Thyroid cancer continues to be overdiagnosed, Cedars-Sinai study finds

Tumor-invading protein delivers therapy straight to the brain, study finds

A protein designed by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators can cross the protective blood-brain barrier safely and deliver therapy directly into cancerous tumor cells, a preclinical study shows.

February 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.08

In Brief

Ze’ev Ronai receives NCI Outstanding Investigator Award

Ze’ev Ronai, a cancer investigator and director of the Translational Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai, received an Outstanding Investigator Award from NCI.

February 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.07

Clinical Roundup

First FDA-approved robot-assisted microsurgery for head-and-neck cancer performed at Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai performed the first robot-assisted microsurgical head-and-neck cancer reconstructive surgery in the United States after the robot device received FDA approval for the procedure.

February 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.07

Guest Editorial

Cedars-Sinai Cancer’s model of care ensured patient care amid wildfires

Over the past five years, Cedars-Sinai Cancer has built an integrated, regional system designed to provide cancer care close to where patients live and work. This model of care, directed by an academic medical center to patients at the community level, proved to be the best possible approach to supporting patients in our 11-million-person catchment area during the worst fire disaster in California history.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

By Dan Theodorescu, Robert A. Figlin, Howard M. Sandler and Joan August

As fire encroached, City of Hope prepared to evacuate its Duarte campus

On Jan. 7, a bit after 6 p.m., Ravi Salgia was at his Eaton Canyon home, at the edge of Angeles National Forest.

Cedars-Sinai to develop AI tool that predicts pancreatic cancer risk in Black patients

Cedars-Sinai investigators who previously developed an imaging tool that used artificial intelligence to predict pancreatic cancer are now working to adapt that tool specifically for Black patients, who have disproportionately high rates of the disease.

December 06, 2024

Vol.50 No.45