Changing the narrative

Prostate cancer survivor Larry Ferguson shares his story to encourage other men to know their options and stop suffering in silence.

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Not your average LOWVELO team: Retirees prove wellness can be found at any age

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The average age of this LOWVELO fundraising team? Somewhere between 80 and 90. Residents of South Bay at Mount Pleasant are walking and swimming to raise money for lifesaving cancer research at Hollings.

“I view this not just as a thing to use to raise money but as an exercise in physical fitness and giving. My job, my task, my role at this point in my life is to give what I have to others,” said Peter McKinney.

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Cannabis Usage

Surveys at 12 cancer centers across the U.S. looked at cannabis usage among cancer patients.

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Cancer Robotic Surgery

Doctors with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center are the first in South Carolina to perform head and neck cancer surgery with the single port da Vinci SP.

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Cancer and HIV

As people with HIV live longer, they are more likely to get cancers that come with age but HIV might complicate treatment.

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Community Research

Local doctors combine community cancer care with access to research through Hollings NCORP-MU.
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Improving CAR-T

Scientists at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center think it's possible that CAR-T-cell therapy could be performed without lymphodepleting chemotherapy beforehand.

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Sweet New Biomarker

A new method to study changes in sugars coating immune cells could potentially identify novel biomarkers and detect cancer earlier.
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Interdisciplinary Innovation

Three Hollings members – an M.D., a D.D.S. and a Ph.D. – are pooling their expertise to develop a personalized vaccine to prevent oral cancer from returning.

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Cancer Research

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center awarded a number of pilot grants through the spring and summer to kickstart research projects on a range of topics.
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E-cigarette Study

The role of e-cigarettes is hotly debated. A new study shows they could have a role in helping adult smokers to quit.

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“ I don't think that either of us expected that first initial experiment to work. But when we saw how well it worked and really started to conceptualize where this could go and how important this could be, it was exciting. ”

Megan Tennant, graduate student

CAR-T research
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A new water component of the Survivors' Fit Club for breast cancer survivors has one group of women calling themselves 'the mermaids.' It's quite the turnaround for a few of them, who began the program with a fear of the water.

 

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