May 20, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Researchers at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) are using advanced imaging to better understand drug-tolerant cells. Cancer cells do not always respond to chemotherapy in the same way. Some cells survive treatment and later contribute to treatment failure or...
May 13, 2026 | Cancer Center News
A new camera system developed by researchers at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) could help surgeons instantly determine whether to remove a patient’s lymph nodes during cancer surgery. The system uses ultraviolet...
Apr 8, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang is leading a collaborative research project to develop a technology that will target and tag red blood cells in the human body. Wang, a professor of materials science and engineering, has established a strong laboratory...
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...
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 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...
Sep 25, 2025 | Cancer Center News
A Carle Illinois College of Medicine researcher is leading the development of new advanced ultrasound solutions to improve disease diagnosis and medical research. It’s being led by Carle Illinois College of Medicine Health Innovation Professor Michael Oelze, a Cancer...
Oct 9, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Read time: 5 minutesKeywords: digital resolution biosensing, cancer biomarker, antibody detection, dynamic assay, micro RNA, microscopy Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Brian Cunningham has developed two new biomarker detection instruments with the...
Aug 26, 2024 | Cancer Center News
A collaborative team of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers is developing methods to improve magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) for mapping important metabolites in the tumor microenvironment in vivo. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI or MR...
Jul 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
When you’re studying a subject as complex as cancer, the most effective approach is often a multifaceted one. Bioengineering professor Wawrzyniec Dobrucki is leading an academically diverse team of researchers on a mission to help prevent and manage prostate cancer...
Jun 4, 2024 | Cancer Center News
On Thursday, May 9th, cancer centers across Big Ten universities held a notable gathering. Two members of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL): Timothy M. Fan and Viktor Gruev, led this month’s Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (CRC) Grand Rounds. Viktor Gruev is a...