UPMC has been providing comprehensive cancer care to the people of Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs for many years and that care was elevated to new levels… Read more
Category: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Colorectal Cancer Awareness: Who Should be Screened?
Colorectal cancer is now the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths, but one of the most preventable. March is designated as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month… Read more
Pursuing a Cancer Prevention Vaccine
For more than two decades, Olivera Finn has tirelessly pursued one goal in her research: to develop a vaccine to prevent cancer. She has had… Read more
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the very first cancer treatment that uses genetically engineered cells as therapy. The treatment is approved for… Read more
Cancer Center Celebrates Pet Therapy Program
With the popular 2010 song “Who Let the Dogs Out?” by the Baha Men playing in the background, 18 certified pet therapy dogs and their… Read more