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Healthy diet after head, neck cancer diagnosis may boost survival
Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head or neck were 93% less likely to die of any cause during the first three years after diagnosis if they ate a healthy diet high in nutrients found to deter chronic disease, researchers found in a recent study. The eating...
Cancer Center at Illinois scientists improve BRAF inhibitor for better blood brain barrier penetration
Timothy Fan and Paul Hergenrother.Urbana, Ill. – Cancers that begin in the brain, or start elsewhere in the body and spread to it, are notoriously difficult to treat. Illinois researchers in Cancer Center at Illinois labs are looking to improve those odds by...
Cancer Center at Illinois to accelerate groundbreaking surgical technology as part of $9M NCI grant led by Penn Medicine
Illinois researchers with a prototype image-guided surgical system (standing third from left is Professor Viktor Gruev and fourth from left is Professor Shuming Nie). Urbana, Ill. – An innovative camera technology, inspired by the mantis shrimp's visual system, has...
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