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Winship radiation oncology research featured at ASTRO annual meeting

October 28, 2022

Winship radiation oncologists and researchers led 31 presentations, posters and moderated sessions at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Antonio, October 23-26, 2022.

Patel receives 2022 Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation

October 26, 2022

The Prostate Cancer Foundation named Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University radiation oncologist Sagar Patel, MD, a recipient of the Class of 2022 Young Investigator Awards.

Winship and Cleveland Clinic receive NCI award to establish center to improve radiation-based combination therapies

October 3, 2022

The National Cancer Institute recently awarded more than $7.9 million to support a new Radiation Oncology-Biology Integration Network (ROBIN) center at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and the Cleveland Clinic.

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Cooling glioblastoma to room temperature extends survival in preclinical study Dec. 14, 2022

A new preclinical study recently reported in Science Advances and led by Emory University and UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests that cooling brain tumors to room temperature may extend survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme.

Study finds Black women have worst HR+/HER2- breast cancer outcomes of all racial and ethnic groups Dec. 6, 2022

Winship breast oncologist Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, shared RxPONDER trial results at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showing Black women with HR+/HER2- breast cancer have worse outcomes than other racial and ethnic groups.

Winship program uses community case studies to engage middle schoolers in STEM to reduce health and workforce disparities Nov. 16, 2022

A $1.34 million NIH grant-funded Winship program will study whether using community case studies to engage Georgia middle schoolers in STEM studies will reduce health and biomedical research workforce disparities.