Month: July 2019

Carolyn Sargent, International Communications and Media Specialist, Joins National Cancer Center Board

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]NCC Board President Barry Peek and Executive Director Regina English were pleased to announce that Carolyn Sargent, Executive Vice President at Rubenstein Associates, has joined the National Cancer Center’s…
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New Weapons Against Cancer: Millions of Bacteria Programmed to Kill

Genetically modified microbes release “nanobodies” that alert the immune system to cancer in mice, scientists report.

83% HPV Decline in Girls 13-19 Holds Hope for Major Cervical Cancer Decrease

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]NY Times By Nicholas Bakalar   The prevalence of cancer-causing HPV strains has dropped markedly in women who have been vaccinated. The vaccine against HPV, introduced in 2006, appears to…
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July is Sarcoma Cancer Awareness Month

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]A sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer. Sarcomas are different from the much more common carcinomas because they happen in a different kind of tissue. Sarcomas grow in…
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