Cancer

Vanderbilt University may nominate five candidates for the 2016 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Award. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators developed a computerized natural language processing algorithm to extract cancer stages from electronic medical records. Read More

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Foundation invites proposals from young investigators with innovative ideas and an interest in improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of care provided to cancer patients. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have generated a “parts list” for the molecular machinery that duplicates DNA each time a cell divides. The research has implications for cancer therapies that target components of this machinery. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, in partnership with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is hosting the 2015 Cancer Survivorship Celebration Sunday, Nov. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Read More

A new marker could be useful for diagnosing and treating neuroendocrine tumors of the small intestines. Read More

The glutamine transporter protein appears to contribute to the survival of lung cancer cells, suggesting it may be a useful diagnostic biomarker and target for therapies. Read More

Understanding the action of a certain enzyme will shed light on basement membrane function, and on disorders ranging from diabetic kidney disease to cancer. Read More

Understanding how signaling molecules are transported within and out of the cell may help to uncover the causes of certain cancers. Read More

Women who exercised during their teen years were less likely to die from cancer and all other causes during middle-age and later in life, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China. Read More

Vanderbilt Work/Life Connections-EAP offers resources to all Vanderbilt employees who are touched by cancer. Read More

Ian Macara, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, recently returned from Scotland, where he received this year’s Colin Thomson Memorial Medal for his contributions to cancer research. Read More

Compounds found in olives and olive oil have anticancer activity, which may contribute to the cancer preventive properties attributed to the Mediterranean diet. Read More

The rigidity of the bone extracellular matrix increases the ability of tumor cells to destroy bone, suggesting new targets for anticancer drug development. Read More

The 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held May 29 - June 2 in Chicago, put multiple Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators in the spotlight. Read More

A new imaging probe developed by Vanderbilt investigators enhances tumor visibility and has broad applications in diagnosing and monitoring patients with cancer. Read More

The Who’s Roger Daltrey and The Band Perry met with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt representatives recently as part of Teen Cancer America. Read More

The NetGestalt computing portal integrates vast amounts of data to aid users in finding biologically and clinically relevant information. Read More

Best hospital rankings for cancer do not take into account the fact that cancer reflects many different diseases. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have discovered a new way to inhibit Hedgehog (Hh) signaling, an important regulatory pathway for vertebrate development – and cancer. Read More