Head and neck cancer therapy research receives $3.5M grant
Co-investigator Muller Fabri said approximately 250 people are diagnosed in Hawaiʻievery year.
UH extramural funding tops $400M for second straight year
The University of Hawaiʻi received $456.6 million in extramural funding in fiscal year 2020, topping $400 million for the second consecutive year and a 7.1 percent increase from last year.
Cancer researchers spotlight ‘understudied’ betel nut use
UH Cancer Center’s Thaddeus Herzog and Pallav Pokhrel co-edited the issue of Substance Use and Misuse.
Susceptibility to carcinogens varies due to genetics
Published in Nature Reviews Cancer, the study suggests certain individuals are more susceptible than others.
Recent data shows most common cancers in Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi Cancer at a Glance, 2012–2016, includes data on cancer incidence and mortality in the state of Hawaiʻi.
Cancer researchers get live-cell imaging microscope with NIH grant
The UH Cancer Center received $382K to purchase the microscope for the study of cell movement and migration of cancer cells.
UH Cancer Center, Hawaii Cancer Consortium join national COVID-19 study
The study will help better understand the impact of the coronavirus on cancer patients.
Are some ethnic groups more susceptible to COVID-19?
The initiated study by Maarit Tiirikainen and LifeDNA, Inc. will look at Hawaiʻi's multi-ethnic population.
The importance of family caregivers on a cancer journey
The study found that the presence of a family caregiver created positive perceptions of care coordination from cancer patients.
UH researchers get $2.8M to study smoking-related lung cancer disparities
The study will examine smoking-related lung cancer across different racial and ethnic groups.
