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Townsend Lab Develops Software to Analyze Somatic Driver Variants
A new open-source software package called cancereffectsizeR developed by the Townsend Lab greatly improves the ability of data scientists and clinical analysts to pinpoint specific genetic mutations that drive cancer.
5 Jan 2023
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Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Police Team to Raise Breast Cancer Awareness
Members of Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center spent time together on Friday, October 28 on the New Haven Green with members of the Yale Police Department – along with a special, pink-themed Yale Police SUV – to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
31 Oct 2022
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Scientists researching new scientific approach to identify cancer origins
Previous studies have shown the connection between age, exposure to carcinogens and the risk of developing cancer due to the accumulation of mutations over time. Scientists from Yale University and Emmanuel College demonstrate a new scientific approach to determine the origins of different types of cancer. Jeffrey Townsend, YSPH Elihu Professor of Biostatistics and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, was a co-author of the study.
Source: The Daily Campus
24 Oct 2022
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Hair-Straightening Chemicals Linked With Higher Risk For Uterine Cancer
A new study adds more alarm to how straighteners, relaxers and dyes may affect your health — particularly for Black women.
Source: Huff Post
19 Oct 2022
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Incarceration Associated with Higher Cancer Mortality, Yale study shows
New research from Yale Cancer Center reveals a higher risk of cancer mortality in incarcerated adults, as well as among those diagnosed with cancer in the first year after release from prison.
16 Sep 2022
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Children who live near fracking sites at birth face increased risk of leukemia: study
Pennsylvania children living near fracking sites at birth are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia during early childhood than those who did not live near such facilities, a new study has found.
Source: The Hill
17 Aug 2022
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How to Tell whether a Cancer Is Caused by Plain Bad Luck
Cancer results from a combination of spontaneous mutations that arise with age—just call it “bad luck”—and environmental exposures to carcinogens such as tobacco, ultraviolet light or viruses. But the question of the relative contribution of luck—compared with more explicit causes—has generated vigorous debate for years.
Source: Scientific American
26 Apr 2022
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Yale Study Identifies Causes of Cancers
A team of Yale-led researchers can now quantify the factors causing changes in the DNA that contribute most to cancer growth in tumors of most major tumor types. Their molecular analysis approach brings clarity to a longstanding debate over how much control humans have over developing cancer over time.
26 Apr 2022
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Irwin receives $7 million grant to investigate healthy interventions for ovarian cancer patients
Yale School of Public Health Associate Dean of Research and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology Melinda Irwin, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been awarded a five-year, $7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore how nutrition and exercise interventions can improve chemotherapy outcomes and reduce toxicity for women with ovarian cancer.
16 Mar 2022
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Yale-led Study Finds the Affordable Care Act Prevented Thousands of Colorectal Cancer Cases and Deaths
Can removing out-of-pocket costs for screening save lives? Screening for cancer and other diseases can identify the disease in its earlier stages of development and has been found to be highly effective in preventing the onset of illness.
7 Jan 2022
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It's Time to Trade the Moonshot Mentality for a New National Cancer Plan
The fixation on finding a cure for cancer — a moonshot — is diverting our attention, energy and resources from the broader picture. At the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act, people are still getting cancers that should be preventable. And profound inequities in cancer burden persist across racial and ethnic groups and social classes. We need a new National Cancer Plan.
Source: The Hill
21 Dec 2021
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Yale Cancer Center Study Shows New Drug Combinations Improve Outcomes for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer
New findings from a large study led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center shows the addition of the drugs oleclumab or monalizumab to durvalumab improved progression-free survival for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
17 Sep 2021
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3 Essential Questions: Cancer, Recovery and Lifestyle
Melinda Irwin, Ph.D., the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology, researches lifestyle factors associated with a variety of cancers and also how these same lifestyle factors can improve odds of survival and recovery.
7 Jun 2021
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For Ovarian Cancer Survivors, Exercise Can Lift Spirits
A new study from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health suggests that regular exercise plays a significant role in reducing depression among ovarian cancer survivors.
7 May 2021
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Family Cancer Diagnosis Sparks Passion for Oncology
After witnessing her mother’s battle with breast cancer, Danielle Kline devoted her career to oncology.
18 Mar 2021
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Diet and Exercise Are Winning Strategies for Breast Cancer Survivors
In a new study, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have confirmed a winning strategy or breast cancer survivors: healthy eating and exercise.
18 Mar 2021
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A World Without Cervical Cancer: Preventive Medicine publishes special issue to further global efforts to eliminate deadly disease
Recognizing the urgent public health issue concerning Cervical Cancer, the editorial team of Preventive Medicine is publishing a special issue titled “From Science to Action to Impact: Eliminating Cervical Cancer,” which outlines the required courses of action to eliminate cervical cancer featuring Yale's Dr. Linda Niccolai.
4 Mar 2021
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Reducing Cancer Burden Through Collaborative Research
From key partnerships with the Yale Cancer Center to novel research efforts across New Haven and Connecticut, as well as globally, Yale scientists have already made significant steps toward preventing and treating a wide range of cancers.
11 Feb 2021
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Jawless Lamprey Takes a Bite out of Oncogene Evolution
By carefully tracing the evolution of a select number of cancer-causing genes in a variety of species, the researchers evaluated which animals are — and are not — effective in gauging how an analogue of those genes in humans can lead to cancer. What they found is surprising: jawless fish such as lampreys share significant similarities in these certain genes compared to humans, while fruit flies do not.
16 Dec 2020
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New Immunotherapy Treatment for Lung Cancer
More than 200,000 people a year in the United States are diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancers, which make up about 80 percent of all lung cancers. Now, the results of a phase three clinical trial show the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab, also known as Tecentriq, improves survival.
Source: ABC News 12
7 Dec 2020