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Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
2012
A New Screening Method for Prostate Cancer
- February 6, 2012
Compassionate Care Awards Honor Hoffman, Vavra and Marshall
- January 31, 2012
Thomas V. O'Halloran Named New Principal Investigator
- January 24, 2012
Kathleen Green Receives Walder Award
- January 16, 2012
Tiny worm points to big promise
- January 8, 2012
Covers of Comfort
- January 4, 2012
2011
NU NEIGHBORS Established to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
- December 27, 2011
New Treatment Offers Alternative to Amputation for Melanoma Patients
- December 13, 2011
November 9, 2011 Named Steven T. Rosen Day in Chicago
- December 5, 2011
Al B. Benson III, Honored by Association of Community Cancer Centers
- November 2, 2011
New Strategy for Identifying Proteins Could Lead to Early Detection of Cancer
- October 31, 2011
Inaugural Interventional Radiology Symposium Held for Trainees
- October 28, 2011
Minds Matter Benefit Raises More Than $800,000 to Support Brain Tumor Research and Programs - October 20, 2011
Northwestern Inventor Wins Highest Presidential Award
- September 26, 2011
Vitamin D Deficiency More Likely to Affect African-American Men
- September 23, 2011
Terrance Peabody Named Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
- September 19, 2011
New Minimally Invasive Approach to Thyroid Surgery
- August 8, 2011
STAR Program Helps Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Look Ahead, ABC7 TV News
- August 8, 2011
Dr. Virginia Kaklamani Comments on Genetic Counseling for Women at High Risk, ABC TV News
- August 8, 2011
Study Confirms CT Scans Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths
- July 28, 2011
Herbal Supplements May Affect Chemotherapy Treatment
- July 28, 2011
NMH Rated Among Best for Cancer Care, U.S. News & World Report
- July 21, 2011
Dr. Jonathan Widom, Prominent Biochemist, Dies
- July 20, 2011
New 3-D display at Silverman Hall Gives Researchers an Unusual Imaging Tool
- June 16, 2011
Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Tests Benefits of Topical Gel
- June 16, 2011
iPhone App Helps Doctors Save Cancer Patients' Fertility
- June 8, 2011
New approach to Gene Therapy could be Used to Treat Many Forms of Cancer and More
- June 8, 2011
Research Supports Importance of Long-Term Survivorship Programs
- June 7, 2011
Lurie Cancer Center Receives $750,000 from Avon Breast Cancer Walk
- June 7, 2011
Steven T. Rosen Elected to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Board
- May 26, 2011
Project Onward Study
- May 25, 2011
Researchers Discover Link between Obesity Gene and Breast Cancer
- May 24, 2011
When Rising PSA Means Prostate Cancer is in Patient's Future
- May 16, 2011
Jamie Von Roenn Honored as Palliative Pioneer
- May 15, 2011
Radiation During Surgery May Provide Better Option for Breast Cancer Treatment
- April 11, 2011
New Prostate Cancer Test Gives More Accurate Diagnosis
- April 7, 2011
New Clinic Helps Patients at Increased Risk Avoid Colorectal Cancer
- April 5, 2011
Magellan Development Spring Half Marathon, 10K and Junior Dash to Benefit
Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute

- March 24, 2011
Nanodiamond-Drug Combo Challenges Chemotherapy-Resistant Cancers
- March 14, 2011
A Helping Paw: Trained Therapy Dogs Aid Cancer Patients
- March 3, 2011
Senator Dick Durbin Speaks Out Against NIH Cuts
- March 1, 2011
Jonathan Widom receives Walder Award for Research Excellence
- February 22, 2011
New Probiotic Combats IBD and Colon Cancer
- February 8, 2011
Cancer Survivor Brings Comfort to Others (video)
- January 28, 2011
2010
Northwestern Memorial Maintains Magnet Status for Nursing Excellence
- December 20, 2010
Lung Cancer Patients the Center Piece for Quality of Care Study
- November 22, 2010
Soy May Stop Prostate Cancer Spread
- November 6, 2010
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Wins Consumer Choice Award
- October 27, 2010
New Radiosurgery Equipment Offers Focused Radiation Treatment at Northwestern
- October 25, 2010
United Flight 232 Hero Faces Brain Cancer with Courage
