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.
Staff/Faculty Update
Dunn awarded cancer fellowship
Gavin Dunn, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award. The three-year award will support his investigations into how the body’s immune system can be harnessed to fight brain cancer. Dunn, who also is a member of the Andrew M. […]
Research
New imaging technique aims to ensure surgeons completely remove cancer
Of the quarter-million women diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the United States, about 180,000 undergo surgery to remove the cancerous tissue while preserving as much healthy breast tissue as possible. However, there’s no accurate method to tell during surgery whether all of the cancerous tissue has been successfully removed. The gold-standard analysis takes a […]
Staff/Faculty Update
Mutch named Gershman Chair in colon and rectal surgery
Matthew Mutch, MD, chief of the Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the Solon and Bettie Gershman Chair in Colon and Rectal Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH). A national leader in the laparoscopic treatment of colorectal cancer and the training of surgeons in […]
Staff/Faculty Update
Shifter named Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year
Ariel Shifter, a Washington University clinical research coordinator at Siteman Cancer Center, has been named Woman of the Year by the Gateway Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. She was recognized May 5 at the society’s Man & Woman of the Year gala at The Chase Park Plaza. As part of a related fundraising campaign, […]
Staff/Faculty Update
DiPersio receives Legacy Leadership Award from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
John DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Samuel J. Golman Endowed Professor of Oncology and director of the Division of Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a 2017 Legacy Leadership Award honoree by the Gateway Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. He was recognized May 5 at […]
Clinical, In the Media
Siteman Cancer Center opens expanded St. Charles County facility
Siteman Cancer Center will open its newly expanded and renovated outpatient facility at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Charles County on May 1. The expansion nearly doubles the facility’s size, to 37,000 square feet. With the larger capacity, additional physicians will be available to see patients in newly added exam and treatment rooms. The […]
Prevention
Experts call for increased efforts to prevent cancer
That the first public health revolution occurred more than a century ago might surprise people, according to some historians. Before the discovery of penicillin or the polio vaccine, life expectancy improved dramatically because of relatively simple ideas implemented on a massive scale, including improved sanitation, safer food storage and quarantines to prevent the spread of […]
Research
Online database aims to collect, organize research on cancer mutations
The body of knowledge on cancer genomics is massive and ever-expanding. But this wealth of potentially critical information is far less likely to be of help to patients if it is inaccessible to the doctors who treat them. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an online “knowledgebase” intended for […]
Research
New insight into origin of stomach cancer
Conventional wisdom holds that the loss of cells that secrete acid in the stomach leads to a condition that eventually can develop into stomach cancer. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis indicates otherwise. Researchers found that damage to acid-secreting […]
Research
Study unveils new way to starve tumors to death
For decades, scientists have tried to halt cancer by blocking nutrients from reaching tumor cells, in essence starving tumor cells of the fuel needed to grow and proliferate. Such attempts often have disappointed because cancer cells are nimble, relying on numerous backup routes to continue growing. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in […]