Press Releases

2025

UH Cancer Center researcher Loïc Le Marchand receives prestigious national AACR-ACS Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

2023

Innovations Summer 2023

2022

UH Cancer Center studies the role of structural racism in lung cancer risk

2021

UH Cancer Center researchers study factors of racial/ethnic disparities

Multiethnic study informs cancer risk, chronic conditions reduction strategies

Multiethnic Cohort Study with Dr. Le Marchand and study participant, Ron Cambra

2 UH cancer epidemiology studies highlighted nationally

Polynesian ancestry linked to obesity, diabetes in Native Hawaiians

2020

UH Cancer Center study investigates racial/ethnic differences in ovarian cancer risk

UH Cancer Center researchers and collaborators identify genetic risk variants associated with liver fat

NIH awards UH Cancer Center researchers over $2.8M to study lung cancer disparities

2019

Native Hawaiians and Japanese Americans have higher risk of pancreatic cancer

Native Hawaiians and African Americans who smoke have a higher risk of lung cancer

Philanthropy from across the Pacific (Innovations Spring 2019 - UH Cancer Center Newsletter)

2018

Study shows Japanese Americans are predisposed to excess body fat

Laurence Kolonel Endowed Research Professorship

The Multiethnic Cohort Study Celebrates 25 Years

New Findings on Type 2 Diabetes and Colorectal Cancer Survival Rates

Innovations - Fall 2018

 

Additional Press Releases

Iona Cheng, PhD, and her team will measure the effects of climate change on health – June 21, 2023

UH Gets $700K To Study Racism and Lung Cancer – July 18, 2022

UH Awarded $700K to Study Role of Structural Racisim in Lung Cancer Risk – July 25, 2022

Dr Stephen Hecht – Biological Mechanisms Link Smoking, Lung Cancer and Ethnicity– August 30, 2018

Study Finds High-Quality Diet can Reduce Internal Body Fat – July 28, 2017

Study Shows High-Quality Diet Related to Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer – July 28, 2017

A Cup of Coffee May Help You Live Longer – July 13, 2017

Drinking coffee could lead to a longer life, scientist says – July 11, 2017

Daily Jolt of Java May Bring Longer Life – July 10, 2017

USC Study: Coffee Drinkers Live Longer – July 10, 2017

UH Cancer Center Researchers Found High Mortality Due to Cancer-Associated Sepsis in Native Hawaiians – June 2, 2017

UH Cancer Center Studies Best Way to Reduce Abdominal Fat to Lower Cancer Risk - September 6, 2016

Smokers with Newly Discovered Genetic Markers Have Higher Lung Cancer Risk – August 24, 2016

Significant Discovery Potentially Helps Detect Colorectal Cancer Earlier – October 21, 2015

New Genetic Risk Factor Identified in a Large Trans-Ethnic Genome-Wide Association Study – October 20, 2014

Genetic Test to Predict Prostate Cancer on the Way – September 15, 2014

International Collaboration led by Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers identifies new genetic variants indicating susceptibility to prostate cancer – September 15, 2014

V Foundation Funding Supports Colorectal Cancer Research – October 19, 2012

Linking Obesity and Breast Cancer, and More in the News – October 12, 2012

Women Who Give Birth After Age 30 Lower their Risk of Endometrial Cancer – July 25, 2012

Prostate Cancer Gene also Raises Colon Cancer Risk – July 9, 2007

Genetic links to Prostate Cancer – April 1, 2007

African-American Male Smokers Are More at Risk of Getting Cancer – January 26, 2006

Race May be Factor in Lung Cancer – January 26, 2006

Study Shows Higher Rates of Lung Cancer for African Americans and Native Hawaiians who Smoke – January 25, 2006