Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cancer specialists across the country told top chef Grant Achatz that his only option for treating a stage 4 tumor was to remove most of his tongue. The head and neck cancer team at UChicago Medicine offered him a different approach, one that saved his tongue and his life.

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital staff helped a breast cancer patient work and thrive during chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

Breast cancer survivors Roz Varon and Pam Henson discuss their stories. Then UChicago Medicine cancer and chemotherapy researchers, M. Eileen Dolan, PhD, and Carolyn Bruzdzinski, PhD, discuss advances in breast cancer research.

Cancer treatments can leave survivors of childhood cancer at risk for complications later in life. A new study shows female childhood cancer survivors are six times more likely than the general population to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

The giant vegetable and herb garden on the roof of Parking Garage B is providing free, fresh food for cancer and bariatric patients and helping raise thousands of dollars for charity.

For the second year in a row, UChicago Medicine held an event called “Survive. Thrive. Celebrate.” to honor cancer survivors and their caregivers.

A student from the Chicago EYES on Cancer research training program shares her experiences working with UChicago Medicine faculty and working on her own research projects.

Cancers of the digestive system usually develop by chance or are related to a risk factor such as smoking or obesity. But in some cases, it runs in families and the risk of getting cancer is passed down from generation to generation.