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Both awardees of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 2024 Deutsch Scholarship – Eyram Kpenu and Devon McCourry – have one thing in common: the passionate desire to solve medical problems through discoveries.
Lung cancer therapies have come a long way since the 1980s, when treatments were limited and screening was decades away. Today, a lung cancer diagnosis comes with hope for recovery—and research through clinical trials is the primary reason why.
The National Cancer Institute has renewed the prestigious comprehensive cancer center designation to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, awarding it a five-year, $14.2 million grant.
Researchers at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that Black patients with breast cancer who are treated with a chemotherapy called docetaxel experience less of a harmful side effect called peripheral neuropathy. Their findings represent an important shift in knowledge about a patient population who’ve historically been underrepresented in breast cancer research.
In terms of complexity, few cancers hold a candle to pancreatic tumors. Pancreas lesions develop in seclusion, tucked away in millimeters-wide ducts that impede early detection, interfere with confident diagnosis, and complicate the possibility of surgical cure.
~In-Person~ IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series with Marsha DeSmet, Ph.D.
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IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series presents, Marsha DeSmet, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor of Dermatology, IU School of Medicine “Identifying novel host-viral interactions ...Read more
~Virtual~ IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds with Patricia Silveyra, MSc, Ph.D.
IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds presents, Patricia Silveyra, MSc, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Indiana University Blooming...Read more
~In-Person~ IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series with Howard Crawford, Ph.D.
IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series presents, Howard Crawford, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Henry Ford Pancreatic Center “Cellular Plasticity in Pancreatic Cancer” Hosted by...Read more
