/tags/cancer cancer en-US Copyright Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:36:15 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-10-12/playwrights-find-humor-in-hard-topics The Ashland New Plays Festival presents four plays October 16-20 at Southern Oregon University's Main Stage Theatre. Two finalists of the annual competition, Novid Parsi and Keiko Green, tell JPR's Vanessa Finney what audiences can expect. Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:36:15 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-10-12/playwrights-find-humor-in-hard-topics Vanessa Finney /health-and-medicine/2022-10-30/california-cancer-care-isnt-equitable-a-new-law-might-help Low-income patients who need specialized cancer treatment often struggle to get it. Advocates say a new law is a small step toward improving services for those patients. Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:46:08 GMT /health-and-medicine/2022-10-30/california-cancer-care-isnt-equitable-a-new-law-might-help Ana B. Ibarra /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-30/ohsu-forms-team-to-focus-on-early-cancer-detection A recent guest on The Exchange made the case for working to catch cancer much earlier, catching the first cell, rather than trying to kill the last. The… Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-30/ohsu-forms-team-to-focus-on-early-cancer-detection The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-23/the-cancer-fight-reconsidered-in-the-first-cell People with cancer are able to live longer than they used to, thanks to modern treatments. But it's debatable whether we are gaining any ground in the war… Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-23/the-cancer-fight-reconsidered-in-the-first-cell The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-21/exchange-exemplar-siddhartha-mukherjee-on-genes Talk about dedication: Siddhartha Mukherjee works to defeat cancer in his own medical career, teaches students in medical school, and writes books about… Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:24:46 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-21/exchange-exemplar-siddhartha-mukherjee-on-genes The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-06/ohsu-opens-new-cancer-center Nike co-founder Phil Knight gives away a lot of money. Sometimes, there are strings attached, like when he offered half a billion dollars to Oregon Health… Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-06/ohsu-opens-new-cancer-center Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-09-29/being-the-boss-in-treating-your-cancer You don't get a choice in whether or not you get cancer. But you do get a choice--many choices, in fact--in how your cancer is treated. This is the main… Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:30:47 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-09-29/being-the-boss-in-treating-your-cancer Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-01-13/ashland-oncologist-relates-rare-story-of-remission The terms "cure" and "cancer" generally do not appear in the same sentence, except to describe what we all hope for the future. Yet Glenn Sabin swears his… Fri, 13 Jan 2017 18:52:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-01-13/ashland-oncologist-relates-rare-story-of-remission Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-05-20/getting-into-our-genes We know a whole lot about the way genes work, but we still get into debates about nature vs nurture. How much DO our genes determine the kinds of people… Fri, 20 May 2016 17:38:52 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-05-20/getting-into-our-genes Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-05-06/tom-brokaw-reflects Tom Brokaw was once called "The Kid," the youngest of the major TV network evening news anchors. His career may be behind him, but not his journalistic… Fri, 06 May 2016 17:43:47 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-05-06/tom-brokaw-reflects Geoffrey Riley