News and Breakthroughs

Physicians and scientists from the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and Northwestern Medicine will present and discuss the latest clinical research impacting cancer care during the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

A new Northwestern Medicine study found important differences in rare skin lymphomas stemming from their specific cell of origin and clinical presentations, according to findings published in Nature Communications.

Hi, I’m Lauren and I have a Grade III Astrocytoma, a type of brain cancer.

For the first time, advanced prostate cancer has been treated based on the genomic makeup of the cancer, delaying disease progression for patients with a treatment-resistant form of prostate cancer.

A specialized subset of rare immune cells called plasmacytoid dendritic cells may promote antitumor immunity, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

A team of investigators have uncovered the cellular mechanisms of a specialized group of white blood cells that help promote the development of inflammatory diseases, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

An article published today offers new clarity around the use of prescription opioids in pain management for people with a diagnosis or history of cancer and chronic pain

Please join us in congratulating Derek Wainwright, PhD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery and Rimas Lukas, MD, associate professor of Neurology, on receiving the Lurie Cancer Center – NUCATS Joint Translational Bridge Program award for their proposal to study “Aging-induced immunoregulation in subjects with glioblastoma.”

My name is Ashli and I was diagnosed with Stage II Breast Cancer on June 13th, 2019 at 29 years old, and for the real kicker, while I was heading into my 26th week of pregnancy. I did not have a family history of breast cancer (or cancer in general), so when I discovered a lump in my breast, I chalked it up to pregnancy;

A new study has found cells with high numbers of centrioles more quickly migrated through layers of tissue, a process known as radial intercalation, which may provide new insights into the development of many cancers.