cancer

  1. October 30, 2024

    U-M receives $50M gift for pancreatic cancer care, research

    With a $50 million gift from Richard and Susan Rogel, U-M Health’s Rogel Cancer Center aims to revolutionize how the world detects, treats and ultimately cures pancreatic cancer.

  2. September 19, 2024

    $25M gift to help breast cancer patients at U‑M

    Michigan Medicine will launch a new era in comprehensive breast cancer care, thanks to a $25 million donation from the Weiser Charitable Foundation that will help establish the Weiser Family Center for Breast Cancer.

  3. April 29, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — Family trees and the ‘striking incidence’ of cancer

    For years, U-M pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin studied the lives — and deaths from cancer — of an extended Ann Arbor family.

  4. October 9, 2023

    FDA approves histotripsy for liver treatment in humans

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of sound waves to break down tumors — a technique called histotripsy, which was pioneered at U-M — in humans for liver treatment.

  5. June 28, 2023

    Cancer center awarded $37M; ‘comprehensive’ status renewed

    The National Cancer Institute has awarded U-M’s Rogel Cancer Center a $37 million, five-year grant and has renewed the center’s designation as a “comprehensive cancer center.”

  6. December 15, 2021

    $30M gift to establish the Ronald Weiser Center for Prostate Cancer

    Regent Ron Weiser has committed $30 million to Michigan Medicine to establish the Ronald Weiser Center for Prostate Cancer, an innovative, patient-focused program in prostate cancer.

  7. October 25, 2021

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  8. June 8, 2020

    A look at COVID-19 research and activity across U-M

    A look at COVID-19 research and activity across U-M.

  9. May 26, 2020

    App calculates risk of delaying cancer care during pandemic

    A team of data scientists and cancer doctors developed the OncCOVID app, which compares the risk to a cancer patient from postponing care with the additional risk posed by potential COVID-19 infection.

  10. December 5, 2019

    Michigan Medicine to lead Cancer Network of West Michigan

    A new initiative to integrate cancer care services in west Michigan will soon give patients broader access to comprehensive diagnosis, treatment and support across leading health care institutions.