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class="b-list-with-image__item__description t-sink s-sink"> <p>Harvard Chan School’s <a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/for-accurate-cancer-information-in-multiple-languages-try-cancer-factfinder/">Cancer FactFinder</a> has evidence-based information in nine languages.</p> </div> <figure class="c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="" src="" /> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-right c-block--width-grid content-vertical" > <div class="b-media-text__container l-container"> <div class="b-media-text__media"> <div class="b-media-text__img-wrap"> <figure class="c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image lazyload" alt="A doctor using a tablet" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_504706071.jpg?w=768&h=576&crop=1" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_504706071.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_504706071.jpg?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w 576h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_504706071.jpg?w=1536&h=1152&crop=1 1536w 1152h" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png" /> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="b-media-text__content"> <div class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-media-text__content-container c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-media-text__title h3 c-content-block__title" > A new artificial intelligence tool for cancer</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-media-text__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Scientists at Harvard Medical School have designed a versatile, ChatGPT-like AI model capable of performing an array of diagnostic tasks across multiple forms of cancers.</p> </div> <p class="c-content-block__cta"> <a class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right c-content-block__cta-link" href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-artificial-intelligence-tool-cancer" aria-label="Learn more about the tool"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn more about the tool </span> </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-left c-block--width-grid content-vertical" > <div class="b-media-text__container l-container"> <div class="b-media-text__media"> <div class="b-media-text__img-wrap"> <figure class="c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image lazyload" alt="A person holding a sick child's hand" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_164519112.jpg?w=768&h=576&crop=1" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_164519112.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_164519112.jpg?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w 576h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_164519112.jpg?w=1536&h=1152&crop=1 1536w 1152h" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png" /> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="b-media-text__content"> <div class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-media-text__content-container c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-media-text__title h3 c-content-block__title" > RISE to the pediatric cancer challenge</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-media-text__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>“One in three children diagnosed with cancer lives in a low-income household in a family that is concerned about meeting basic needs while the child is receiving cancer treatment,” says Pediatric Oncologist Kira Bona, who is working to address that problem with Pediatric RISE (Resource Intervention to Support Equity).</p> </div> <p class="c-content-block__cta"> <a class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right c-content-block__cta-link" href="https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2024/program-targets-poverty-to-improve-childhood-cancer-treatment" aria-label="Learn more about the program"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn more about the program </span> </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-quote" > <div class="b-quote__container l-container"> <div class="b-quote__content"> <blockquote class="c-quote" > <div class="c-block__quote-content"> <div class="c-quote__text h3"><span>[H]ow can we make cancer vaccines as available as, say, the COVID vaccine?”</span></div> <div class="c-quote__cite-text"> <div class="c-quote__cite-name"> <p>Catherine Wu, a professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute</p> </div> <div class="c-quote__cite-title"> <p> <br /> <iframe src="https://player.simplecast.com/eaf7cba3-4f93-418b-b669-6b4298c7d666?dark=true" width="100%" height="200px" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" seamless="" title="New frontiers in cancer care"></iframe></p> <p>On this episode of the “Harvard Thinking” podcast, experts discuss breakthroughs in cancer treatments, from genomic sequencing to AI, and explain how close we are to personalized vaccines.</p> </div> <div class="c-quote__quote-cta"> <a class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right " href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/11/whats-next-future-cancer-care-treatment-research-ai-genetics-vaccines-podcast/" aria-label="Learn more and read the transcript"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn more and read the transcript </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <cite class="c-quote__cite"> <span class="c-quote__cite-figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-quote__cite-image c-image__image lazyload" alt="Catherine Wu" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/031924_Cathy_Wu_06.jpeg?w=624&h=624&crop=1" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/square-medium.png" /> </span> </cite> </blockquote> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-block--remove-bottom-padding c-block b-card-grid full_width query_type_manual t-theme--light" > <div class="b-card-grid__container l-container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-card-grid__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-card-grid__title h3 c-content-block__title" > At the forefront</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-card-grid__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Harvard students, faculty, and alumni are doing important work on cancer research, health care policy, health inequities, and more.