While some do-it-yourselfers make their own sunscreen to avoid chemicals used to make those found at stores, a surgical oncologist and skin cancer specialist at Penn State Health says that's a bad idea.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Don't make your own sunscreen
CureSearch for Children's Cancer, a leader in the pediatric cancer community committed to finding new cures and treatments faster, is accepting letters of intent for several funding opportunities to address all steps along the drug development pipeline.
Click to view article: CureSearch for Children's Cancer grant program offers funding
The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Journey, a traveling, hands-on informational exhibit, is visiting Hershey to raise awareness about the All of Us Research Program - an ambitious effort to gather data from 1 million or more people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve health.
Click to view article: All of Us Journey to visit area
The National Cancer Institute’s Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award equips predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars with skills to conduct independent cancer research at Penn State College of Medicine.
Click to view article: National Cancer Institute grant builds better researchers
The St. Baldrick's Foundation will give researcher Dr. Sinisa Dovat $5,000 to mentor a young investigator in pediatric cancer research this summer. The foundation’s Summer Fellow grant provides funding for a medical school or college student to work in a pediatric oncology research lab for one summer.
Click to view article: St. Baldrick’s Foundation awards Dovat $5,000 to mentor young investigator in pediatric cancer research
Forty years after the 1979 near-meltdown at Three Mile Island, thyroid cancer is on the upswing. Is radiation the culprit? Dr. David Goldenberg discusses his research and how to cure the disease.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Thyroid cancer surges. Is TMI responsible?
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and the Colorectal Cancer Alliance is urging everyone to talk with their health care providers about screening.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Which colorectal cancer screening do I need?
The purpose of the Developmental Fund Award (DFA) is to assist Penn State Cancer Institute members with the resubmission of grant applications that were recently submitted to the National Cancer Institute and not funded.
Click to view article: Funding available for Developmental Fund Award (DFA)
Dr. Thomas McGarrity, a gastroenterologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, developed a colorectal cancer screening program for Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine employees that has become a national model.
Click to view article: Colon cancer screening: Are you up-to-date?
Dr. Rodney Ellis has been named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine, effective July 1.
Click to view article: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine name new radiation oncology chair
