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Health Lab
Hitting the mark
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center researchers are unraveling its nuances, advancing enabling technologies, advocating for patients and figuring out how to ethically integrate this technology into clinical care.
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What to do when pain lingers
Experts at Michigan Medicine are focusing on helping people with chronic pain, which is defined as pain that lasts more than three months.
Department News
New study aims to understand and reduce persistent postoperative opioid use among older surgical patients
Through a collaboration with Stanford University, researchers have received an initial $1.1 million in funding from the NIH HEAL Initiative to expand data capabilities in search of solutions.
Department News
Study aims to understand and reduce persistent postoperative opioid use among older surgical patients
New study aims to understand and reduce persistent postoperative opioid use among older surgical patients
Department News
Victoria Booth, Ph.D., earns J.D. Crawford Prize from the SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems
The award was presented this spring at the 2023 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems in Portland, OR.
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Health Lab
Immunotherapy saves woman with stage 4 colon cancer
A Michigan Medicine expert describes immunotherapy as “the future of cancer treatment” for those who qualify.
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Language barriers in cancer care
Research from experts at Michigan Medicine shows that significant language-based disparities exist in patients’ access to cancer care services, and it’s well before their first appointment with a doctor. 
Department News
Hitting the pavement with Michigan Anesthesiology runners
Department of Anesthesiology runners hit the pavement this summer — from mile runs and 5k races to something a bit more extreme.
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Health Lab
10 tips for cancer patients heading into their first infusion treatment
Cancer survivors who received treatment at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center and infusion nurses demystify the experience by providing 10 helpful things to know ahead of time.
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Early findings suggest clinical and lab-based approach critical to tracking head and neck cancer recurrence
Early findings of two studies from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center shed light on new ways to anticipate recurrence in HPV-positive head and neck cancer sooner. The papers, published in Cancer and Oral Oncology, offer clinical and technological perspectives on how to measure if recurrence is happening earlier than current blood tests allow, and provide a framework for a new, more sensitive blood test that could help in this monitoring.
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Free online tool helps prostate cancer patients save on out-of-pocket drug costs
A free online tool could potentially save some prostate cancer patients more than $9,000 in out-of-pocket drug costs, a Michigan Medicine study finds.
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Health Lab
Gene therapy for brain tumor shows promising early results in humans
Research from the University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery and Rogel Cancer Center shows promising early results that a therapy combining cell-killing and immune-stimulating drugs are safe and effective in extending survival for patients with gliomas, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.