• June 2, 2022  

    Harnessing Each Patient’s Data to Help Many More

    With: Kaumudi Bhawe, PhD

    At Cancer Commons, we don’t just help people navigate cancer treatment; we learn from everyone we help. Here, our Curious Dr. George asks Cancer Commons Clinical Scientist Kaumudi Bhawe, PhD, to share how new knowledge can be captured from every patient to help many more. Curious Dr. George: Cancer Commons has accumulated in-depth data on many hundreds of patients with various cancers. Because of the… Read more »

  • May 23, 2022  

    Plain Language Summaries Improve Access to Medical Research

    With: Chris Winchester, DPhilAdeline Rosenberg, MSc

    Cancer Commons helps people make sense of the latest research on treatments for their distinct type of cancer. Meanwhile, a growing number of research papers now include a plain language summary (PLS)—an overview of the paper written for anybody to understand. Here, our Curious Dr. George discusses plain language summaries with Adeline Rosenberg, MSc, Senior Medical Writer at the healthcare communications company Oxford PharmaGenesis,… Read more »

  • April 13, 2022  

    Cancer Commons Adapts to Remain True to Our Mission

    With: Shelley Frisbie

    People facing advanced cancer come to Cancer Commons to ensure they have all the information they need to make their best-possible cancer care decisions. Here, Curious Dr. George asks our CFO & COO Shelley Frisbie about recent updates to our organization. Curious Dr. George: You have been the CFO of Cancer Commons for some time and recently added the COO title and duties to… Read more »

  • March 16, 2022  

    Cellular Aging and the Development of Cancer

    With: Kaumudi Bhawe, PhD

    Cancer is so often a disease of older people that a whole medical field, “oncogeriatrics,” exists to address the topic. Deeper understanding of the links between cancer and aging could lead to better treatments. Here, our Curious Dr. George asks Cancer Commons Clinical Scientist Kaumudi Bhawe, PhD, about the relationship between cancer and aging processes that occur in individual cells in our bodies—throughout our… Read more »

  • March 8, 2022  

    National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Bookmark

    George Lundberg, MD

    March 2022 is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in the U.S., as recognized by The White House.

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  • February 18, 2022  

    DIPG All-In-Initiative Awards $35,000 Grant for Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Bookmark

    George Lundberg, MD

    As announced by Cancer Commons partner the Musella Foundation For Brain Tumor Research & Information, Inc., a collaboration of groups has announced funding to support research into possible treatments for pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).

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  • February 3, 2022  

    World Cancer Day 2022 Bookmark

    George Lundberg, MD

    In 2000, the Union for International Cancer Control established World Cancer Day, to be held every year on February 4. This year’s theme is “Close the Care Gap,” which is “all about understanding and recognizing the inequities in cancer care around the globe.” Learn more here.

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  • October 18, 2021  

    Running Virtual Trials with Self-Reported Brain Cancer Patient Data Bookmark

    George Lundberg, MD

    This scientific report from medRxiv demonstrates how self-reported data from brain cancer patients could be used to run “virtual trials” that complement traditional clinical trials by generating knowledge that could help inform precision cancer treatment.

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  • May 30, 2021  

    Cancer Support for LGBTQIA Patients Is Missing Bookmark

    George Lundberg, MD

    This piece from ASCO Connection outlines the need for and a path to improvement in cancer care for LGBTQIA patients.

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  • April 7, 2021  

    Rankings of Most Common and Deadly Cancer Types Will Shift Over Next Two Decades

    In the next two decades, rankings of incidence and death across cancer types will undergo important changes in the U.S., according to new research led by Lola Rahib, PhD, Director of Scientific and Clinical Affairs at Cancer Commons, as well as the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) in collaboration with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Published today in JAMA Network Open,… Read more »