Oncology Departmental News

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2024 Oncology Summer Student Research

  • 20 August 2024

Another successful year of summer student research has wrapped up in the department of Oncology. Thirty four summer students completed projects, of which 25 were presented through noon hour seminars this August.

Congratulations Dr. Anthony Fields!

  • 11 July 2024

Dr. Anthony Fields is receiving the 2024 F.N.G. Starr Award in recognition of his outstanding and inspiring lifetime achievement.  The F.N.G. Starr Award is the highest CMA award available to one of its members and recognizes outstanding and inspiring lifetime achievement.

Congratulations Dr. Vickie Baracos on the Order of Canada!

  • 27 June 2024

Graduate Student Awards Spring and Summer 2024

  • 11 June 2024

Congratulations to our Trainees!

  • 08 April 2024

CONGRATULATIONS to the ACF 2024 Game Changer Fund Recipients

  • 06 February 2024

Congratulations Dr. Adele Duimering!

  • 02 November 2023

Trainee Awards

  • 01 November 2023

The department of Oncology is delighted to share some impressive news about our trainees' achievements.

Blood test for prostate cancer could help avoid unnecessary biopsies

  • GILLIAN RUTHERFORD
  • 05 October 2023

Congratulations Dr. Michael Kolinsky! CIHR funding announced for CCTG PR25

  • 02 August 2023

Combining cancer-targeting virus therapy with radiation to fight brain cancer works better than either treatment on its own: study

  • GILLIAN RUTHERFORD
  • 14 June 2023

Dr. Charles Butts Receives the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal

  • 27 February 2023

Alberta-made Linac-MR machine combining MRI and radiation could revolutionize cancer treatments

  • Karen Bartko
  • 03 February 2023

Medical breakthrough a boon for cancer care

  • Sharon Basaraba
  • 15 December 2022

New clue discovered for how and why cancer cells spread

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 05 December 2022

New cancer ‘tracer’ promises to detect more tumours earlier

  • Ramona Czakert Franson
  • 29 November 2022

Pacylex Granted FDA Fast Track Designation

  • 22 November 2022

Congratulations Dr. Scott North! 2022 Dr. Richard Fedorak Memorial Award in Professionalism

  • 22 June 2022

New Alberta-developed cancer therapy showing 'remarkable results'

  • Adam Lachacz
  • 20 June 2022

Congratulations Dr. Michael Hendzel! Canada Research Chair in Genome Cell Biology and Dynamics

  • 02 June 2022

Alberta Cancer Foundation WE CROSS CANCER Together

  • Alberta Cancer Foundation
  • 21 April 2022

We Cross Cancer

  • Brandon Lynch/CTV News Edmonton
  • 20 April 2022

$30M fundraising drive announced at Cross Cancer Institute

Congratulations Dr. Sarah Burton-MacLeod!

  • FoMD
  • 24 February 2022

Alberta-made clinical trial leaves patient cancer-free

  • Kerry McAthey
  • 04 February 2022

Fall 2021 Convocation Spotlight: Amirali Bukhari, ‘21 PhD in Cancer Sciences (Department of Oncology)

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 16 November 2021

BioAlberta 2020 Company of the Year - Entos Pharmaceuticals Inc

  • BioAlberta Marketing
  • 16 November 2021

Alberta Cancer Research Accelerator Award

  • 27 October 2021

Alberta Lifetime Contribution in Cancer Research Award

  • 27 October 2021

Bringing Cutting-Edge Therapies To Edmonton

  • Karin Olafson
  • 14 October 2021

U of A researcher discovers a way to bring cancer-killing cells to bear against a certain type of colorectal cancer tumour.

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 04 October 2021

U of A appoints new Kipnes chair in lymphatic disorders, paving the way for research to begin

  • Anna Junker
  • 26 August 2021

MacEwan University to install Dr. Anthony (Tony) Fields as its first chancellor

  • MacEwan News
  • 24 June 2021

Congratulations Dr. Gino Fallone!

  • 14 June 2021

Congratulations Dr. Albert Murtha!

  • 01 June 2021

Innovative cancer therapy uses immune system to attack tumours

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 27 April 2021

U of A research could help diagnose prostate cancer severity more accurately

  • Keri Sweetman
  • 13 April 2021

Local not-for-profit with U of A roots runs cancer clinical trials around the world

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 30 March 2021

Radiation therapy graduates strive to improve care for LGBTQ2SPIA+ cancer patients

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 12 March 2021

COVID-19 vaccine developed at University of Alberta proceeding to clinical trials

  • Adam Lachacz
  • 09 March 2021

Edmonton biotechnology company hopeful its COVID-19 vaccine will continue along approval process

  • Dylan Short
  • 16 February 2021

Hope wins as final buzzer sounds at World's Longest Hockey Game

  • Alex Antoneshyn
  • 15 February 2021

Knowledge gap about advance care planning led U of A researcher to investigate how to engage and educate people.

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 11 February 2021

World’s Longest Hockey Game aims to move 10 years of cancer research closer to the goal line

  • Ross Neitz
  • 04 February 2021

Target of new cancer treatment valid for breast as well as blood cancers: study

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 20 January 2021

New drug that could treat aggressive forms of cancer created at U of A

  • Andrea Dion
  • 20 January 2021

U of A researchers discover one of our cellular building blocks acts as a gel, not liquid as previously believed

  • Ryan O’Byrne
  • 12 January 2021

New website aims to improve care for LGBTQ cancer patients (CBC)

  • Mike Waddingham
  • 26 October 2020

First step of $20M commitment to enhance palliative care.

  • 09 September 2020

University of Alberta researcher Dr. John Lewis granted $4.2 million CIHR grant.

  • Su-Ling Goh and Alex Antoneshyn
  • 25 June 2020

Dr. David Eisenstat promoted to Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Oncology

  • 22 January 2020

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