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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 prostate cancer expert with more than two decades of experience. We turned to him for some answers about prostate cancer.

Michael Schug | Nov 17, 2020

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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

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

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

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

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

Candace Gwaltney | Aug 03, 2020

IU physicians, Purdue scientists collaborate to develop a test to detect kidney cancer

Cancer physicians at Indiana University and scientists at Purdue University are working to develop a urine test that would enable patients to avoid an invasive,

Michael Schug | Jul 10, 2020

Named an IU Distinguished Professor, Roodman continues storied multiple myeloma research career

Progress in multiple myeloma research and improved outcomes for patients is the driving force for physician scientist G. David Roodman, M.D., Ph.D. Roodman started researching

Candace Gwaltney | Jun 17, 2020

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Trio tackles leukemia

Whether finding new targets or discovering better therapies, three investigators are working to tackle the most common type of pediatric cancer.

Sara Buckallew | Mar 25, 2020

Top 10 recipients of NIH funding for federal fiscal year 2019

Liana Apostolova, MD, MSc, FAAN, and Apoorva Sanjay Bharthur At Indiana University School of Medicine, the 2019 fiscal year set another record for NIH-funded research,

Anna Carrera | Jan 28, 2020