Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg commit $31M to UCLA Research Park, David Geffen School of Medicine

Traditional prostate cancer risk factors do not predict hormone therapy benefit, UCLA-led study finds

Traditional pathological features used to classify aggressive prostate cancer—such as high-grade disease, cancer extending outside the prostate and cancer involving the seminal vesicles—after surgery do not predict who will benefit more from adding hormone therapy to postoperative radiation, according to a study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

August 14, 2026

Vol.52 No.32

In Brief

UCLA researchers receive $3.9M NCI grant to boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

Cristina Puig-Saus, an associate professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and surgical oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and an investigator at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and her research team have received a five-year, $3.9 million grant from NCI to develop drug-based strategies that could enhance cancer immunotherapy for patients with melanoma and potentially other types of cancer.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

In Brief

Dartmouth raises over $12M for cancer research at 45th annual Prouty fundraiser

More than 4,700 participants, volunteers, donors, and supporters came together on July 11 to raise a record-breaking $12,010,204 for cancer research and patient support programs at Dartmouth Cancer Center.

July 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.28

Obituary

Karen Huntsman’s vision gave shape to the Huntsman Cancer Institute

Some lives leave their mark not only on the people who loved them, but also on the very places where others come to seek hope. Karen Haight Huntsman’s was such a life.

Veena Shankaran receives the Lert Family Endowed Chair at Fred Hutch

Veena Shankaran, co-director of the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research at Fred Hutch Cancer Center,was awarded the newly established Lert Family Endowed Chair. A gastrointestinal cancer specialist, she is also a professor at Fred Hutch and UW Medicine.

June 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.24

In Brief

UCLA researchers awarded $3.2M NIH grant to improve detection and treatment of glioblastoma

Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a $3.2 million grant from NIH to develop advanced imaging and surgical strategies aimed at improving outcomes for patients with glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor.

June 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.24

Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg commit $31M to UCLA Research Park, David Geffen School of Medicine

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