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Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Prevents Early Lung Cancer Metastases to the Brain

A national Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center physician has found that a course of radiation therapy to the brain after treatment for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer reduced the risk of metastases to the brain within the first year after treatment.

Dr. Kirk Ludwig Named First Vernon O. Underwood Professor in Colon Cancer Research

A California businessman has donated $1 million to The Medical College of Wisconsin, creating an endowed chair to support research investigating the causes of colon cancer and its treatment.

Cancer Center Researchers Gain Improved Access to NMR Equipment for Studying Proteins

The Medical College of Wisconsin received a one-year, $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources for a NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectrometer to help researchers study alterations in protein folding, structure, and stability.

Cancer Research Achievements & Briefs

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Scientific Director of the Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Magnetoencepghalography (MEG) Program, has co-edited a special issue of the journal "Human Brain Mapping" that focuses on electromagnetic brain mapping, a new functional brain imaging method with high temporal resolution.

Cancer Center Newsletter Archive

Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Special Cancer Center Report.

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