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New study shows sitting, watching TV linked to colorectal cancer risk before age 50

By Oxford University Press USA | February 6, 2019

A new study in JNCI Cancer Spectrum has identified a connection between prolonged time spent sitting while watching TV and increased risk of colorectal cancer for younger Americans. Young-onset colorectal cancer, diagnosed under age 50,…

Research

Drug target identified for chemotherapy-resistant ovarian, breast cancer

By Tamara Bhandari | February 4, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine

People who inherit a faulty copy of the so-called “breast cancer genes” BRCA1 and BRCA2 are at high risk of cancer. About 10 percent of breast cancer cases and 15 percent of ovarian cancers can be traced back to…

Staff/Faculty Update

Cote named head of pathology and immunology

By Tamara Bhandari | February 1, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine

Richard J. Cote, MD, an innovative physician-scientist and entrepreneur specializing in cancer, has been named head of the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He will take the reins…

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University to help modernize radiation therapy in Guatemala

By Tamara Bhandari | January 29, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine

Radiation therapy is one of the most effective and affordable cancer treatments, and an important therapy for more than half of all cancers. Yet startup costs keep it out of reach for many people in…

Staff/Faculty Update

Achilefu honored for achievements in biomedical optics

By Washington University School of Medicine | January 18, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine

Samuel Achilefu, PhD, the Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the 2019 recipient of the SPIE Britton Chance Award in Biomedical Optics. SPIE, the International Society…

Research

Novel imaging technology may help reduce biopsies for breast tumors

By Beth Miller | January 18, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine

In American women, breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death. While routine screening helps to detect breast cancer, existing technology frequently identifies suspicious lesions that turn out not…

Research

$9 million supports deep dive into breast, pancreatic cancers

By Julia Evangelou Strait | January 10, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the life histories of breast and pancreatic cancers. The grant is part…

Health & Wellness

For Your Health: Simple touch-ups for your New Year

By Dr. Graham A. Colditz | January 7, 2019

This is not your typical New Year’s resolution health-and-fitness column. Those often focus on big, sweeping changes, such as losing 40 pounds or training for a marathon. Here, instead, we’re heading in the opposite direction…

Staff/Faculty Update

Poplack named Evens Endowed Chair in Women’s Health

By Diane Duke Williams | January 4, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine

Breast cancer imaging specialist Steven Poplack, MD, a professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the Ronald and Hanna Evens Endowed Chair in Women’s Health at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH). The…

News/In the Media

Gamma Knife manager’s career combines nursing and law enforcement

By Margaret Tucker | January 4, 2019

At first glance, neuro-oncology nursing and law enforcement don’t have much in common. But for Eric Filiput, BSN, operations manager of the Gamma Knife Center at Siteman Cancer Center and a former volunteer officer for…

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New study shows sitting, watching TV linked to colorectal cancer risk before age 50

Drug target identified for chemotherapy-resistant ovarian, breast cancer

Cote named head of pathology and immunology

University to help modernize radiation therapy in Guatemala

Achilefu honored for achievements in biomedical optics

Novel imaging technology may help reduce biopsies for breast tumors

$9 million supports deep dive into breast, pancreatic cancers

For Your Health: Simple touch-ups for your New Year

Poplack named Evens Endowed Chair in Women’s Health

Gamma Knife manager’s career combines nursing and law enforcement

Siteman Cancer Center ranked No. 10 among U.S. cancer centers

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Siteman

How Siteman is leading the way in personalized brain tumor treatment

Siteman Cancer Center expands proton therapy treatment

Siteman explains what every woman should know about endometrial cancer risk, symptoms and screening

Immunity boosting treatment enhances CAR-T cell therapy for blood cancers

$5.3 million grant supports research into lung cancer recurrence

Couple honors physician with gift for distinguished professorship

Siteman Cancer Center ranked No. 10 among U.S. cancer centers

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Siteman

How Siteman is leading the way in personalized brain tumor treatment

Cancer Types

The Siteman Approach

Specialized Programs

Siteman Cancer Center expands proton therapy treatment

Siteman explains what every woman should know about endometrial cancer risk, symptoms and screening

Immunity boosting treatment enhances CAR-T cell therapy for blood cancers

$5.3 million grant supports research into lung cancer recurrence

Couple honors physician with gift for distinguished professorship

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