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By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer continues to be a leading cause of death in the United States, but not all communities expe...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center May is Asian American Pacific Islander Desi (AAPID) Heritage Month. We spotlight Wen Zhang, PhD, ...

Purdue-invented therapy tested in IU clinical trial offers new hope for U.S. Army veteran Fierce athletic rivals Purdue and Indiana univ...

Two cancer drugs increase the expression of a potential biomarker that correlates with improved survival outcomes in patients with treatment-resistant...

Women, men can donate tissue April 3, 2025INDIANAPOLIS — Would you like to help contribute to finding new discoveries in breast cancer research? You...

Nearly 200 community members gathered for an evening focused on health, wellness, cancer support and community conne...

March 7, 2025Each year, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) surveys the expert opinion of physicians to assist in the assessment of hospital quality, cli...

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Yue is the 2025 Mark Brothers Award winner Feng Yue, PhD, a renowned scientist from Northwestern University’s Feinberg ...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Feb 14, 2025In recognition of Black Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of Black scientists who hav...

With January designated as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, we’re taking a closer look at that cancer, especially disparities among racial and ethni...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have published new findings on prostate cance...

“Concocting slime in crazy goggles and giant white lab coats” in high school science classes turned out to be Emily White...

The awardees of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 2024 Merilyn Hester Scholarships...

Both awardees of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 2024 Deutsch Scholarship – Eyram Kpenu and Devon...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer CenterDec. 3, 2024The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center community is remembering Karen Liby, PhD, a renowned cance...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Dec 06, 2024Baohua Zhou, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics at IU School of Medicine, is director of the c...

By End Lung Cancer Now Lung cancer therapies have come a long way since the 1980s, when treatments were limited and screening was dec...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Nov 8, 2024In this ongoing monthly feature, we’ll explore Biospecimen Collection and Banking Core's continuo...

By End Lung Cancer Now The decision to get a screening changed Bob Lindgren's life. It granted him the chance to cherish more moments ...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center In this ongoing series, BC²’s continuous efforts to integrate data pipelines are highlighted, t...

September 26, 2024Five years ago, 35-year-old Mika was coaching students on how to succeed in college at what’s now IU Indianapolis and making plans...

Sept 16, 2024In 1974, an innovative young oncologist at Indiana University had an idea for a new drug therapy regimen for testicul...

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The Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is hosting the ...

Sept. 16, 2024 It was 1984 in Syria and a young Rafat Abonour was preparing to graduate from medical school. One of the requirements he needed to comp...

Patients with multiple myeloma face significant challenges — both physically and emotionally. But those receiving treatment at IU are never facing t...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center The Biospecimen Collection and Banking Core (BC²) at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center ...

Sept. 3, 2024The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Melissa L. Fishel, PhD, the Myles ...

By Nasser Hanna, M.D.August 15, 2024Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer death in the U.S. Each year, lung cancer takes the lives of more than 12...

A new book that shares the powerful impact music can have on health and the human experience—and the science behind ...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center offers summer programs for high school and undergraduate...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center offers summer programs for high school and undergraduate...

By IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center offers summer programs for high school and undergradua...

Join the Get a MOVE on Cancer 5K on Aug. 31 After multiple procedures for pancreatic endocrine tumors over four years, ...

With LGBTQ+ Pride Month underway, we are highlighting J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS, who has conducted extensive research in this communit...

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers will share their findings and expert...

Join the Race to Beat Cancer with IndyCar opportunities in May The Indiana University Melvin and ...

By: IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center is a member of the Oncology Research Information Excha...

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024 kicks off this week, and many of our researc...

In terms of complexity, few cancers hold a candle to pancreatic tumors. Pancreas lesions deve...

Each year, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) surveys the expert opinion of physicians to assist in the assessment of hospital quality, clinical outcome...

Pravin Kaumaya, PhD, is in his new role as the Vera Bradley Foundation Professor of Breast Cancer Innovation ...

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shared their findings at the 202...

Karen Liby, PhD, is in her new role as the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Professor of Hematology-Oncology at IU School o...

 Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers will share their findings and exper...

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When it comes to lung cancer, being Black—particularly a Black male—means increased risk. Francesca D...

