It has long been known that African Americans die at higher rates from bladder cancer than do European Americans. New research looking at differences in the way tumor cells in African American patients metabolize proteins and nutrients could be the...
No matter where students at the Medical College of Georgia are on their academic journey, it is the perfect time to find a mentor ready to help guide their career path.
A male breast cancer survivor wants to make sure his fellow men have access to the treatment options needed to win their own fight against cancer. Cecil Herrin joined leaders from the Georgia Cancer Center Thursday to donate $52,134.15 raised during...
While it’s widely held that tumors can produce blood vessels to support their growth, scientists now have evidence that cells key to blood vessel formation can also produce tumors and enable their spread. “Today we actually propose that blood...
This weekend, families across the country will celebrate “dad” with funny cards, gifts and plenty of food, too. And while it’s all fun and games now, it may also be the perfect time to talk about your dad’s health. That’s because a group monitoring...
Julie Cole, a bladder cancer patient being treated at the Georgia Cancer Center, was willing to take a risk when her life depended on it. Cole, along with Dr. Jigarkumar Parikh, decided to add a second immunotherapy drug and radiation to try and...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses how too much of a protein already associated with prostate cancer appears to have...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Too much of a protein already associated with prostate cancer appears to also diminish the energy burning power of brown fat, scientists report. Their studies of the protein Id1 also show high levels reduce conversion of unhealthy...
The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is one of a dozen sites across the nation helping build a molecular profile of six cancers that often strike early and disparately.
Paul Tran, 20 years old, Genomic Medicine Graduate Program, 1st Year MD/PhD Student Genes as a potential treatment for renal cancer “Believe it or not, I changed my main research focus last week, and I went from the awesome abstract to the amazing...
Christine O’Meara, director of cancer information/awareness at the Georgia Cancer Center, is hosting a lunch and learn about kidney cancer and the risks associated with kidney disease. The session, which is open to students, staff and faculty, is...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses a gene which researchers say plays an important role in Renal Cell Carcinoma, the...
A poorly understood gene that appears super-suppressed in African-Americans with kidney cancer may be a biomarker of a patient’s prognosis and a new target for improving it, researchers say. Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney...
Had Ken Griffey, Sr. never been part of baseball’s fabled Big Red Machine, had he not been part of three World Series championships or won the All Star MVP award, he believes he still would be talking to people about prostate cancer. That’s just the...
Scientists have engineered a sort of biological barbell that can get inside cancer cells and do damage to two proteins that work independently and together to enable cancer’s survival and spread. Their therapeutic strategy includes a molecule on...
Thomas Wheeler, MD, is board certified in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, and Cytopathology and has served over 35 years in academic, consultative, and director/clinical roles with leading University medical centers and healthcare...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A protein that is constantly expressed by cancer cells and quiescent in healthy ones appears to be a solid target for reducing cancer’s ability to spread, scientists report. The WASF3 protein enables cancer cell invasion, and by...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Before the books close on 2015, an estimated 1.6 million new cancer cases will be detected, according to the American Cancer Society. Any number of organs and tissues can be affected – prostate cancer being the most commonly diagnosed...
At the Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association, an analysis by the GRU Urology team was chosen for highlighting by CancerTherapyAdvisor.com. This study showed that non-married patients with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A cancer drug that helps keep tumors from growing blood vessels may help patients with a rare genetic condition in which malformed vessels increase their risk for bleeding and anemia. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, or HHT...
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