- October 15, 2010
Northwestern Receives $12 Million to Improve Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- October 14, 2010
Chad Mirkin Elected to All Three Branches of National Academies
- October 12, 2010
Optical technology Shows Potential for Prescreening Patients at High Risk for the Disease
- October 6, 2010
Notable Cancer Center Member Kathleen Green
- October 4, 2010
Spanish-Language Website Provides Information About Cancer Patients' Fertility
- September 10, 2010
Undergrads Gain Summer Research Experience through CURE Program
- September 8, 2010
Preventive Surgery May Save Lives of Women at High Risk for Cancer
- September 8, 2010
Talking Touchscreens May Improve Patient Communication
- August 11, 2010
Combined Technologies May Improve Detection of Colon Cancer in Women
- July 19, 2010
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Rated Among Best for Cancer Care
- July 15, 2010
Molecular Signature May Influence Outcomes for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
- July 14, 2010
Coping with Cancer Magazine Cover Features 2010 Cancer Survivors’ Celebration & Walk
- July 14, 2010
NU-PSOC Announces Pilot Project Awards
- July 14, 2010
New Arsenic Nanoparticle Blocks Aggressive Breast Cancer
- July 14, 2010
Are Stem Cells Ready for Prime Time?
- June 25, 2010
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin Supports New Provisions of FDA Tobacco Law
- June 22, 2010
Heather Pinkett Honored by Pew Charitable Trusts
- June 22, 2010
Lurie Cancer Center and Northwestern University receive $900,000 from Eighth Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago
- June 11, 2010
Nanoparticle PSA Test Predicts if Prostate Cancer Will Return
- June 6, 2010
Teresa Woodruff, PhD, Named Winner of 2010 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education
- June 1, 2010
Wrinkles are Scarier than Skin Cancer for Young Tanners
- June 1, 2010
Blocking Tumor's Death Swich Stops Tumor Growth
- May 28 , 2010
Wood-Prince Family Endowment Gift to Support Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant at Children's Memorial Hospital
- May 20 , 2010
Magellan Development Half Marathon and 10K to Benefit Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute
- May 1, 2010
Mirkin Elected to National Academy of Sciences
- April 28, 2010
Maggie Daley Center for Women's Cancer Care Debuts at Northwestern
- April 20, 2010
Al B. Benson III, Named President of the Association of Community Cancer Centers
- April 16, 2010
Clevenger Receives AACR Independent Investigator Grant
- April 14, 2010
True North Treks Helps Young Adult Cancer Survivors Chart a New Course
- April 8, 2010
Lurie Cancer Center Named Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award Winner
- March 31, 2010
Cookbook Created to Share Favorite Recipes and Memories of Loved Ones Send Your Own!
- March 29, 2010
C. Shad Thaxton Awarded 2009 Early Career Award
- March 1, 2010
Tourtellotte Appointed Associate Director of Medical Scientist Training Program
- February 16, 2010
Chad Mirkin Named Top-Ranked Chemist of the Decade
- January 21, 2010
Game-changing nanodiamond discovery for MRI
- January 14, 2010
Kibbe to be Honored at the White House January 13
- January 11, 2010)
Fraterrigo Named Director of Operations and Outreach for CMDD
- January 5, 2010
2009
Lurie Cancer Center Supports NCCN Recommendations for Continued Annual Breast
Cancer Screening of Women 40 Years and Older

- November 24, 2009
Chad Mirkin Receives the $500,000 Lemelson-Mit Prize for Invention
- June 25, 2009
Less Toxic Drug Prolongs Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer
- May 28, 2009
Prostate Cancer SPORE Receives Five-Year Grant from the NCI
- April 23, 2009
Jamie Von Roenn receives ASCO Statesman Award
- April 1, 2009
New Tool Guides Doctors to Save Cancer Patients' Fertility
- February 27, 2009
Giammichhio Named New Nurse Manager for Lurie Clinical Cancer Center
- January 6, 2009
Northwestern Memorial Expands Radiosurgery Program to Treat Tumors Throughout the Body
- January 5, 2009
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