</p> </div> </div> </header> <div class="b-card-grid__loop g-3-up" > <div class="c-card-link-wrapper" > <div class="c-card has-target-link" > <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-image--bg c-card__image c-image" > <div class="c-image__image lazyload" role="img" aria-label="A woman poses with her hands on her hips" data-expand="200" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-bgset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20210924_Kyoko_Crawford_skinio.com_10892_square-crop-2.png?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w 576h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20210924_Kyoko_Crawford_skinio.com_10892_square-crop-2.png?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <h3 class="c-card__title" id="p-67b3013133eb6-title"> <span>Kyoko Crawford </span></h3> <div class="t-sink s-sink c-card__description"> <p>With only 11,000 dermatologists in the U.S., alum Kyoko recognized a demand for ways to make it easier to screen for skin cancer, whether in a physician’s office or at home.</p></div> </div> <div class="c-card__cta"aria-hidden="true"> <div class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn about Kyoko’s work </span> </div> </div> <a class="c-card__wrapper-link" id="p-67b3013133eb6-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013133eb6-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013133eb6-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2024/03/alumni-profile-kyoko-crawford-sb-04"> Learn about Kyoko’s work </a> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-link-wrapper" > <div class="c-card has-target-link" > <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-image--bg c-card__image c-image" > <div class="c-image__image lazyload" role="img" aria-label="A woman looks over her shoulder while working in a lab" data-expand="200" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-bgset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9071.png?w=553&h=510&crop=1 553w 510h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9071.png?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <h3 class="c-card__title" id="p-67b3013133efc-title"> <span>Jessalyn Ubellacker</span></h3> <div class="t-sink s-sink c-card__description"> <p>Jessalyn, an assistant professor of molecular metabolism at the Harvard Chan School, leads a laboratory that studies metabolism to target and treat cancer. </p></div> </div> <div class="c-card__cta"aria-hidden="true"> <div class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Read about Jessalyn </span> </div> </div> <a class="c-card__wrapper-link" id="p-67b3013133efc-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013133efc-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013133efc-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/curbing-cancers-spread"> Read about Jessalyn </a> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-link-wrapper" > <div class="c-card has-target-link" > <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-image--bg c-card__image c-image" > <div class="c-image__image lazyload" role="img" aria-label="A man wearing a white coat looks at a glass slide containing a sample" data-expand="200" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-bgset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Liang-Lab-3.jpeg?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w 576h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Liang-Lab-3.jpeg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <h3 class="c-card__title" id="p-67b3013133f19-title"> <span>Liang Chang</span></h3> <div class="t-sink s-sink c-card__description"> <p>As a Ph.D. student, Liang is pioneering a new approach to cancer treatment, one that targets the genes required for the disease’s growth and survival.</p></div> </div> <div class="c-card__cta"aria-hidden="true"> <div class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Explore Liang’s findings </span> </div> </div> <a class="c-card__wrapper-link" id="p-67b3013133f19-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013133f19-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013133f19-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/turning-cancer-itself"> Explore Liang’s findings </a> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-link-wrapper" > <div class="c-card has-target-link" > <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-image--bg c-card__image c-image" > <div class="c-image__image lazyload" role="img" aria-label="A headshot of a woman wearing a black blazer and blue blouse" data-expand="200" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-bgset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Headshot-HBS-2.png?w=601&h=477&crop=1 601w 477h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Headshot-HBS-2.png?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <h3 class="c-card__title" id="p-67b3013133f33-title"> <span>Ananya Zutshi </span></h3> <div class="t-sink s-sink c-card__description"> <p>Within a year of leaving Harvard, Ananya founded her first company: Guardian Bio, a pharma-biotech company developing a novel therapy to combat cancer.</p></div> </div> <div class="c-card__cta"aria-hidden="true"> <div class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Read about Ananya’s venture </span> </div> </div> <a class="c-card__wrapper-link" id="p-67b3013133f33-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013133f33-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013133f33-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2023/12/alumni-profile-ananya-zutshi-msmba-21"> Read about Ananya’s venture </a> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-link-wrapper" > <div class="c-card has-target-link" > <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-image--bg c-card__image c-image" > <div class="c-image__image lazyload" role="img" aria-label="Headshot of a young man wearing a black sweatshirt and glasses" data-expand="200" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-bgset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2023-TrueVenturesHeadshots5.png?