cancer

Man standing on an overlook with the Austrian countryside behind him.

A summer in Germany pays off for biomedical engineering undergraduate

A close-up of three pairs of overlapping hands with a purple, curved ribbon placed on top.

The Medical Minute: Progress slow against pancreatic cancer

A doctor standing and pointing to a clipboard in their hands

Cancer associated with a more than doubled risk of dying from stroke

About a dozen participants from Penn State Health’s first annual Sandy Sprint pose on the lawn in front of a large brick house.

Fight against ovarian cancer requires attention, treatment, research and funding

A bald woman dressed in pink punching toward the camera

Exercise can now be prescribed like medicine for people with and beyond cancer

Drugs and Radiology

Taking RTKI drugs during radiotherapy may not aid survival, worsens side effects

A woman in a medical coat stands at a computer. A mammogram image is on the monitor. In the background, out of focus, a woman stands facing imaging equipment.

The Medical Minute: Breast density -- separating myth from fact

Nittany Lion basketball coach Pat Chambers was presented with the 2019 Coaches vs. Cancer Collegiate Champion Award

Coaches vs. Cancer honors Chambers as 2019 Collegiate Champion

A female physician wearing a white coat and stethoscope places both hands on the throat region of a male patient.

The Medical Minute: Thyroid cancer surges. Is TMI responsible?

Adam Bolotsky, Ph.D. student in materials science and engineering, and Aida Ebrahimi, assistant professor of electrical engineering, work together in Ebrahimi's lab.

Interdisciplinary researchers join forces to understand cancer progression

A male physician, wearing a stethoscope around his neck and a white coat, gestures with his hands as he speaks to a woman facing him. He faces the camera; she is facing away from it.

The Medical Minute: Which colorectal cancer screening do I need?

Researcher to study exercise and medication adherence in breast cancer survivors

Thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer incidence associated with malpractice climate

Brad Hanks works in the EDOG lab.

Novel endoscopy tool opens new doors for pancreatic cancer treatment

Tim Card and his wife, Tricia, walk the hallways of Penn State Cancer Institute after he receives CAR-T cell therapy infusion. Their backs are toward and the camera, and they are silhouetted against a window. Tricia puts her hand on his back. Tim is pushing an IV pole, and an IV bag with medication hangs from the pole. A rainbow is painted on the window.

Unintentional pioneer: Penn State Cancer Institute’s first CAR-T therapy patient

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