Registration opens for third annual UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge
Ride, run and walk event to benefit cancer research returns to Irvine campus June 8
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American Association for Cancer Research-Aflac Inc. awards $100,000 to UCI cancer biologist Claudia Benavente
Claudia Benavente, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences and developmental & cell biology, was awarded a $100,000 grant through the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The AACR-Aflac Incorporated Career Development Award for Pediatric Cancer Research is given every year to a project believed to have significant impact in the field of pediatric cancer research. Benavente’s […]
Silent partners in improving O.C. healthcare
Chao family support has built UC Irvine Health’s Comprehensive Cancer Center into a community resource … and so much more
Chao family fights cancer with $5 million gift to UC Irvine Health
Noted leukemia researchers to receive endowed chairs established by donation
UCI prostate cancer project awarded $1.2 million by state precision medicine initiative
Clinical effort aims to personalize treatment, improve care and outcomes
Leading the way for cancer cures
New Chao center director Rick Van Etten focuses on boosting patient treatments, access
Can kava cure cancer?
UC Irvine study of plant compound’s effectiveness against bladder malignancies has yielded promising results
Bevacizumab prolongs survival in advanced cervical cancer, UC Irvine-led trial finds
Orange, Calif., Feb. 20, 2014 — Women with advanced cervical cancer now have a new treatment option that could lengthen their lives. A trial led by UC Irvine gynecologic oncologist Dr. Krishnansu S. Tewari found that combining chemotherapy with bevacizumab, also known as Avastin, extended median survival to 17 months, compared to 13.3 months for those receiving chemotherapy […]
UC Irvine Health receives $5 million gift to enhance cancer research
Irvine, Calif., Feb. 20, 2014 — Sue and Ralph Stern have made a $5 million gift to UC Irvine, establishing the Sue and Ralph Stern Center for Cancer Clinical Trials and Research at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is part of UC Irvine Health. The cancer center is Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated […]
Anandkumar gets ‘early-career’ Sloan Research Fellowship for her work in machine learning
Anima Anandkumar, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded a 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship for her work at the interface of theory and practice of large-scale machine learning and high-dimensional statistics.