The number of people dying from lung cancer and melanoma has dropped by more than 50% over the past five years, according to the latest… Read more
Category: cancer
UPMC Partners with American Cancer Society to Address Breast Cancer Disparities
UPMC is one of just 21 hospital systems in the country and the only system in Pennsylvania selected to work with the American Cancer Society… Read more
Pitt and Tsinghua University Scientists Collaborate to Improve Cancer Treatments
Through a novel combination of immunotherapy and small molecule drugs, an ongoing collaboration between scientists in Pittsburgh and China is developing the future of cancer… Read more
Pitt Study Shows How HIV and Cancer Drugs Accelerate Cellular Aging
HIV patients tend to show premature signs of aging. Cancer, cognitive diseases, osteoporosis – these maladies all come before their time for people living with… Read more
ISMETT Participates in Groundbreaking Liver Cancer Research
UPMC-managed ISMETT in Palermo, Italy, was one of nine Italian hospitals to participate in the first randomized trial assessing liver transplantation as a treatment for… Read more