NCI

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cancer Institute grant funds new integrated approach to early lung cancer detection

    Vanderbilt researchers have received a National Cancer Institute grant to develop a novel, integrative approach to detect early signs of lung cancer. The four-year project builds on a related, recent study that established the value of using three separate measures—structural imaging, a protein marker and information available from electronic health… Read More

    Jan. 22, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    New technique tracks breast cancer subtypes, treatment effectiveness

    Ph.D. biomedical engineering candidate Alex Walsh and colleagues are studying new imaging techniques to distinguish breast cancer subtypes and determine if specific therapies are working against cancer cells. (photo by John Russell) A group of Vanderbilt researchers has used laser technology and a custom-built multiphoton… Read More

    Oct. 21, 2013