Comprehensive Cancer Center

The American Cancer Society has awarded the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center a grant for a program to enhance oncology patient navigation for cancer patients and their families.

While the death rate for breast cancer in the United States has dropped, Black women are still dying at a nearly 40% higher rate from the disease than white women. What is influencing this disparity and what can be done about it?

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have engineered a new “masked” version of the immunotherapy drug interleukin-12 that is activated only when it reaches a tumor.

Promising results from an ongoing clinical trial show a three-drug treatment may improve survival in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who have undergone preliminary treatment followed by a stem cell transplant.

At age 77, after 60 years of smoking, Mary Baim decided she was ready to kick the habit. She did it with the help from the University of Chicago Medicine's smoking cessation program, Courage to Quit.

Radiologist Kirti Kulkarni, MD, discusses why patients with dense breasts face an increased risk of breast cancer and may need supplemental tests after a mammogram.

Cristian Carpio is proof that research training programs can have a positive impact on youth interested in pursuing a career in biomedicine.

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.