For Jamie Roden '12, a childhood passion has develped into a dedication to research.

Zachary Schulz is now a part of a potentially life-saving team of researchers, working on methods to improve drug delivery to brain tumors.

Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have developed an alternative therapy for patients with multiple myeloma.

Cornell’s Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors, a statewide program aimed at making cancer research easily understandable and publicly accessible within the College of Veterinary Medicine, is in the process of closing because New York State has decided to end its funding.

Despite the recession, Cornell’s cancer research has recently received a boost of $14 million. This funding will enable the establishment of a new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, in which Cornell researchers in Ithaca will partner with clinicians and scientists at New York City’s Weill Cornell Medical College.

Doctors at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City recently discovered a breakthrough in treating cancer of the head and neck. Using Cesium-131, a newly released radiation chip, the doctors have been able to prevent the recurrence of buccal mucosa cancer in a 66 year old male patient, inferring a new strategy of treating particularly aggressive cancers.

Thousands of Cornell and Ithaca College students pulled all-nighters on Saturday for a perhaps more deserving cause than an unwritten paper or next-day exam.

The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Cornell and Ithaca College was held in Barton Hall this past weekend to raise money and awareness for all types of cancer research.

The Relay was kicked off by a celebratory “Survivors Lap,” as men and women distinguished by their purple shirts displaying “survivor” in bold print marched triumphantly, fueled by a steady applause from thousands of supporters.