Ten to 17 years: That’s the most-quoted estimate of how long an advance or discovery in medical research t...

Researcher and Ph.D. student Aditi Khatpe is the 2023 Deutsch Scholarship awardee. She’s earning her degre...

Michael B. Emerick was married, father to an 18-month-old daughter and running four of his own businesses in Flo...

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Travis S. Johnson, Ph.D., the i...

A researcher who focuses on glioblastoma has joined Indiana University and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Sim...

Jia Shen, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at IU School of Medicine and a member of...

Longtime medical director for IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) and a self-described adrenaline junki...

The Indiana Department of Health has awarded more than $118,000 to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehe...

The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center offers summer programs for high school and undergraduate students to explore...

The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center offers summer programs for high school and undergraduate students to explore...

The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center offers summer programs for high school and undergraduate students to explore...

Noah Burket and Jon-Luc Poirier, the 2023 William J. Wright Scholarship awardees, share a belief: A cancer diagn...

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers will share their findings and exper...

 Dr. Dana Mitchell, an investigator in one of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer ...

A breast cancer diagnosis is difficult for anyone, but it can be particularly isolating for the thousands of men who ...

By Michael Schug  Funds raised through the Chuckstrong initiative have enabled the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center to accelerate...

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023 kicks off this Friday, and many of our resea...

A new NIH U01 grant will support IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Melissa L. Fishel, Ph.D., and her col...

When the three current recipients of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center...

Douglas Rex, M.D., an internationally recognized gastroenterologist, focuses his research on colorectal cancer screening and colonoscopy...

  Digging in the sand at her grandparents’ feet, a young Sarah Burns heard a story that would set her burgeoning interest in scienc...

Dec. 8, 2022 Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are authors on more than 35 research...

Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer mortality in the United States and disproportionately affects Black individu...

Dec. 8, 2022 Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers will share their findings and expert...

If you’re in need of some stocking-stuffer ideas, consider lip balms and sunscreens for those on your list.Lawrence A. Mark, MD, PhD, assistant prof...

Sheri Robb, PhD   A music therapist strums her guitar and guides a distressed preschool-aged cancer patient in singi...

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No one is ever prepared for the disruption a breast cancer diagnosis brings. Jen Hedges, a 41-year-old executive with a property management company...

No one is ever prepared for the disruption a breast cancer diagnosis brings. Jen Hedges, a 41-year-old executive with a p...

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Michele Coté, Ph.D., is just getting started in her new role as the second director of the ...

April 21, 2023 In the past decade, funds raised through the Chuckstrong initiative have enabled the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center to accelerate...

Diverse perspectives in research are an essential component of driving innovative problem-solving that accelerates new approaches to the...

Both Breanne Burgess and Michelle Chu, the IU School of Medicine’s 2022 Hester Scholarship recipients, want to change ...

Thursday, INDIANAPOLIS—Using the nation’s largest COVID-19 data resource, a researcher at the Indiana Universit...

Champion Tuesday, Colorectal cancer is among the top causes of cancer death in Indiana. The number of Hoosiers who die from colorectal ...

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center’s 2021-22 William J. Wright Scholarships have been awarded...

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Mateusz Opyrchal, M.D., Ph.D., began the New Year with a new job as the inaugural Vera Bradley Foundation Scholar in Breast Cancer Discovery in the...

Thursday, Everyone’s New Year’s resolutions are well underway. For those looking to stop using tobacco products in the New Year, ...

On  Nov. 1, Huda Salman, MD,  became the first executive director of the Brown Center for Immunotherapy. As a physician, she has...

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Lung cancer has an image problem, and Nasser Hanna, MD, wants to change that. Nearly everyone i...

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It’s common for people to ask friends to donate to a favorite charitable cause in lieu of birthday gifts, but Charlene Cheatham is taking it a step ...

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Indiana University School of Medicine scientists continue search for life-saving treatments for aggressive types of breast cancer ...

Friday, A new initiative brings together advocates to tackle the No. 1 cause of cancer-related deaths – lung cancer. End Lung Cancer...

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In a night that brought together cancer survivors, researchers and philanthropists, the Chuckstrong Backyard Huddle raised nearly than $2.5 million...

