Be In The Know: A five-part series on Lung Cancer Screening, Tobacco Cessation, and Vaping for Healthcare and Public Health Professionals

In the fall of 2020, ScreenNJ and the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey presented a free five-topic online series on lung cancer screening, tobacco cessation, and vaping for healthcare and public health professionals in New Jersey. Each session was designed to help clinicians, tobacco treatment specialists, and other medical, public health, and social service professionals increase their knowledge of evidence-based practices to improve the health of their clients and patients.

Guo Lung Cancer 2020

Exploring Therapeutic Strategy against Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

‘Jessie’ Yanxiang Guo, PhD, has received a $1.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the role of autophagy in the formation of tumors driven by mutations in tumor suppressors.

Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP)

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ASTRO 2020 Parikh

#ASTRO20: Studying Relapse Patterns in Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma

Rutgers Cancer Institute and Children’s Oncology Group researchers have determined response-based consolidation with modern radiation therapy is safe and effective in high-risk pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma patients.