cancer
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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October 25, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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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.
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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.
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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.