Research Stories

A summary of stories highlighting the research accomplishments at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Sep. 2, 2021

Mihir Patel, MD

"We now have an inclination that incorporating immune therapy with PD-1 blockade prior to surgery or radiation may benefit patients (with HPV+ head and neck cancer.)"

Sep. 1, 2021

Madhav Dhodapkar, MBBS

"(Our study data) provide evidence for host immune system to tackle these lesions, which may lead to new immune therapies."

July 26, 2021

Vikas Gupta, MD, PhD

"One of our main goals is to identify a better biomarker to predict patient response to venetoclax."

Nov. 17, 2017

Suresh Ramalingam, MD

"The results of our study usher in a new treatment paradigm for the treatment of patients with an EGFR-mutated lung cancer."

Jan. 12, 2015

Erwin Van Meir, PhD

"We were amazed to see that a simple non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure could determine the genetics of the patient's tumor without the need for surgical sampling."

Oct. 9, 2014

Latonia Taliaferro-Smith, PhD

"We are very encouraged here at Winship, because we have active research that is trying to find alternative therapies."

May 21, 2014

Keith Delman, MD

"I had a 26 year old woman go to a wedding seven weeks after surgery in six inch heels and she danced the whole night."

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