Wednesday, Lois B. Travis, MD, ScD, an internationally recognized expert on cancer survivorship, leads the cancer surv...

Cancer center researchers Xin Li, Sc.D., and Jiali Han, Ph.D., served as senior authors of “The Association between Citrus Consumption a...

Originally published: Updated: April 5, 2023Testicular cancer, though rare, is a cancer that primarily affects young men. It also differ...

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Testicular cancer, though rare, is a cancer that primarily affects young men. It ...

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Hoosiers with multiple myeloma can provide important data to researchers at ...

Kelvin Lee, M.D., a world-recognized medical oncologist and multiple myeloma researcher, assumed duties as director of the Indiana U...

Brian Walker, PhD Brian Walker, Ph.D., and colleagues recently wrote “The molecular make up of smoldering myel...

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Although men may not like to talk about it, prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among men ...

Monday, As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, cancer center experts offer ways to stay healthy this fall and winte...

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Natascia Marino, PhD, assistant research professor of medicine at IU School of Medicine and a research scientist...

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A breast cancer diagnosis will disrupt the lives of about 325,000 women in the United States this year, and more than 42,000 are expected to die fr...

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For all of us now, we mark our lives—both personal and professional—as life before the pandemic and life after the pandemic began. ...

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Two women pursuing their medical degrees with an interest in combining cancer research with patient care have been selected as the 2020 ...

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A researcher exploring new anticancer drugs for triple-negative breast cancer has been named the 2020 Vera Bradley Foundation Scholar. ...

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When a cancer patient’s medical history was presented at a precision genomics clinic at Indiana University, her story piqued the interest of ...

Xinna Zhang, PhD Xinna Zhang, Ph.D., has received a $1.2 million grant for prostate cancer research. The project, “Identification of T...

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Cancer physicians at Indiana University and scientists at Purdue University are working to develop a urine test that would enable patients to avoid...

Tuesday, When a cancer patient’s medical history was presented at a precision genomics clinic at Indiana Universit...

Dr. Ronald Boris Monday, Cancer physicians at Indiana University and scientists at Purdue University are working to dev...

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Progress in multiple myeloma research and improved outcomes for patients is the driving force for physician scientist ...

Dr. Lawrence Mark Friday, Deaths from the skin cancer melanoma have dropped substantially in recent years, according ...

Dr. Shelley Johns With the ever-evolving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there is much uncertainty for everyone — especially fo...

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Demetrius “Dee” Dowler was 31 years old when he was diagnosed with thymoma, a rare cancer of the thymus gland. There is no good time to be diag...

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Forty-eight cyclists hit the road in October for the annual ...

Hanna By Brian Hartz Tuesday, The most common and consistently fatal form of cancer is also the one that’s most easily preventable:...

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Indiana University School of Medicine’s Mircea Ivan, MD, PhD, has a strong connection to this year’s wi...

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Story series begins with look at disparities in breast cancer research Pick up any book I own, and you’ll find countless notes ...

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INDIANAPOLIS — A grant from Susan G. Komen will help bolster research at Indiana University School of Medicine aimed at addressing outcome dispar...

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Meridian, Jeff, and Autumn Sobel signing the agreement establishing the Becky Sobel Breast Cancer Research Fund on what would have been Becky...

By Debbie Ungar Thursday, IU Simon Cancer Center researcher Dr. Terry Vik will travel to Kenya later this summer as a Fulbright Schola...

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At 26, and a new mother, Nadia Miller’s dreams were typical. She wanted a big family, a career and hoped to one day travel the world. Then life...

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Updated October 2019 In memory of Pam Perry. When breast cancer spreads,...

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When Tatum Parker was about to turn 6, she woke up in the night with terrible pain in her leg. Her parents took her to the emergency department, bu...

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After finishing cancer treatments, many survivors do not know where to turn for guidance about their physical and mental health. The Indiana Cancer...

Einhorn By Brian Hartz Saturday, Testicular cancer, though rare, is a cancer that primarily affects young men. It also differs from oth...

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Tarah Ballinger, MD, was named a recipient of the Career Development Award presented by the Conquer Can...

By Brian Hartz Monday, Just like the female equivalent, male breast cancer presents as a lump or mass often found under the nipple, bu...

