News from Holden

Research

Hydrogen peroxide producing drug boosts cancer-killing effect of radiotherapy

Drug simultaneously protects healthy tissue from harmful radiation side-effects.

Research

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center receives fourth renewal from the National Cancer Institute

University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center has received its fourth renewal as a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Innovation Research

Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry collects QoL data after surgery in sarcoma

Benjamin J. Miller, MD, MS, discusses the creation of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry and how it is poised to make progress in the orthopedic oncology field with OncLive.

Research

Work led by team at University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center enables greater access to targeted diagnosis and treatment of rare cancer

People with a rare cancer will have greater access to a drug enabling targeted diagnosis and treatment, thanks to work led by a team of researchers at University of Iowa Health Care’s PET Imaging Center.

Innovation

Better incentives, infrastructure key to unlocking collaboration

True collaboration should be embedded in the practice of medicine. It should be baked in, a given, something we don’t need to write columns on.

Innovation

When he ran out of options, Kent found the kidney cancer treatment he needed in a clinical trial

Tumors that had spread to Kent’s lungs were eliminated by a new immunotherapy offered in a clinical trial at Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Innovation

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center opens new infusion suite, expanding cancer care for Iowans

University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is opening a new infusion suite that will expand access to advanced cancer care for Iowans and patients from across the region.

Innovation

Radioactive seed localization guides surgeons to exact location of small tumors.

Surgeons and radiologists with Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center are now using a less-invasive tool to localize breast cancers and other abnormalities that may be too small to feel.