cancer

October 23, 2019
School of Dentistry awarded $3.8M ‘Cancer Moonshot’ research grant

Three U-M faculty members are lead collaborators on research into new cancer prevention therapies that are funded by a $3.8 million federal grant and part of the national Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
September 30, 2019
Screening for lung cancer based on risk could save lives

Changing the way individuals are selected to be screened for lung cancer could prevent 14 percent of lung cancer deaths per year, according to a group that includes researchers from the School of Public Health.
September 23, 2019
U-M, Karmanos receive $9.2M grant for prostate cancer research

Michigan’s two elite cancer programs — U-M’s Rogel Cancer Center and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute — received a $9.2 million National Cancer Institute grant to fight prostate cancer.
April 15, 2019
HPV rates up for women under 40, boosting cancer risk

Human papillomavirus infection rates are increasing in women born after 1980 who did not receive the HPV vaccine — putting them at higher risk for HPV-related cancers, according to a U-M study.