Liver cancer clinical trial only available in Hawaiʻi
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
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
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
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
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
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
Funding will help increase participation of minority, rural and underserved patient populations in Hawaiʻi.
Top scientific publication spotlights UH cancer discoveries
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
University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher John Shepherd leads a study that looks at ways to measure body composition on long-duration space flights.
National Cancer Institute boosts UH Cancer Center support to $8.4M
The National Cancer Institute increased its support of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center from $5.7 million to $8.4 million and extended its NCI designation to July 2022.
