Children with the genetic condition neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) can develop brain and nerve tumors. If a tumor develops within the optic nerve, which connects the eye and the brain, the child may lose his…
We are beginning to see signs that our steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 are paying off. While the infection is still spreading swiftly in certain areas, in others that have adopted strong physical…
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to continue research into pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. It is the most common type of…
Like most other aspects of daily life, exercise and physical activity routines have been turned on their heads. Gyms are locked, exercise classes cancelled, and, depending where you live, even some parks and walking paths…
Daily life has changed to an amazing degree in the last few weeks. As individuals and communities work to contain the spread of COVID-19, one major adjustment for most of us personally is that we…
Immunotherapy that involves treating cancer with the body’s own immune cells, or those of a matched donor, shows promise in clinical trials for some patients, but not all. A new study from Washington University…
Stephanie M. Perkins, MD, a Washington University associate professor of radiation oncology, has been named director of the S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine…
Diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, one of the most common types and earliest stages of breast cancer, Michele, a grandmother and full-time caregiver to her husband, was determined to beat the illness with as little…
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and while that may not be the first thing that pops to mind in this month of March Madness and the first days of spring, it’s worth paying…
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new imaging agent that could let doctors identify not only multiple types of tumors but the surrounding normal cells that the cancer…