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UWCCC in the News

James Thomson receives 2008 Massry Prize honoring stem cell researchers
December 18, 2008 | Read more

Record 122,000 callers seek help from Quit Line to stop smoking
December 17, 2008 | Read more

Scientists’ Paper Nominated as ‘Most Influential’
December 16, 2008 | Read more

RoboSurgery Takes Another Big Step
December 1, 2008 | Read more

Dr. Sinisa Dovat receives $330,000 grant to research acute myeloid leukemia
November 19, 2008 | Read more

Marrow Milestone UW Celebrates 1500th Bone Marrow Transplant
November 19, 2008 | Read more

Can a PET Improve Leukemia Care?
November 19, 2008 | Read more

"Yin Yang" Principle Suggests New Approach For Breast Cancer
November 14, 2008 | Read more

Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies Awarded Five-Year NIAAA Grant
November 10, 2008 | Read more

Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies Awarded $8.6 Million NIH Grant
November 3, 2008 | Read more

Indoor Air Quality in Eating & Drinking
October 3, 2008 | Read more

Smoking and Soldiers

October 1, 2008 | Read more

UW-CTRI, UWCCC Partner on Menominee Quit Smoking Research Study
October 1, 2008 | Read more

Large, Multi-Center Trial Demonstrates Comparable Accuracy for Virtual Colonoscopy and Standard Colonoscopy
September 25, 2008 | Read more

Second Annual Toast to a Cure Raises over $19,000 for Melanoma Research
September 25, 2008 | Read more

Unleashing “Natural-Born Killers” on Childhood Cancer
September 18, 2008 | Read more

Wiederholt Wins Inaugural ASTRO Nurse Excellence Award
September 17, 2008 | Read more

Timothy Baker earns award from the National Cancer Institute
September 3, 2009 | Read more

New Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research Tower
Reflects New Approach to Cancer Research

August 21, 2008 | Read more

Cancer Support is Here! Gilda’s Club Program Opens on Aug. 18th
August 21, 2008 | Read more

Misbehaving Gene Links Aging and Prostate Cancer
August 15, 2008 | Read more

Heads Up! Golf Outing 2008 is a success!
August 12, 2008 | Read more

A Candidate Gene Approach Identifies the CHRNA5-A3-B4 Region as a Risk Factor for Age-Dependent Nicotine Addiction
July 11, 2008 | Read more

Factors Associated with Youth Smoking in Wisconsin
July 2008 | Read more

UW Hospital and Clinics names Dr. George Wilding as one of 5 new board members
July 9, 2008 | Read more

Breast Cancer Patients With Greater Need Do More Online Info Seeking
June 17, 2008 | Read more

Pain and Policy Studies Group announces 2008 Fellows
June 11, 2008 | Read more

Later Birth Order May Decrease Breast-Cancer Risk among Women Breast-Fed as Infants
June 10, 2008 | Read more

Kiessling among 7 new Wisconsin Academy Fellows

May 29, 2008 | Read more

Wei Xu, PhD receives 2008 Shaw Scientist research award
May 26, 2008 | Read more

John Kuo receives first HEADRUSH research award
May 23, 2008 | Read more

Few Cancer Patients Take Advantage of Clinical Trials
May 22, 2008 | Read more

Wisconsin Kids Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home
May 22, 2008 | Read more

Panel headed by Michael Fiore releases update to 'Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence'
May 7, 2008 | Read more

John Kuo receives first HEADRUSH research award
April 30, 2008 | Read more

John Kuo receives Young Clinician Investigator Award
April 30, 2008 | Read more

Laura Kiessling receives 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship
April 30, 2008 | Read more

Prediagnostic Use of Hormone Therapy and Mortality After Breast Cancer

April 2008 | Read More

Sanjay Asthana will be the director of the new Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training

March 26, 2008 | Read more

Research Sheds Light on a Key Component of the Visual System
March 26, 2008 | Read more

Designer bacteria unlock biochemical secrets that may aid cancer treatment
March 11, 2008 | Read more

Researchers Find Physical Activity Linked To Breast Cancer Survival; Wisconsin Women Contribute to Findings

February 25, 2008 | Read more

Free Stop-Smoking Medications Available in New Year
December 17, 2007 | Read more

Operation Quit Tobacco helps Wisconsin veterans quit tobacco
November, 2007 | Read more

New Technique May Improve Lung Cancer Treatment
November 16, 2007 | Read more

UWCCC announces the recipients of the Fall 2007 Investigator Initiated Pilot Projects
November 9, 2007 | Read more

Cancer Symposium Addresses: Cancer and the Nutrition Connection
November 6, 2007 | Read more

Cancer Symposium Addresses: Integrative Medicine: Health and Healing in the Cancer Journey
November 6, 2007 | Read more

Cancer Symposium Addresses: Long-Term Survivorship
October 30, 2007 | Read more

David Joranson receives the Distinguished Service Award from the American Cancer Society
October 30, 2007 | Read more

Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship announced at UW
September 26, 2007 | Read more

Shoulders Above: Head and Neck Cancers
September 26, 2007 | Read more

Eleven State Pain Initiatives Receive Grants for Pain Relief Efforts
September 26, 2007 | Read more