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w 576h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2023-TrueVenturesHeadshots5.png?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <h3 class="c-card__title" id="p-67b3013133f4d-title"> <span>Chris Wagner</span></h3> <div class="t-sink s-sink c-card__description"> <p>Chris is designing a technology and software platform to help surgeons target even the most difficult tumors.</p></div> </div> <div class="c-card__cta"aria-hidden="true"> <div class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn about Chris’ work </span> </div> </div> <a class="c-card__wrapper-link" id="p-67b3013133f4d-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013133f4d-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013133f4d-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2024/05/alumni-profile-chris-wagner-sm-02-phd-06"> Learn about Chris’ work </a> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-link-wrapper" > <div class="c-card has-target-link" > <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-image--bg c-card__image c-image" > <div class="c-image__image lazyload" role="img" aria-label="A woman wearing a long brown coat stands with city traffic in the background." data-expand="200" data-sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" data-bgset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/24_02_01-Cruz_094-1536x1024-1_dd163e.png?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w 576h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/24_02_01-Cruz_094-1536x1024-1_dd163e.png?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/four-three.png');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <h3 class="c-card__title" id="p-67b3013133f65-title"> <span>Jen Cruz</span></h3> <div class="t-sink s-sink c-card__description"> <p>After losing her mother to cancer while she was in middle school, Jen committed herself to finding solutions for reducing inequities in breast cancer screening across rural settings.</p></div> </div> <div class="c-card__cta"aria-hidden="true"> <div class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Read about Jen’s efforts </span> </div> </div> <a class="c-card__wrapper-link" id="p-67b3013133f65-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013133f65-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013133f65-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/03/her-friends-parents-were-dying-of-cancer-then-her-mom-got-sick/"> Read about Jen’s efforts </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-columns t-theme--light"> <div class="l-container b-columns__container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-columns__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h3 class="c-block__title b-columns__title h3 c-content-block__title" > Where research happens</h3> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-columns__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>These scholars and many more in the Harvard community research cancer at Schools, hospitals, centers, and institutes across our campus.</p> </div> </div> </header> <div class="b-columns__list b-columns__row b-columns--count-4"> <div class="b-columns__col"> <div class="b-columns__col-content t-sink s-sink" > <p><a href="https://ccsp.hms.harvard.edu/">The Center for Cancer Systems Pharmacology</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.dana-farber.org/">Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="b-columns__col"> <div class="b-columns__col-content t-sink s-sink" > <p><a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/cancer-prevention/cancer-prevention/">Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer-center/treatments-and-services/gastrointestinal-cancers">The Tucker Gosnell Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="b-columns__col"> <div class="b-columns__col-content t-sink s-sink" > <p><a href="https://ludwigcenter.hms.harvard.edu/">The Ludwig Center</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer-center">Mass General Cancer Center</a></p> <p><a href="https://halecenter.dfci.harvard.edu/about/">The Hale Family Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="b-columns__col"> <div class="b-columns__col-content t-sink s-sink" > <p><a href="https://www.fondation-bertarelli.org/life-sciences/bertarelli-rare-cancers-fund/">Bertarelli Rare Cancers Fund</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer-center/clinical-trials-and-research/center-for-cancer-research">The Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-news" > <div class="b-news__container l-container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-news__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-news__title h3 c-content-block__title" > Exploring new treatments</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-news__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>The Harvard community is contributing to important advancements in cancer treatment that are happening every day. </p> </div> </div> </header> <div class="b-news__wrap"> <div class="b-news__left"> <div class="b-news__first"> <figure class="b-news__first-img main-image c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="Two scientists wearing white coats pose together in a lab." src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/052424_-CARTfade_0341.png?w=736&h=491&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/052424_-CARTfade_0341.png?w=736&h=491&crop=1 736w 491h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/052424_-CARTfade_0341.png?w=736&h=491&crop=1 736w 491h" /> </figure> <h3 id="p-67b30131370bb-title" class="h3 b-news__first-title"> <span>Fixing a key flaw in revolutionary cancer treatment</span> </h3> <p class="p b-news__first-excerpt">Researchers have figured out how to give a timely boost to a revolutionary treatment that enlists immune cells in the anticancer fight.