Oncology Departmental News

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Congratulations to our Trainees!

  • 08 April 2024

CONGRATULATIONS to the ACF 2024 Game Changer Fund Recipients

  • 06 February 2024

Congratulations Dr. Adele Duimering!

  • 02 November 2023

Trainee Awards

  • 01 November 2023

The department of Oncology is delighted to share some impressive news about our trainees' achievements.

Blood test for prostate cancer could help avoid unnecessary biopsies

  • GILLIAN RUTHERFORD
  • 05 October 2023

Congratulations Dr. Michael Kolinsky! CIHR funding announced for CCTG PR25

  • 02 August 2023

Combining cancer-targeting virus therapy with radiation to fight brain cancer works better than either treatment on its own: study

  • GILLIAN RUTHERFORD
  • 14 June 2023

Dr. Charles Butts Receives the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal

  • 27 February 2023

Alberta-made Linac-MR machine combining MRI and radiation could revolutionize cancer treatments

  • Karen Bartko
  • 03 February 2023

Medical breakthrough a boon for cancer care

  • Sharon Basaraba
  • 15 December 2022

New clue discovered for how and why cancer cells spread

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 05 December 2022

New cancer ‘tracer’ promises to detect more tumours earlier

  • Ramona Czakert Franson
  • 29 November 2022

Pacylex Granted FDA Fast Track Designation

  • 22 November 2022

Congratulations Dr. Scott North! 2022 Dr. Richard Fedorak Memorial Award in Professionalism

  • 22 June 2022

New Alberta-developed cancer therapy showing 'remarkable results'

  • Adam Lachacz
  • 20 June 2022

Congratulations Dr. Michael Hendzel! Canada Research Chair in Genome Cell Biology and Dynamics

  • 02 June 2022

Alberta Cancer Foundation WE CROSS CANCER Together

  • Alberta Cancer Foundation
  • 21 April 2022

We Cross Cancer

  • Brandon Lynch/CTV News Edmonton
  • 20 April 2022

$30M fundraising drive announced at Cross Cancer Institute

Congratulations Dr. Sarah Burton-MacLeod!

  • FoMD
  • 24 February 2022

Alberta-made clinical trial leaves patient cancer-free

  • Kerry McAthey
  • 04 February 2022

Fall 2021 Convocation Spotlight: Amirali Bukhari, ‘21 PhD in Cancer Sciences (Department of Oncology)

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 16 November 2021

BioAlberta 2020 Company of the Year - Entos Pharmaceuticals Inc

  • BioAlberta Marketing
  • 16 November 2021

Alberta Cancer Research Accelerator Award

  • 27 October 2021

Alberta Lifetime Contribution in Cancer Research Award

  • 27 October 2021

Bringing Cutting-Edge Therapies To Edmonton

  • Karin Olafson
  • 14 October 2021

U of A researcher discovers a way to bring cancer-killing cells to bear against a certain type of colorectal cancer tumour.

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 04 October 2021

U of A appoints new Kipnes chair in lymphatic disorders, paving the way for research to begin

  • Anna Junker
  • 26 August 2021

MacEwan University to install Dr. Anthony (Tony) Fields as its first chancellor

  • MacEwan News
  • 24 June 2021

Congratulations Dr. Gino Fallone!

  • 14 June 2021

Congratulations Dr. Albert Murtha!

  • 01 June 2021

Innovative cancer therapy uses immune system to attack tumours

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 27 April 2021

U of A research could help diagnose prostate cancer severity more accurately

  • Keri Sweetman
  • 13 April 2021

Local not-for-profit with U of A roots runs cancer clinical trials around the world

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 30 March 2021

Radiation therapy graduates strive to improve care for LGBTQ2SPIA+ cancer patients

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 12 March 2021

COVID-19 vaccine developed at University of Alberta proceeding to clinical trials

  • Adam Lachacz
  • 09 March 2021

Edmonton biotechnology company hopeful its COVID-19 vaccine will continue along approval process

  • Dylan Short
  • 16 February 2021

Hope wins as final buzzer sounds at World's Longest Hockey Game

  • Alex Antoneshyn
  • 15 February 2021

Knowledge gap about advance care planning led U of A researcher to investigate how to engage and educate people.

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 11 February 2021

World’s Longest Hockey Game aims to move 10 years of cancer research closer to the goal line

  • Ross Neitz
  • 04 February 2021

Target of new cancer treatment valid for breast as well as blood cancers: study

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 20 January 2021

New drug that could treat aggressive forms of cancer created at U of A

  • Andrea Dion
  • 20 January 2021

U of A researchers discover one of our cellular building blocks acts as a gel, not liquid as previously believed

  • Ryan O’Byrne
  • 12 January 2021

New website aims to improve care for LGBTQ cancer patients (CBC)

  • Mike Waddingham
  • 26 October 2020

First step of $20M commitment to enhance palliative care.

  • 09 September 2020

University of Alberta researcher Dr. John Lewis granted $4.2 million CIHR grant.

  • Su-Ling Goh and Alex Antoneshyn
  • 25 June 2020

University of Alberta cancer drug secures funding for human trials

  • Jay Rosove Video Journalist
  • 07 May 2020

Dr. David Eisenstat promoted to Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Oncology

  • 22 January 2020

Congratulations Dr. Vickie Baracos!

  • 06 January 2020

CONGRATULATIONS! Mansi Garg & Supervisor Dr. Roseline Godbout

  • 02 January 2020

Congratulations Dr. Andrew Scarfe!

  • 19 December 2019

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