Oct 29, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Newly diagnosed female cancer patients of reproductive age have a very short window for storing their eggs and embryos before starting cancer treatment. This is a process known as fertility preservation (FP), which protects patients’ ability to have children in the...
Aug 27, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 14 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2025 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. Among those receiving honors are University of Illinois professors Lori Raetzman and Erik Nelson of...
Jun 24, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Scientists have identified a potential driver of aggressive lung cancer tumors in patients who live in areas with high levels of violent crime. Their study found that stress responses differ between those living in neighborhoods with higher and lower levels of violent...
Oct 20, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Congratulations to Professor Catherine Christian-Hinman, who was selected to receive the 2023 University of Virginia School of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences. The award recognizes exceptional research and professional accomplishments,...
Feb 21, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois researcher Erik Nelson, professor of molecular and integrative physiology in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, considers this moment “a milestone” in his career. Several...
Feb 2, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – For decades, Katzenellenbogen has focused on understanding breast cancer and women’s health, collaborating with scientists on campus and around the world to develop better treatments and reduce morbidities from the disease. Her research has provided the...
Oct 29, 2021 | Cancer Center News
(L to R): University of Illinois researchers John Katzenellenbogen, Benita Katzenellenbogen, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, and Sung Hoon Kim showed pathway preferential estrogens may be a safer alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Photo by Seth Turner URBANA, Ill. –...
Jun 16, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Erik Nelson Urbana, Ill. – Scientists working to understand the cellular processes linking high cholesterol to breast cancer recurrence and metastasis report that a byproduct of cholesterol metabolism causes some cells to send out cancer-promoting signals to other...
Jun 8, 2021 | Cancer Center News
This article originally appeared in Strategies Oncology Magazine. The Cancer Center at Illinois began in 2011 as the Cancer Community led by current Director, Rohit Bhargava Ph.D., and a group of over 50 University of Illinois faculty. The initial members started to...
Jun 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
The Endocrine Society has named Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Ill., as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES). Ashley Grossman M.D., F.R.C.P., of Barts and the London School of Medicine...
Dec 21, 2017 | Cancer Center News
Pictured: Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, food science and human nutrition assistant professor CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Treating ovariectomized mice with a combination of conjugated estrogens and the drug bazedoxifene triggers the expression of genes that improve metabolism and...