</p> <a class="b-news__first-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b30131370bb-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b30131370bb-title" aria-describedby="p-67b30131370bb-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/08/fixing-key-flaw-in-revolutionary-cancer-treatment/"> Fixing a key flaw in revolutionary cancer treatment </a> </div> </div> <div class="b-news__right"> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Brain Cancer</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b30131375ae-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>A new therapy aimed at treating glioblastomas provides promising results</span> </h3> </div> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b30131375ae-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b30131375ae-title" aria-describedby="p-67b30131375ae-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/03/dramatic-inroads-against-aggressive-brain-cancer/"> A new therapy aimed at treating glioblastomas provides promising results </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Cell Therapy</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b301313761a-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>Scientists are harnessing a new way to turn cancer cells into anti-cancer agents</span> </h3> </div> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b301313761a-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b301313761a-title" aria-describedby="p-67b301313761a-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/in-mouse-model-scientists-develop-cancer-vaccine-that-kills-brain-tumors/"> Scientists are harnessing a new way to turn cancer cells into anti-cancer agents </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Oral Cancer</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b3013137655-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>New findings explore a therapy that will treat an aggressive form of oral precancerous disease</span> </h3> </div> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b3013137655-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013137655-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013137655-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://www.hsdm.harvard.edu/news/researchers-explore-immune-checkpoint-therapy-treat-aggressive-form-oral-cancer"> New findings explore a therapy that will treat an aggressive form of oral precancerous disease </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Immunotherapy</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b301313768d-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>Gut bacteria can alter the body’s response to a common form of cancer immunotherapy</span> </h3> </div> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b301313768d-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b301313768d-title" aria-describedby="p-67b301313768d-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/boost-cancer-immunotherapys-fighting-power-look-gut"> Gut bacteria can alter the body’s response to a common form of cancer immunotherapy </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Ovarian Cancer</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b30131376c4-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>A team has developed the first injectable lymphoid organs for therapeutic purposes which could be used for the treatment of ovarian cancer</span> </h3> </div> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b30131376c4-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b30131376c4-title" aria-describedby="p-67b30131376c4-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/inodes-receives-arpa-h-award/"> A team has developed the first injectable lymphoid organs for therapeutic purposes which could be used for the treatment of ovarian cancer </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-list-with-image t-theme--light" > <div class="b-list-with-image__container l-container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-list-with-image__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-list-with-image__title h3 c-content-block__title" > Better understanding prevention</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-list-with-image__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Harvard researchers are digging into how cancer begins in the body, how our diet and lifestyle affects outcomes, and what we can do to detect the disease sooner.</p> </div> </div> </header> <div class="b-list-with-image__loop" > <div class="b-list-with-image__item"> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__title t-sink s-sink"> <h3>Discovering how each cancer works</h3> </div> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__description t-sink s-sink"> <p>Scientists are looking into the mechanisms that cancers use to form and grow, including <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-breast-cancer-arises">estrogen</a>, <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-cancer-mechanism-failed-cell-housekeeping">gene mutations</a>, and <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/hms-researchers-design-algorithm-that-ids-dna-defects-making-more-cancers-treatable/">DNA defects</a>. They are also looking into ways to help the <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-immune-cells-survive-cancer-battles">immune system effectively defeat aggressive cancers</a>.