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NEWS IN BRIEF
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National Cancer Institute designation extended
The National Cancer Institute, the nation's top cancer research organization, has renewed its designation of UC Davis Cancer Center for five years. The distinction comes with $14 million in new federal funding ...
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Helping hands for kids with cancer
"Hope on Wheels," a national tour sponsored by the Hyundai Dealers Association to raise awareness of the need for pediatric cancer research funds, made a pit stop at UC Davis Cancer Center — the only Northern California visit on the 2005 trip ...
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Just for new patients
UC Davis Cancer Center has introduced an education and orientation program for the 9,000 new patients who come to the center for treatment each year. Morning, afternoon and evening sessions are available ...
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Koreans out-smoke other California men
One in four Korean men in California smokes cigarettes, a rate 46 percent higher than for California men overall, UC Davis research shows. Other findings: Korean and Chinese women smoke more the longer they live in the United States ...
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Longest survival rate for locally advanced lung cancer
A national study of an investigational chemoradiation regimen has demonstrated the best long-term survival rates yet reported in patients with locally advanced, non-small cell lung cancer ...
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Chemotherapy after surgery boosts lung cancer survival
Resolving a longstanding controversy in oncology, a study co-authored by David Gandara, associate director for clinical research at UC Davis Cancer Center, shows that administering chemotherapy after surgery improves survival for patients ...
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Doris Matsui announces $6.5 million grant
UC Davis Cancer Center received $6.5 million from the National Cancer Institute to continue leading a nationwide effort aimed at reducing cancer in Asian Americans ...
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National Cancer Survivors Day celebrated
Live music, stand-up comedy and a one-mile fun walk through the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park marked Sacramento's third annual National Cancer Survivors Day celebration at UC Davis Cancer Center. ...
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Ovarian cancer: Not so silent after all?
Ovarian cancer is often referred to as a silent killer, coming to the attention of physicians only at its late stages when prognosis is poor. But according to a UC Davis study, four in 10 women with ovarian cancer have symptoms that they tell their doctors about at least four months — and as long as one year — before they are diagnosed ...
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Ralph deVere White to lead Society of Urologic Oncology
UC Davis Cancer Center director Ralph deVere White has been named president-elect of the Society of Urologic Oncology, the leading organization dedicated to developing new treatment strategies for urologic cancers ...
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Smoking linked to two-thirds of cancer deaths in African American men
A new analysis by Bruce Leistikow, associate professor of public health sciences, links tobacco smoke to 63 percent of cancer deaths among African American men in the United States ...
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Many say no to tamoxifen for breast-cancer prevention
Among women at high risk for breast cancer, fewer than one in five were inclined to take the drug tamoxifen to prevent the disease, according to a study by Joy Melnikow, professor of family and community medicine ...
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Cancer researcher honored
Stephen Kowalczykowski, professor of microbiology at UC Davis, is a newly elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Election acknowledges individuals whose contributions are influential to their field and to society ...
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Christine and Helen S. Landgraf Memorial Research Fund award recipients
UC Davis researchers Paul Gumerlock and Lesley Butler have been selected as the 2004 — 2005 winners of the Christine and Helen S. Landgraf Memorial Research Award ...
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