While some students are enjoying summer vacation, others are getting ready to start practices for fall sports. Dr. Jigarkumar Parikh...
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Spread of breast cancer reduced by targeting acid metabolite
It’s a metabolite found in essentially all our cells that, like so many things, cancer overexpresses. Now scientists have shown that...
Teen celebrates final chemo treatment with family and friends
Austin Parks’ life was interrupted when his doctor and a team at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia diagnosed him with...
One man’s mission to offer help to male cancer patients
A male breast cancer survivor wants to make sure his fellow men have access to the treatment options needed to win their own fight...
Pediatric Immunotherapy Program receives $100,000 to expand childhood cancer study
When it comes to saving a child’s life from cancer, no expense is too small or too big if it can offer families more time with their...
Cancer survivors celebrate life with lunch and fellowship
The beginning of their story may be different, but for more than 70 people attending the Georgia Cancer Center’s Cancer Survivor...
Pediatric Immunotherapy Program providing hope for pediatric cancer patients
The Pediatric Immunotherapy Program at the Georgia Cancer Center and Children’s Hospital of Georgia is looking to expand and has...
Rawson named to board of examiners for national quality award
Dr. James Rawson, chairman of the Department of Radiology and Imaging at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has...
National foundation gives $53,000 for pediatric cancer research
A $53,000 gift from the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation – an organization dedicated to raising funds for childhood cancer research –...
Cells that make blood vessels can also make tumors and enable their spread
While it’s widely held that tumors can produce blood vessels to support their growth, scientists now have evidence that cells key to...
Helping dad make a healthy choice about prostate cancer screening
This weekend, families across the country will celebrate “dad” with funny cards, gifts and plenty of food, too. And while it’s all fun...
Four Augusta University employees named Top 10 Young Professionals
They are the leaders of tomorrow, making a name for themselves today and getting the attention of their superiors. And Augusta...
Medical Minute discusses new vaccine
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia...
The Augusta Chronicle: Immunotherapy drugs, radiation helping cancer patient
Julie Cole, a bladder cancer patient being treated at the Georgia Cancer Center, was willing to take a risk when her life depended on...
Medical Minute discusses an unhealthy role of protein
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia...
Medical Minute discusses a protein that organizes cells
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia...
Class project becomes real-life mission to prevent oral cancer
All they wanted was an A in a professor’s class, but what four Dental College of Georgia students got was the attention of national...
A boutique helping women feel like themselves again
The week of May 14-20 was National Women’s Health Week and a pair of TV stations spent time in a store inside the Georgia Cancer...
Powerful tumor suppressor injected into cancer increases destruction, decreases toxicity
Directly injecting a tumor with an agent that activates a natural, powerful tumor suppressor enhances the drug’s capacity to attack...
Georgia Cancer Center researcher talks about finding new way to kill cancer cells
Dr. Yan Cui, a cancer immunologist at the Georgia Cancer Center, says her research shows a way to use a specific protein in the body...