</p> </div> <figure class="b-list-with-image__item__figure c-image" > <div class="c-image__image" role="img" aria-label="<h3>Discovering how each cancer works</h3> " style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-DNA-repair.jpg?w=375');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="b-list-with-image__item"> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__title t-sink s-sink"> <h3>Exploring how lifestyle affects the disease</h3> </div> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__description t-sink s-sink"> <p>With <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/09/researchers-report-dramatic-rise-in-early-onset-cancers/">a dramatic rise in cancer in people under 50</a>, researchers are looking into <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/02/how-to-shrink-the-cancer-risk-in-your-diet/">lifestyle factors</a>. Studies have found that <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/08/daily-consumption-of-sugary-drinks-linked-to-increased-risk-of-liver-cancer/">soft drinks</a> and <a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/alcohol-and-cancer-risk-harvard-chan-experts-weigh-in/">alcohol consumption</a> can increase the risk of cancer in some populations, while <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/08/adopting-mediterranean-lifestyle-lowers-risk-of-cancer-mortality-by-28/">the Mediterranean diet can lower the risk of a variety of cancers</a>.</p> </div> <figure class="b-list-with-image__item__figure c-image" > <div class="c-image__image" role="img" aria-label="<h3>Exploring how lifestyle affects the disease</h3> " style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_369560255b.jpg?w=375');"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="b-list-with-image__item"> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__title t-sink s-sink"> <h3>Improving cancer screenings to improve outcomes</h3> </div> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__description t-sink s-sink"> <p>Researchers are exploring novel ways to detect cancer early and easily, like <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/getting-ahead-of-liver-cancer/">blood proteins that point to potential liver cancer</a> and an <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/02/ai-model-flags-high-risk-pancreatic-cancer-patients-18-months-before-diagnosis/">AI model that flags pancreatic cancer</a> risk. They are also promoting <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/07/should-colon-cancer-screening-start-at-40/">earlier colon cancer screenings</a> and <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/warning-for-younger-women-be-vigilant-on-breast-cancer-risk/">more vigilant breast cancer screening for young women</a>.</p> </div> <figure class="b-list-with-image__item__figure c-image" > <div class="c-image__image" role="img" aria-label="<h3>Improving cancer screenings to improve outcomes</h3> " style="background-image:url('https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_426348843b.jpg?w=375');"></div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-news" > <div class="b-news__container l-container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-news__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-news__title h3 c-content-block__title" > A broader view of the disease</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-news__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>A cancer diagnosis is so much more than the disease and its treatment. It can affect body image, budget, faith, and community connections.</p> </div> </div> </header> <div class="b-news__wrap"> <div class="b-news__left"> <div class="b-news__first"> <figure class="b-news__first-img main-image c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="Gozde Basara at a science fair booth" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20231120-Wyss-Retreat-2023-133.avif?w=736&h=491&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20231120-Wyss-Retreat-2023-133.avif?w=736&h=491&crop=1 736w 491h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20231120-Wyss-Retreat-2023-133.avif?w=736&h=491&crop=1 736w 491h" /> </figure> <ul class="b-news__category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Building hope</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b3013138cee-title" class="h3 b-news__first-title"> <span>The ReConstruct project</span> </h3> <p class="p b-news__first-excerpt">Gozde Basara is creating viable breast tissue using the patient’s own cells, for safer reconstruction surgeries post-mastectomy.</p> <a class="b-news__first-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b3013138cee-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013138cee-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013138cee-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-gozde-basara-on-engineering-safer-solutions-for-cancer-survivors/"> The ReConstruct project </a> </div> </div> <div class="b-news__right"> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Moving on</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b3013139125-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>Exercise oncology is bringing benefits and hope to cancer survivors</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="b-news__side-img side-img c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="Older people walking in a park" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_279951273.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_279951273.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_279951273.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" /> </figure> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b3013139125-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013139125-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013139125-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/good-moves"> Exercise oncology is bringing benefits and hope to cancer survivors </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Making equal</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b3013139581-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>Breast-cancer guidelines may delay diagnoses in nonwhite women</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="b-news__side-img side-img c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="A woman getting a mammogram" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2048px-woman_receives_mammogram_2500.