'Jewel of an Evening' Sheds Light on Gynecologic Cancers
September 26, 2007 | Read more

Major Grant to UW-Madison Supports Change in Research Focus
September 18, 2007 | Read more

Fiore invited to speak at the President's Cancer Panel meeting
September 12, 2007 | Read more

New Palliative Care Center to Open
September 4, 2007 | Read more

Laurel Rice Appointed Obstetrics/Gynecology Chair
August 31, 2007 | Read more

UW Hospital Surgeon Performs 200th Robotic Prostatectomy
August 21, 2007 | Read more

Heads Up! Golf Outing raises $29,000

August 21, 2007 | Read more

UW Cancer Researchers Honored by Ladies' Home Journal
August 6, 2007 | Read more

State Report Card on Pain Policy Is Good News to the Alliance of State Pain Initiatives
July 23, 2007 | Read more

U.S. News & World Report Ranks UW Hospital & Clinics Among Top Hospitals
July 17, 2007 | Read more

Cancer Society accepts the nomination of David Joranson for its Distinguished Service Award
June 5, 2007 | Read more

With Wisconsin Skin Cancer Deaths Increasing and Summer Coming, It’s Time to Cover UP!
May 29, 2007 | Read more

Wisconsin Will Launch Study to Clarify Safety, Effectiveness of Hormones in Menopausel Women
May 23, 2007 | Read more

Mehta, Mackie recognized by Ladies' Home Journal
May 15, 2007 | Read more

Cure Kids Cancer Radiothon Raises $665,000
May 15, 2007 | Read more at uwhealth.org

Third Annual Connie And Fish/Cure Kids Cancer Radiothon will air on WZEE-FM (Z-104) May 9-10-11 to benefit UW Children’s Hospital
May 8, 2007 | Read more at uwhealth.org

Kiessling elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 2, 2007 | Read more

Denu, Friedl, and Klein receive Collaborative Health Sciences Program Awards
May 1, 2007 | Read more

Heise Given Surgical Enrichment Award
May 1, 2007 | Read more

Chen Serving as President-Elect of Academic Surgery Association
May 1, 2007 | Read more

Adler Awarded Howard Hughes Research Training Fellowship
May 1, 2007 | Read more

Athletes Give Childhood Cancer Research Big Bounce
April 30, 2007 | Read more

Study Assesses Health Effects of Smoke-free Bars in Wisconsin
April 18, 2007 | Read more

NCI's Interactive Web Site Designed to Help People Assess Their Risk of Developing Cancer
April 18, 2007 | Read more

Study Shows Pomegranate Juice May Help Fight Lung Cancer
April 4, 2007 | Read more

In Young Mice, Gregariousness Seems to Reside in the Genes
April 4, 2007 | Read more

With Rat Genome as Guide, Human Breast Cancer Risk Refined
April 3, 2007 | Read more

Tiger Named to Wisconsin Cancer Council Steering Committee
April 3, 2007 | Read more

Mahvi Named Director of American Board of Surgery
April 3, 2007 | Read more

Huttenlocher Receives Romnes Award
April 3, 2007 | Read more

Training Grants a Boon to Research, Scientists
April 3, 2007 | Read more

Targeting Tumors the Natural Way
April 3, 2007 | Read more

Paul Sondel Honored with Hilldale Award
April 3, 2007 | Read more

An interview with Bill Dove, leader of the UWCCC Cancer Genetics Program
March 28, 2007 | Read more

UW Cancer Center Johnson Creek Wins Design Awards
March 21, 2007 | Read more

Online Info May Improve Cancer Patients’ Opinions About Their Doctors
March 13, 2007 | Read more

UW Researcher Will Study Silent Symptoms of Prostate Cancer
March 6, 2007 | Read more

UW Researcher Shows “Freezing” Kidney Tumors Non-surgically is Effective, Safe And Less Expensive than Laparoscopic Surgery
March 2, 2007 | Read more

More Evidence Suggests Green Tea Helps Combat Prostate Cancer

March 1, 2007 | Read more

Mukhtar Named Associate Editor of Cancer Research
March 1, 2007 | Read more

Study Tests Drug's Potential for Preventing Breast Cancer
March 1, 2007 | Read more

Popescu is Recipient of the ASPHO Young Investigator Award
February 23, 2007 | Read more

Mosher Wins National Mentoring Award
February 22, 2007 | Read more

Active Lifestyle Reduces Risk Of Invasive Breast Cancer
February 16, 2007 | Read more

Understanding Cancer Clinical Trials
February 16, 2007 | Read more at uwhealth.org

Harari Appointed Chair of Human Oncology at UW School of Medicine and Public Health; Also Named Associate Director at UWCCC
February 2, 2007 | Read more

Bridging the Gaps for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
January 30, 2007 | Read more at uwhealth.org

Prostate cancer prevention drug gaining investment support
January 17, 2007 | Read more

Cancer Residency for Spiritual Caregivers: Beyond the Science of Medicine
January 17, 2007 | Read more at uwhealth.org

Study: Praying Online Helps Cancer Patients
January 9, 2007 | Read more





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