Dec 16, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Ovarian cancer poses a unique challenge for clinicians when trying to observe cancer cells’ behavior due to a process known as transcoelomic spread. This process is the shedding of cancer cells from a primary tumor into a fluid-filled body cavity, known as the...
Dec 12, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Thanks to an endowment by Debra Cohen on behalf of her late husband and Illinois alumnus, Ira, the Ira R. Cohen Endowed Chair will advance efforts in cancer research and computer science. From left: King Li, Rohit Bhargava, Debra Cohen and Ira Cohen The Ira R. Cohen...
Dec 12, 2025 | Cancer Center News
As the year comes to a close, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is reflecting on the significant progress our researchers have made in advancing cancer care – from fostering innovative research ideas to preparing the next generation of cancer scientists. ...
Dec 5, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Scientists have long known that Black women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer and those who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods often have more aggressive forms of the disease and poorer survival rates. However, the underlying factors that link these...
Dec 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Researchers are piecing together how cancer-emergent non-coding RNAs, or ncRNAs, contribute to disease-related cell phenotypes. In the lab of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Kevin Van Bortle, researchers have focused extensively on RNA polymerase III (Pol III)...
Dec 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
For more than a year, the Illinois campus has watched as the new Animal Cancer Care Clinic grew from the ground up at the south end of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Small Animal Clinic. Just as exciting and impactful, the clinical trials team within our...
Dec 2, 2025 | Cancer Center News
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently celebrated the investiture of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Erik R. Nelson as the Keith W. and Sara M. Kelley Endowed Professor...
Dec 2, 2025 | Cancer Center News
When visualizing tumors or delivering targeted radiation therapy, clinicians use imaging methods to locate cancer cells. However, with the complex nature of tumors, it is often difficult to isolate and treat cancerous material, which poses an unnecessary risk to...
Nov 24, 2025 | Cancer Center News
When delivering radiation therapy to a tumor, clinicians want to be as precise as possible, using imaging, such as CT scans, to ensure the radiation targets the right area. However, when a tumor is located within the chest cavity or within or near the lungs, it is...
Nov 22, 2025 | Cancer Center News
“We have developed a simpler, faster, and alternative assembly strategy for building DNA nanostructures that not only survive in harsh biological environments but also perform better. It’s like giving DNA nanostructures a protective suit for real-world biomedical...
Nov 20, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) members Mark Anastasio and Yang Liu are collaborating on research at the Beckman Institute’s Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophonics, where they found that while an artificial intelligence method called virtual...
Nov 19, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Viktor Gruev and CCIL member Shuming Nie are leading a multi-institutional partnership to improve minimally invasive imaging technology for lung cancer treatment. The implications of this new technology are significant...