This year’s NEMO Prize recipients are taking on pediatric brain tumors and hard-to-treat leukemia at the intersection of medicine and engineering.
The analysis is the first to control for the effects of tobacco smoking, a factor that likely obscured the heightened risk in earlier studies.
The international research team also introduced a way of assessing prostate cancer risk that could lead to more personalized monitoring and treatment strategies.
The USC-developed innovation detects cancer cells in blood samples (liquid biopsies) in as little as 10 minutes and identifies hard-to-find cells without human assistance.
If you or a family member has had breast cancer, you could qualify for genetic testing. Learn more.
Reproductive urologist and microsurgeon Kian Asanad shares how he keeps quality of life and family top of mind when providing fertility treatment for male cancer patients.
STORY AND VIDEO: By uncovering how cervical and throat cancers linked to HPV evade the immune system, USC researchers open the door to new treatment strategies.
Slow drug-release system found highly effective in treating certain patients with bladder cancer whose tumors were previously unresponsive to cancer therapy.
From research lab to hospital bedside, USC’s culture of innovation fosters groundbreaking approaches to the detection, treatment and prevention of cancer.
USC Dornsife’s Norbert Schwarz discusses how the warrior mindset may actually have a negative effect on patients.
