News & Breakthroughs at Siteman
Stay informed with the latest cancer news and breakthroughs from Siteman Cancer Center. Our news feed provides timely updates on research breakthroughs, clinical trials, and community events.
Research News & Stories
Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Samuel Urrutia Receives Early-Career Research Award
WashU Medicine physician-researcher at Siteman Cancer Center will use grant to expand access to genomic testing for patients with leukemia in Latin America Samuel Urrutia, MD, MS, a WashU Medicine physician-researcher at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has been awarded a $50,000 early-career grant from global oncology nonprofit Binaytara. He and […]
Clinical, In the Media, Research
WashU Medicine Physician-Scientists at Siteman Cancer Center Developing New Combination Therapy to Treat Metastatic Melanoma
The approach could potentially treat multiple cancer types, researchers say WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, have developed a promising combination therapy for treating an aggressive form of melanoma. The early-phase research, led by George Ansstas, MD, David Y. Chen, MD, PhD, and Naresha Saligrama, PhD, appears […]
Education & Academia, In the Media, Research
Researchers Develop Clearer Guidance for Treating Intermediate‑Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia
WashU Medicine physician-scientists at Siteman Cancer Center pioneer and validate a new method to determine which treatment option is most likely to improve patient outcomes WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, have found a way to determine which patients with intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may do […]
Clinical, In the Media, Research
Pioneering New Treatment for Advanced Melanoma is a First in the Region
WashU Medicine physician-researchers at Siteman Cancer Center expand options for patients whose advanced melanoma has progressed despite previous immunotherapy Immunotherapy has brought important advances to melanoma care, but treatment resistance remains a challenge for patients whose cancer continues to progress. WashU Medicine physicians at Siteman Cancer Center are the first in the region to offer […]
In the Media, Patient & Donor Stories, Research
Freezing Out Tumors: Heather Garrett Leads the Way in Innovative Breast Cancer Treatment
When Heather Garrett, MD, sees a good idea, she wastes no time in pursuing it. Four years ago, a colleague suggested that Garrett, an associate professor at WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, look into a new procedure called cryoablation to treat breast cancer. Cryoablation kills tumor tissue by freezing it. The procedure is a […]
Community Screenings & Events, In the Media, Research
Building on a Legacy: Advancing Sarcoma Research and Care at Siteman Cancer Center
A mission that began with one physician, one patient and one conversation continues When participants gather on Sunday, Oct. 11, for the annual STL Cure Sarcoma 6K Run/Walk in Creve Coeur Park in Maryland Heights, they will celebrate more than a fundraising event. They will honor a community built around improving the lives of people […]
Funding Opportunities, In the Media, Research
$11.7 Million From NIH Supports Research on Inflammation in Blood Cancers
Grant will fund four major projects, three core resources to study myeloproliferative neoplasms Researchers at WashU Medicine have received an $11.7 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the role of inflammation in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a group of blood cancers characterized by […]
In the Media, Research, Scientific Seminars & Meetings
WashU Medicine Radiation Oncologists at Siteman Cancer Center to Showcase Findings at ASTRO 2026
From Phase III prostate cancer trials to first-in-human adaptive radiotherapy, WashU Medicine teams will highlight major advances at the 68th ASTRO Annual Meeting WashU Medicine physician-scientists and researchers affiliated with Siteman Cancer Center will present groundbreaking scientific and clinical advances at the 68th American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, Sept. 26-30 at the […]
Clinical, In the Media, Research
Rising WashU Medicine Physician-Scientist Researches Ways to Prevent Recurrence in AML
Francesca Ferraro receives Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award for her acute myeloid leukemia work Francesca Ferraro, MD, PhD, a WashU Medicine researcher and medical oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has received a 2026 Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award. The grant, given by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, supports early-career physician-scientists […]
Clinical, In the Media, Research
WashU Medicine Researchers at Siteman Earn National Recognition for Leukemia Research
American Society of Hematology awards grants to Francesca Ferraro, Jaebok Choi Two WashU Medicine investigators at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, have been awarded prestigious grants from the American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world’s largest professional society serving clinicians and scientists working to conquer blood diseases. Francesca Ferraro, MD, […]