News & Stories from the Rogel Cancer Center
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Angeles receives $4.6M grant to study the role of memory T cells in melanoma
Christina V. Angeles, MD receives a grant from the National Cancer Institute $4.6 million to understand
the role tissue-resident memory T cells play in the spread of melanoma and its response to
immunotherapy.
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Researchers create new path to target hard-to-drug prostate cancer protein
University of Michigan researchers have identified a specific pocket within ERG, a driver of prostate cancer, and have developed a small molecule probe, called PBITE-1, that can bind to it.
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Path forward for glioblastoma treatment
Experts in brain cancer outline current discoveries and offer a path of hope for glioblastoma treatment
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Rogel research team receives $3. 2 M grant to cascade genetic testing to relatives
A team of researchers based at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and Stanford University received $3.2 million from the National Cancer Institute for a clinical trial to help patients with a hereditary-based cancer diagnosis extend genetic testing to at-risk relatives.
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ASCO 2026 Rogel Recap
U-M Rogel Cancer Center researchers participated in oral presentations, poster sessions and panel discussions at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual (ASCO) Meeting.
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Study explains how colorectal cancer cells maintain high iron levels
How colorectal cancer cells maintain high iron levels, according to Michigan Medicine research.
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Ljungman receives $500K from the Little Warrior Foundation for Ewing sarcoma gene-editing therapy
Mats Ljungman, Ph.D., professor of radiation oncology and environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan, received a $528,728 award from the Little Warrior Foundation to further research using a gene editing system to target a gene fusion involved in Ewing sarcoma.
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Receiving personalized treatment for a rare neuroendocrine tumor
Danielle Schuldt was diagnosed with a rare endocrine tumor and underwent surgery as part of her treatment. She now undergoes regular surveillance to monitor for cancer recurrence.
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2 Rogel members recognized by American Thyroid Association
Megan R. Haymart, M.D., and Maria Papaleontioui, M.D., both received awards from the the American Thyroid Association.
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Stopping Ewing sarcoma relapses where they start
Research on stopping Ewing sarcoma relapses through Michigan Medicine.
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Nanoparticles genetically modify several human cell types
In a demonstration that helps pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types were genetically modified with protein nanoparticles designed at University of Michigan Engineering and Michigan Medicine.
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Study sheds light on how early pancreas lesions become cancerous
Why many precursor lesions never develop into pancreatic cancer, according to findings from Michigan Medicine.