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The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer continued its two decades of support for Indiana University School of Medicine’s breast cancer rese...

By Brian Hartz Wednesday, Use sunscreens that have titanium dioxide or zinc oxide as active ingredients. These act as physical barrier...

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Even though Chuck Pagano is now an NFL coach in another city, the lasting effects from his resilient battle with leukemia—a fight that transcende...

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Obesity has long been known as a risk factor for developing many diseases, including cancer. For obese women, this means an increased risk for deve...

Friday, Like Rodney Dangerfield, the pancreas doesn’t get much respect. In fact, people rarely think about their pa...

Wednesday, Drs. Pollok and Saadatzadeh Indiana University researchers soon will be testing a new approach to trea...

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National Institutes of Health funds study to test new drug combination for triple negative breast cancer Think back ...

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By Robert King As longtime supporters of breast cancer research, Barbara Baekgaard and Patricia Miller have seen their share of re...

Friday, Former fellows and their mentors celebrate the 40th anniversary of the start of the IU hematology-oncology pr...

Dr. Hal Broxmeyer For the past 35 years, Hal E. Broxmeyer, Ph.D., an Indiana University Distinguished Professor, has b...

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Kathy Miller, MD, doesn’t just care for patients in the clinic. The physician-scientist also designs cli...

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A major breast cancer study, recently published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine and announced at the world’s leading meeting f...

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IU researcher testing whether chemo and radiation can be delivered concurrently...

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The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research raised more than $1 million at its 25th annual Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cance...

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By: Mary Maxwell Bryan Schneider, MD, explains to a shadowing medical student t...

Monday, The drug used in the clinical trial – a molecular compound known as APX3330 – targets a protein that is im...

Rex Wednesday, Who could resist a diet ordered by a physician that includes vanilla or strawberry-banana shakes and lemon, white cho...

Monday, Bigger isn’t always better. That was the thinking of Lawrence Einhorn, M.D., when he envisioned a slimme...

Wednesday, Glioblastoma multiforme is a fickle foe. It has no hesitation about expanding its boundaries or modifying its structure to ...

Dr. Aaron Cohen-Gadol Thursday, Sen. John McCain of Arizona recently announced that he has a brain tumor called glioblastoma. Aaron C...

Hanna Wednesday, July 12, 2017 The FDA has granted accelerated approval for brigatinib (Alunbrig) for treatment of a specific type of non-small cell l...

Rex Monday, Douglas Rex, M.D., an internationally recognized gastroenterologist, focuses his research on colorectal cancer screening and...

By Jill Jansen Monday, Dr. Champion receives the IU President's Medal for Excellence for her commitment to research in behavioral ...

By Brian Hartz Monday, Ted Logan, M.D. When the subject of cancer treatment comes up in casual conversation, chemotherapy and its deb...

Gas cost 53 cents a gallon, pocket calculators made their debut, and most men with testicular cancer died from their disease. That was 40 years ago. ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- () -- Indiana University physician scientist Lawrence H. Einhorn, M.D., has been named one of the 2013 “Giants of Can...

INDIANAPOLIS -- () -- In athletics, the Big Ten universities compete against each other, but now many will join together against a common ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- () -- An Indiana University cancer researcher will be inducted into an international nursing hall of fame this summer. ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- (May 15, 2012) -- Current colorectal cancer screening guidelines for individuals with first-degree relatives with precancerous colon p...

INDIANAPOLIS -- () -- G. David Roodman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the Indiana University School of Medicine's Divisi...

INDIANAPOLIS -- (March 2, 2010) -- Cancer physician and researcher Patrick J. Loehrer Sr., M.D., has been named director of the Indiana University Me...

INDIANAPOLIS -- () -- Patrick J. Loehrer Sr., M.D., has been named interim director of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Can...

Sept. 19, 2008 How frequently should symptom-free individuals at average risk for colon cancer undergo screening with colonoscopy?  In a study publis...

November 1, 2023Lung cancer leads to more deaths of women than cervical and ovarian cancers combined and kills twice as many w...

Rafat Abonour M.D., received the Cornerstone Award, which recognizes those individuals whose partnership and volunteer involvement has been instrument...

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