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Cancer-related gene research leads to $2.6M grant

December 17, 2019

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $2.6-million grant to University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers to study the role of the BAP1 gene in human cancer development and cell metabolism.

Liver cancer clinical trial only available in Hawaiʻi

November 14, 2019

A new University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center coordinated liver cancer clinical trial in Hawaiʻi combines two different immunotherapy medications to combat the aggressive disease.

3D scan study by UH Cancer Center student hailed for obesity findings

November 12, 2019

A 3D optical scan study by Michael Wong, a UH Mānoa graduate student in the UH Cancer Center, was selected by OBESITY as one of the top five entries for research that significantly furthers scientific understanding of obesity.

UH Cancer Center receives $2M to study genetic risk factors to environmental toxins

October 25, 2019

UH Cancer Center researchers Michele Carbone and Haining Yang were awarded the grant, over a three-year period, from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

President’s September 2019 highlights and updates

September 26, 2019

Highlights include fall 2019 enrollment, UH Cancer Center research clinic, federal grants for Native Hawaiian education and more.

UH Cancer Center receives $6.5M for state’s first cutting edge research clinic

September 26, 2019

The Early Phase Cancer Clinical Research Center will provide access to phase 1 trials for cancer patients in Hawaiʻi so they do not have to travel to the continental U.S.

Family copes with loss by supporting other grieving families

September 20, 2019

The Reid J.K. Richards Foundation was established to provide support to other grieving children and young adults who lost a parent or primary caretaker through death.

$8M grant to UH Cancer Center for minority clinical trials

August 23, 2019

Funding will help increase participation of minority, rural and underserved patient populations in Hawaiʻi.

Top scientific publication spotlights UH cancer discoveries

July 12, 2019

Discoveries by UH Cancer Center researchers on ways to improve prevention, early detection and treatment of mesothelioma was featured on the cover of the September issue of Ca: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Effects of space travel focus of UH Cancer Center grant

July 9, 2019

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher John Shepherd leads a study that looks at ways to measure body composition on long-duration space flights.