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Mailing a stool-based test directly to people’s homes was the most effective of four strategies for increasing colorectal cancer screening rates, according to a study by UCLA researchers aimed at identifying the best approach to promote CRC screening in adults ages 45 to 49.

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Vol.51 No.31

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UIC, Northwestern, Moffitt researchers awarded $1.2M DOD grant for prostate cancer research

The U.S. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program has awarded the Data Science Award and a $1.2 million grant to researchers Charles Gaber, Natalie Reizine, Todd Lee, Lucia Petito, and Jessica Islam.

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Clinical Roundup

Blood tests show potential for CRC detection, but follow-up falls short

About half patients completed a follow-up colonoscopy within six months of taking a blood-based colorectal cancer screening test, according to a study by investigators at UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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University of Illinois Cancer Center awarded $709,000 from DOD breast cancer research program

University of Illinois Cancer Center investigators won a $709,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program.

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In Brief

Arjan Gower receives NCCN grant to study a targeted therapy for early-stage NSCLC with rare EGFR mutations

Arjan Gower, a hematologist/oncologist at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a $950,000 grant from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and Taiho Oncology Inc. to help launch a multi-institutional clinical trial to test zipalertinib, an investigational drug that targets specific EGFR mutations, including Exon 20 insertions, which are known to drive cancer growth and resist standard treatments.

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Vol.51 No.27

Clinical Roundup

Common autoimmune drug may help reverse immunotherapy-induced diabetes, UCLA preclinical study finds

A team of researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a potential new strategy to prevent, and even reverse, immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced type 1 diabetes using an existing class of autoimmune drugs.

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Vol.51 No.27

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