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Precision Health pediatric sarcomas researchers share updates and goals with golfers at inaugural Tyler Trent charity outing
More than 140 golfers participated in the inaugural Tyler Trent Foundation “Tee Off for Tyler” Charity Golf Classic at the Bridgewater Club in Carmel. The event raised money for pediatric cancer research, including work being done by IU Precision Health Initiative pediatric sarcomas disease research team co-leaders, Jamie Renbarger, MD, and Karen Pollok, PhD.

Anna Carrera  |  Jul 12, 2021

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Tyler Trent golf outing - Tyler's parents with Jamie Renbarger and Karen Pollok
Ronald Boris, MD in surgery

IU School of Medicine faculty providing comprehensive care for hereditary cancers at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
In 2018, urologic oncologist Ronald Boris, MD, MS, geneticist Gail Vance, MD and genitourinary medical oncologist Nabil Adra, MD established a multidisciplinary clinic focused on

Christina Griffiths  |  Jun 29, 2021

Larry Einhorn, MD

Larry Einhorn, MD, answers questions about testicular cancer

April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. Testicular cancer, though rare, is a cancer that primarily affects young men. It also differs from other

Brian Hartz  |  Apr 13, 2021

Mohammad Abu Zaid, MD

Indiana Myeloma Registry tracks individual patient journeys, data in search of a cure

Hoosiers with multiple myeloma can provide important data to researchers at Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center who are searching

Candace Gwaltney  |  Mar 25, 2021

Michael Koch, MD

Dr. Koch answers questions about prostate cancer
Michael Koch, M.D., chair of the IU School of Medicine’s Department of Urology and a member of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, is a

Michael Schug  |  Nov 17, 2020

Darron Brown, MD

HPV expert Darron Brown, MD, discusses the vaccine’s dramatic impact on reducing cervical cancer
A recent, new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine — which has been hailed as a “milestone” study — confirmed that widespread

Michael Schug  |  Nov 11, 2020

Kathy Miller and Harikrishna Nakshatri

Genomic medicine key to treating aggressive breast cancers disproportionately affecting African American women
Compared to white women, the lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is slightly lower for African Americans; however, the risk of dying from the disease

Laura Gates  |  Oct 09, 2020

Working from home during a pandemic

Clinical Trials Office juggles research work, life amid a pandemic

Before the World Health Organization declared the spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11, the staff of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Clinical

Michael Schug  |  Oct 02, 2020

2020 Wright Scholars

2 students with interest in combining cancer research with patient care are Wright Scholarship recipients
Two women pursuing their medical degrees with an interest in combining cancer research with patient care have been selected as the 2020 IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer

Michael Schug  |  Sep 14, 2020

Todd Skaar, PhD

Patient case study provides insight to toxicity from chemotherapy used for breast, colon cancers

Candace Gwaltney  |  Aug 03, 2020