A collection of publications and articles including: the Faculty Journal, Pulse, Health Sciences Report, Insider, Medical Update, Intercom, The Greater Gift of Health, and Illuminations Magazine by the Office of Public Affairs and Marketing at University of Utah Health. The collection spans nearly four decades of publications, periodicals, newsletters, and press releases from University of Utah Health.
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CRYOSURGERY PROCEDURE EXPANDS LIVER CANCER TREATMENT OPTIONS | Surgeons at University of Utah Hospital have begun using cryosurgery to treat patients with liver cancer. The surgery involves using liquid nitrogen to freeze and, effectively, kill tumors on the liver. The hospital is the only facility in the Intermountain West which performs the procedure. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1997-04-04 |
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PROSTATE CANCER MORTALITY RATES ARE DECLINING, BUT LARGE NUMBERS OF MEN CONTINUE TO DIE | While deaths from prostate cancer declined by 7.3 percent in 1995 after having peaked in 1991, 44,978 American men died of the disease between 1973 and 1995. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1999-04-30 |
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EAGLES HELP FIGHT BRAIN AILMENTS; FUND STUDIES AT U OF U HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | The Fraternal Order of Eagles has donated $5,000 to the University of Utah Health Sciences Center Division ot Neurosurgery to help fund studies of the causes and treatment of brain tumors. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1987-10-29 |
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RELIEF SOCIETY FIRST COUNSELOR TO PARTICIPATE ON UTAH CANCER CENTER MINI-SUMMIT PANEL | Chieko Okazaki, First Counselor of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will participate in a breast cancer mini-summit hosted by the Utah Cancer Center at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1993-09-24 |
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NEW DRUG THERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER IS CONVENIENT, FREE OF SIDE EFFECTS | Rather than taking a pill every day, men suffering from prostate cancer soon may receive a single injection of luprolide | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1986-02-25 |
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CANCER INFORMATION CENTER RELOCATES TO U RESEARCH PARK | The Cancer Information Service, located at University Hospital for two years, recently has relocated to Research Park. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1990-08-20 |
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CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE BEGINS JULY 2 AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL | The Utah Regional Cancer Center and University of Utah Hospital have added a new service through which health-care professionals and Utah residents will be able to get answers to their questions about cancer-by simply dialing 1-800-4-CANCER. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1988-07-08 |
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PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR COLON CANCER STUDY | Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine are seeking men and women, ages 50-80, to participate in the study of a drug which may help prevent colon cancer. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1995-08-04 |
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PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR COLON CANCER STUDY | Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine are seeking men and women, ages 50--80, to participate in the study of a drug which may help prevent colon cancer. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1995-04-10 |
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PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING SEPTEMBER 2 6 | A prostate cancer screening clinic will be offered at University of Utah Health Sciences Center on Thursday, September 26, in conjunction with Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1996-09-11 |
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CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | Cancer patients, family members and friends are invited to meet with others in similar situations on Wednesday evenings from April 19th through May 24th, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in room 4C103, the Cartwright Conference Room, of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1989-04-14 |
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JON M. HUNTSMAN ENDOWS U PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR IN UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY | Utah industrialist and philanthropist Jon M. Huntsman and the Huntsman family have given $1.25 million to the University of Utah School of Medicine to create a Presidential Endowed Chair in Urological Oncology. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1993-06-24 |
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NEW TECHNOLOGY AIDS EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CERVICAL CANCER FOR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PATIENTS | Beginning March 15, Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) will use a new computerized image analysis system to rescreen all negative Pap smears of patients at University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1997-03-13 |
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CANCER INFO SERVICE SEEKS STUDENT VOLUNTEERS | The Cancer Information Service of Utah (CIS) at the University of Utah Hospital needs students to volunteer four hours a week helping with research, writing and counseling. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1988-10-17 |
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Medical/Science Reporters and Editors: | In a study reported online today in the journal Human Genetics, University of Utah researchers have published the first major confirmation of the presence of a prostate cancer predisposition gene on the X chromosome. The original discovery of the gene was reported by Johns Hopkins researchers in 199... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 2004-12-08 |
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STUDY ENDS 20-YEAR CONTROVERSY OVER AMOUNT OF RADIATION EXPOSURE IN HIROSHIMA | Previous estimates of the amount of neutron dose received by Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivors are essentiallyaccurate and the existing standards for estimating risk for radiation-induced cancer need not be changed, according to a study published in the July 31 issue of Nature. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 2003-07-28 |
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CANCER PREVENTION CLINIC OPENS AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL | University of Utah physicians are taking a new offensive tactic in the fight against cancer by opening a Cancer Prevention Clinic at the Medical Center. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1990-11-02 |
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PSA TESTING IDENTIFIES A WAVE OF MODERATE PROSTATE TUMORS--WILL TREATMENT LEAD TO DECLINE IN MORTALITY? | A study of 278,409 cases of prostate cancer covering preand post prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing periods shows a large, but apparently temporary increase in the number of moderate cases (5-7 on the Gleason scale), but only a slight increase in the well (Gleason 2-4) and poor (Gleason 8-10) c... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1998-06-01 |
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CANCER IN THE ELDERLY FOCUS OF U COLLEGE OF NURSING PROGRAM | The scope of problems facing elderly cancer patients-from symptoms, treatment and its side effects to the impact of the disease on the family-will be addressed in a one-day program sponsored by the University of Utah College of Nursing. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1990-10-25 |
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CANCER, ONCE SPOKEN OF IN WHISPERS, IS DISCUSSED OPENLY AND LOUDLY | Fear. Put a stethoscope on the emotions of cancer patients and you'll hear it-and no more loudly than in the elderly. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1986-02-06 |
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CHEMOTHERAPY MAY SPARE SOME HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS FROM DISFIGURING SURGERY, SAYS U RESEARCHER | To have a vocal cord surgically removed means not only a major functional loss but an emotional adjustment as well. Surgeon R. Kim Davis hopes that his studies of preoperative chemotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer can help alleviate this trauma for patients. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1986-03-27 |
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Cytotechnology and U | Should women continue to have pap smears? Why? At what ages? Are pap smears really reliable in the early detection of cancer? | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-05-10 |
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GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY | Pelvic reconstruction, a surgical procedure offered at University of Utah Hospital for women suffering from gynecologic cancer, helps end the complaint: "The cancer was cured, but the ^ patient didn't feel life was worth living." | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1986-02-21 |
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CIGARETTE SMOKING LINKED TO A GENETIC ALTERATION OBSERVED IN SOME COLON CANCERS | A genetic alteration that occurs in some colon cancers has been positively linked to cigarette smoking in a major new study. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 2000-11-14 |
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RESEARCHERS CONFIRM LINK BETWEEN UTAH THYROID DISORDERS, 1950s NUCLEAR TESTS IN NEVADA | An association between exposure to radioactive isotopes of iodine generated by above-ground testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site some 40 years ago and thyroid neoplasms, or growths, has been confirmed by investigators in a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored study. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1992-08-04 |