UH Cancer Center studies best way to reduce abdominal fat to lower cancer risk
A UH Cancer Center study will research if changes in dietary habits can reduce the amount of fat inside the abdomen to potentially decrease the risk for cancer.
Smokers with newly discovered genetic markers have higher lung cancer risk
Researchers discover new genetic markers associated with a fast rate of nicotine metabolism, which potentially leads smokers to smoke more, thereby, increasing their risk for lung cancer.
Cancer treatment algorithm developed by UH Cancer Center
UH Mānoa’s Gordon Okimoto’s computational algorithm analyzes genomic data to help diagnose and treat cancer.
Randall F. Holcombe approved as next UH Cancer Center director
Randall F. Holcombe has been recommended to the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents to be the UH Cancer Center director.
Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research awarded
The 2016 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research was awarded to Brian W. Bowen, Loïc Le Marchand and Kristin Pauker.
2016 legislature budget recap by VP Kalbert Young
Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2016 legislative session.
Clinical trial participants honored at UH Cancer Center H.E.R.O.
The UH Cancer Center honored nearly 100 clinical trial participants during its First Annual H.E.R.O. (Helping Enhance Research in Oncology) event on Saturday, April 16.
Joe Ramos appointed UH Cancer Center interim associate director
Joe W. Ramos has been appointed interim associate director of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
UH researchers address military risk factors associated with cancer with $3M grants
The UH Cancer Center and John A. Burns School of Medicine researchers were awarded 3 out of only 45 United States Department of Defense grants.
The economic value of the John A. Burns School of Medicine and University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
The John A. Burns School of Medicine and the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, collectively, generated $510.6 million in total added income to Oʻahu’s economy in fiscal year 2015.
