people of color
UCLA Health’s Skin of Color clinic director explains why – and what everyone should know about their skin as summer approaches.
June 4, 2024
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4 min read
![Tumor on liver](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/7c/cc-151332856-high.jpg?f=a3905980&itok=6F88GhSp)
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA team initiates hepatic artery pump program for targeted chemotherapy
This procedure for metastatic colon cancer can extend survival for more patients and potentially get them to the curative stage of therapy.
June 3, 2024
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4 min read
![jeff goar with family](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/5b/2024-06-04-uclah-jccc-goar-close-066.jpg?f=6b814519&itok=AA7SExeT)
Cancer,
Science & Research
Cancer vaccine delivers hope on dad's first Father's Day
June 3, 2024
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5 min read
![CIRM Award](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/bf/arjun-deb-lily-yang-and-gerald-lipshutz-cirm-grant.png?f=ee200038&itok=tKNinylm)
Cancer,
Science & Research
UCLA scientists receive $17.4 million in CIRM grants to advance novel stem-cell based treatments
UCLA scientists have received more than $17.4 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to advance new stem cell-based treatments for heart disease, ovarian cancer and a creatine deficiency disorder.
May 30, 2024
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4 min read
![Drs. Witte and Tobin](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/e0/composite-52924.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&f=154f3f0e&itok=ejxeiENL)
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
Two UCLA scholars named to American Association for the Advancement of Science
May 28, 2024
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2 min read
![Colorectal cancer](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/0f/istock-1168179699.jpeg?f=b225991e&itok=LEXpvM_F)
Cancer,
Science & Research
ASCO: Combination therapy significantly improves outcomes for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
Using a combination of immunotherapy drugs with chemotherapy significantly improves progression-free survival and overall survival for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have previously undergone standard chemotherapy treatment.
May 23, 2024
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3 min read
![veterans](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/a7/shutterstock-370106177.jpg?f=cf6ae3c1&itok=QERl-W4m)
Cancer,
Science & Research
ASCO: Large precision oncology study identifies differences in prostate cancer genomics among a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of U.S. veterans
A new study looking at the landscape of genomic alterations in more than 5,000 veterans with metastatic prostate cancer uncovered differences in the genomic makeup of cancer cells that were associated with race and ethnicity.
May 23, 2024
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4 min read