Current UPCI News

Nov 4, 2009: Cancer Patients Value Forthrightness, Compassion From Their Radiation Oncologists, UPCI Study Finds
Nov 3, 2009: Innovative Radiation Therapy Technique Successfully Controls Pain In Patients with Advanced Cancer, UPCI Study Finds
Nov 2, 2009: Developmental Drug May Help Bone Fractures Heal After Radiation Exposure, Pitt Study Finds
Oct 12, 2009: Thousands of Tiny RNAs Identified by Pitt Researchers
Oct 7, 2009: Hillman Cancer Center Gala Raises Millions for Cancer Research, Prevention and Patient Care
Oct 2, 2009: UPCI Researchers Receive V Foundation Award for Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
Oct 2, 2009: Two University of Pittsburgh Centers Selected for National Cancer Institute Chemical Biology Consortium
Sept 11, 2009: UPCI Researchers Develop Biomarker Measurement That Could Lead to Tailored Cancer Treatments
Aug 4, 2009: Pitt Researchers Find Promising Candidate Protein for Cancer Prevention Vaccines
June 15, 2009: New Radiotherapy Technique Proven Safe, Less Toxic for Cancer Patients, UPCI Study Finds
June 15, 2009: UPCI Joins ExCell Research Study Using Stem Cells for Leukemia and Lymphoma Patients
May 31, 2009: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer Reduces Mortality Rates, Length of Hospital Stays
May 30, 2009: Newly Identified Genes May Help Improve Treatment for Melanoma Patients, Pitt Study Finds
May 30, 2009: New Treatment Combination Proves Safe, Potentially Effective for Head and Neck Cancer Patients, UPCI Researchers Find
May 22, 2009: UPCI Researcher Dr. Merrill Egorin Honored with ASCO Translational Research Professorships
May 5, 2009: UPCI Launches Clinical Trial for Patients with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Apr 22, 2009: Pitt Brain Tumor Program Researchers Present Novel Findings at AACR Annual Meeting
Apr 22, 2009: Developmental Drug Helps Protect Against Radiation Damage, Pitt Researchers Find
Apr 20, 2009: Human Lung Tumors Destroy Anti-Cancer Hormone Vitamin D, Pitt Researchers Find
Mar 20, 2009: Magee-Womens Research Institute to Receive $100,000 Donation for Breast Cancer Research
Mar 19, 2009: Pitt Vaccine to Prevent Colon Cancer Being Tested in Patients
Mar 18, 2009: Prostate Cancer Screenings Don't Cut Death Rates, Nationwide Study Finds
Feb 12, 2009: UPCI Director and Breast Cancer Oncologist Nancy Davidson, MD, to Present 2009 Bernard Fisher Lecture
Dec 29, 2008: UPCI Researcher Receives Grant to Study Breast Cancer Biomarkers
Dec 4, 2008: Transgenomic Obtains Exclusive License to Mitochondrial DNA Damage Detection Technology
Nov 11, 2008: New Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Appointed
Oct 29, 2008: PITT Researchers Receive $2.7 Million to Develop Drug That Counters Radiation Exposure
Sept 23, 2008: UPCI And UPMC Cancer Centers Posters Featured at American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (Astro), Boston, MA September 21-25, 2008
Sept 23, 2008: Plant Antioxidant May Protect Against Radiation Exposure, Pitt Study Find
Sept 23, 2008: Medicare HMO Costs May Prevent Cancer Patients From Enrolling in Clinical Trials, UPCI Study Finds
Sept 22, 2008: Expert in Genome Stability Joins University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Sept 22, 2008: Pitt Research Indicates New Virus is Culprit, Not Bystander, in Deadly Skin Cancer
Sept 16, 2008: UPMC Cancer Centers and the Regional Cancer Center in Erie Team up to Benefit Patients
Sept 11, 2008: Expert In Biobehavioral Medicine Joins University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Sept 8, 2008: Best-Selling Author Returns to UPMC to Lecture on His New Book, 'anticancer - A New Way Of Life'
Aug 12, 2008: Inflammation and Immunologic Symposium Explores New Research in Chronic Diseases
July 16, 2008: Pitt to Host Annual Pancreatic Research Meeting
July 9, 2008: Hepatitis C Virus May Need Help of Enzyme to Cause Liver Disease, Pitt Study Finds
June 25, 2008: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Centre of Integrated Oncology Cologne Partner to Advance Cancer Care and Research
June 6, 2008: Pitt Researchers Identify Gene That Influences Damage From Radiation Therapy
June 2, 2008: New Treatment Combination Proves Safe, Effective For Head and Neck Cancer Patients, UPCI Study Finds
June 1, 2008: New Preoperative Treatment Combination Safe for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery, UPCI Study Finds
June 1, 2008: New Combination Therapy Safe, Promising for Melanoma Patients, UPCI Study Finds
May 5, 2008: Newly Funded Research Program Focuses on Genetic Mutations that Increase Risk for Cancer
Apr 15, 2008: Pitt Researchers Receive Funding in Support of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research
Apr 11, 2008: Turning to the Immune System to Fight Malignant Glioma: UPCI Researchers Present Novel Findings at AACR Annual Meeting
Apr 11, 2008: UPCI Researchers Present Drug Discovery FINDINGS at AACR Annual Meeting
Apr 04, 2008: UPMC Liver Cancer Center Co-Director Chosen as President-Elect, Society of University Surgeons
Mar 20, 2008: Cancer Prevention and Detection Highlight of Barnes & Noble Event featuring Senator Arlen Specter
Mar 20, 2008: Dr. J. Wallis Marsh Appointed Interim Chief, Division of Transplantation at the UPMC Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Mar 14, 2008: UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Passavant Designated “Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers”
Mar 11, 2008: No Ifs, Ands or Butts: University of Pittsburgh Lauds Local Smoke-Free Establishments With South Side Celebration
Feb 28, 2008: Prestigious National Award Given to UPMC Cancer Centers
Feb 25, 2008: UPMC to Manage Independent Hospital in Dublin, Ireland
Jan 17, 2008: Newly Discovered Virus Linked to Deadly Skin Cancer
Jan 15, 2008: University of Pittsburgh Ranks Sixth in Nationwide NIH Funding
Jan 12, 2008: Donation of $110,000 to Magee-Womens Research Institute will Support Breast Cancer Research
Jan 11, 2008: Awards and Accolades: UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements