Jul 21, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, member of the Cancer Center at Illinois and Cancer Research Advocacy Group, attributes her passion for cancer research to the serendipity in the science. Madak-Erdogan’s interest in researching cancer began during high-school, when the first...
May 20, 2020 | Cancer Center News
John Erdman, Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Human Nutrition, recently published a study in the Journal of Nutrition. The study found that dietary tomato treatments after castration did not reduce cancer incidence in a murine model. The American Cancer Society...
Apr 15, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Catherine Applegate, PhD candidate in Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN), researches the effects of diet and obesity on prostate cancer. During the last year of her degree, Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer – but she was determined not to let the disease...
Jul 17, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of a mouse. New research from the University of Illinois finds products of omega-3 fatty acid metabolism show anti-cancer properties in mice. Omega-3 fatty acids are important for brain development. When the body metabolizes these fats, it creates a class of...
Jun 11, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Brandi Patrice Smith (left). A new review finds that lower rates of survival for African-American women with breast cancer are linked to segregation, poverty and lack of access to healthcare facilities. Thousands of studies on breast cancer have looked at...
Apr 12, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Anna Arthur, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois. Consuming high amounts of carbohydrates and various forms of sugar during the year prior to treatment for head and neck cancer may increase patients’ risks of cancer...
Mar 8, 2018 | Cancer Center News
The research team of Anna Arthur (Assistant Professor – Food Science and Human Nutrition), Sylvia Crowder (C★STAR Research Assistant), and Kalika Sarma (Carle Cancer Center Oncologist) were published in the Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &...
Oct 12, 2017 | Cancer Center News
Pictured, from left: Postdoctoral researcher Amy Baek, professor Erik Nelson, and breast cancer survivor Sarah Adams. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — High cholesterol levels have been associated with breast cancer spreading to other sites in the body, but doctors and researchers...