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2048px-woman_receives_mammogram_2500.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2048px-woman_receives_mammogram_2500.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" /> </figure> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b3013139581-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013139581-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013139581-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/03/mgh-analysis-points-to-race-bias-in-breast-cancer-screening/"> Breast-cancer guidelines may delay diagnoses in nonwhite women </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Finding solace</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b30131398cc-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>Spirituality may be a missing element of healthcare for some patients</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="b-news__side-img side-img c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="A woman with her hands crossed over her chest" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_193053374.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_193053374.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_193053374.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" /> </figure> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b30131398cc-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b30131398cc-title" aria-describedby="p-67b30131398cc-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/2023/3/3/video-spirituality-serious-illness-and-health"> Spirituality may be a missing element of healthcare for some patients </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Lowering costs</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b3013139ced-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>30% of Medicare patients didn’t fill a new cancer medication prescription</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="b-news__side-img side-img c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="A bottle of pills being poured out" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pills-1885550_1920.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pills-1885550_1920.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pills-1885550_1920.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" /> </figure> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b3013139ced-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b3013139ced-title" aria-describedby="p-67b3013139ced-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://hls.harvard.edu/today/how-could-reducing-prescription-drug-prices-save-patients-money/"> 30% of Medicare patients didn’t fill a new cancer medication prescription </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Busting Myths</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b301313a03d-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>Correcting cancer misconceptions one podcast at a time</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="b-news__side-img side-img c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="A doctor holding a patients hand" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_1033731526.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_1033731526.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_1033731526.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" /> </figure> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b301313a03d-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b301313a03d-title" aria-describedby="p-67b301313a03d-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://www.dana-farber.org/health-library/cancer-mythbusters"> Correcting cancer misconceptions one podcast at a time </a> </div> <div class="b-news__side-wrap"> <div class="b-news__side-content"> <ul class="b-news__side-category"> <li> <span class="b-news__category__item" > Caring for caregivers</span> </li> </ul> <h3 id="p-67b301313a409-title" class="b-news__side-title"> <span>A communal music-theater experience gives voice to doctors, patients, and researchers</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="b-news__side-img side-img c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="A person on a stage" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_993863055.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_993863055.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h, https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_993863055.jpg?w=375&h=281&crop=1 375w 281h" /> </figure> <a class="b-news__side-cta is-target-link" id="p-67b301313a409-link" aria-labelledby="p-67b301313a409-title" aria-describedby="p-67b301313a409-link" data-js="target-link" href="https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/night-side-songs/"> A communal music-theater experience gives voice to doctors, patients, and researchers </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-block--remove-bottom-padding c-block b-header hide-border"> <div class="l-container b-header__container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-header__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-header__title h3 c-content-block__title" > Understanding risk factors</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-header__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Experts are exploring how the world around us puts us at risk for cancer, as well as how to better assess those risks.</p> </div> </div> </header> <hr class="b-header__border" /> </div> </section> <section class="c-block--remove-top-padding c-block b-featured-stories"> <div class="b-featured-stories__container"> <div class="c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="b-featured-stories__slider c-slider c-slider__main--has-arrows"> <div class="c-slider--carousel-pull-right__wrap c-slider__main swiper-container" data-swiper-options="{ "speed": 300, "loop": false, "autoHeight": true, 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