The Forefront

Consider a primary care physician your MVP. By helping with preventive care, wellness concerns and chronic conditions, these doctors can call the right plays — and bring in a wider healthcare team if necessary.

Earlier this year, five flight nurses from the University of Chicago Medicine Aeromedical Network gave birth within months of each other. (A sixth member is now expecting.) Today, the moms continue to support each other on the ground — and in the skies.

Researchers at the University of Chicago revealed that a small group of cancer cells, known as tumor-initiating stem cells (tSCs), hijack nearby neutrophils, turning them from attackers into protectors to survive attacks by immunotherapies.

A UChicago Medicine medical oncologist and researcher specializing in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers answers common questions from patients.