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A decade of refinements in marrow and stem cell transplantation to treat blood cancers significantly reduced the risk of treatment-related complications and death, according to an institutional self-analysis of transplant-patient outcomes conducted at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.Among the major findings of the study, which compared transplant-patient outcomes in the mid-'90s with those a decade later: After adjusting for factors known to be associated with outcome, the researchers...
SEATTLE, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Approximately 250 high school science students and their teachers will have an enlightening look into some of the world's leading research labs at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. On Nov. 4, high schoolers from across the state will be attending Hutch High, an innovative half-day science symposium. Most of the students are 10th graders who might not otherwise have the firsthand opportunity to see inside the world of biomedical science. Students...
SEATTLE, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center today formalized an ongoing relationship by signing a collaboration agreement. It marks the first such agreement between the China CDC and a U.S. cancer research center. The agreement -- a memorandum of understanding -- provides a framework for scientific research and training projects that support and contribute to the prevention, early detection,...
SEATTLE, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its clinical care partner, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, are offering weekly research-based tip sheets regarding breast cancer prevention, screening and early detection, treatment and survivorship. Today's tip sheet, the fourth and final in the series, is "10 Tips for Breast Cancer Survivors" provided by Karen Syrjala, Ph.D., director of...
SEATTLE, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its clinical care partner, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, are offering a series of weekly research-based tip sheets regarding a variety of topics related to breast cancer, including breast cancer prevention, screening and early detection, treatment, and survivorship. The series will conclude next Friday, Oct. 22. Today's tip sheet, the third...
SEATTLE, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its clinical care partner, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, are offering a series of weekly research-based tip sheets regarding a variety of topics related to breast cancer, including breast cancer prevention, screening and early detection, treatment, and survivorship. The series will conclude Friday, Oct. 22. Today's tip sheet, the second of...
SEATTLE, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its clinical care partner, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, are offering a series of weekly research-based tip sheets regarding a variety of topics related to breast cancer, including breast cancer prevention, screening and early detection, treatment, and survivorship. The series launches today with "10 Tips for Breast Cancer Prevention"...
SEATTLE, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten distinguished Major League Baseball players are in the running for the 46th annual Hutch Award®. A national committee has just released a list of 10 finalists, one of whom will go on to receive the award and visit the award host organization, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in January. The nominees for the 46th annual Hutch Award are: Jeremy Affeldt, San Francisco GiantsCraig Breslow, Oakland AthleticsMichael Cuddyer, Minnesota TwinsTim...
SEATTLE, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- - Those familiar yellow football penalty flags that are thrown by referees will be replaced with special light blue ones this week during dozens of high school football games in five states. It's not that a kinder and gentler reminder of a rules violation has taken over, at least not permanently. Rather, this is the third year of Coaches Against Cancer, a program to raise awareness of prostate cancer. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Blue is...
SEATTLE, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- An international team of researchers that includes investigators from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has made a critical advance in determining the cause of a common form of muscular dystrophy known as facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, or FSHD. They have identified a DNA sequence in individuals with FSHD that causes a gene called DUX4 to be more active. Previous work from this research team and others has shown that this gene produces a protein that is...
