Turning grief into hope: Mike Kirby makes $1 million donation to fight triple-negative breast cancer

Oct 29, 2024 | UCI Health

Turning grief into hope: Mike Kirby makes $1 million donation to fight triple-negative breast cancer

The Suzette Kirby Breast Cancer Research Fund has supported research by Devon Lawson, PhD, associate professor of physiology and biophysics, and Kai Kessenbrock, PhD, associate professor of biological chemistry. The two researchers are at the forefront of innovation in breast cancer research.
UCI Health offers breakthrough ultrasound treatment for liver cancer

Oct 16, 2024 | UCI Health

UCI Health offers breakthrough ultrasound treatment for liver cancer

On Sept. 10, Dr. Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh and her UCI Health interventional radiology team used the noninvasive ultrasound technology, called the Edison histotripsy system, to treat the first patients at UCI Medical Center, part of UCI Health.
https://healthmedicinet.com/updated-findings-provide-insights-into-radiation-exposures-impact-on-cancer-risk/

Oct 07, 2024

Updated findings provide insights into radiation exposure’s impact on cancer risk

A major update was made to the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS), an international epidemiological study of workers in the nuclear sector to assess their risks of cancer and non-cancerous diseases.

Disrupting the Gut’s Clock Could Fuel Colorectal Cancer

Sep 30, 2024

Disrupting the Gut’s Clock Could Fuel Colorectal Cancer

In a new study in mice, researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), demonstrated how disruption of the circadian clock may accelerate the progression of colorectal cancer by affecting the gut microbiome and intestinal barrier function.
UC Irvine electronic patient-reported outcome tool reduces cancer care disparities

Sep 11, 2024

UC Irvine electronic patient-reported outcome tool reduces cancer care disparities

The chair of clinical pharmacy practice details how the organization got, for example, racial/ethnic minorities receiving chemotherapy two times higher likelihood in reporting pain compared with non-Hispanic whites.