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The purpose of the Lundberg Institute, a non-profit organization, is to forge a patient-physician alliance based on trust, providing research, education, leadership, strategies, and communications that promote evidence-informed, efficient, and effective health care delivery to benefit the health and well-being of patients, physicians, and the public.
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What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All
Sometimes, because of the current political pushback, one can get the false impression that the academic attention that has recently been paid to increasing a university’s diversity, equity and inclusion profile is a new phenomenon.
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Cancer Commons: Help for Those with Advanced Cancer
Deciding on treatment for advanced cancer is overwhelming on…
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A New Biomarker to Optimize Immunotherapy for People with Cancer
Immunotherapy—a type of treatment that harnesses a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer—has been a “game changer” for many patients. It can be difficult, however, to predict whether or […]
Learnings from Pilot Study: Creating Treatment Templates to Serve More Glioblastoma Patients
A recent pilot study between Cancer Commons and the Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research & Information is identifying patterns that are being translated into treatment templates to better serve a larger group […]
Using Live Cells from Patients to Find the Right Cancer Drug
Today, many cancer patients benefit from targeted drugs that are matched to the distinct genetic mutations found in their tumors. However, especially in late-stage cancer, this “precision oncology” strategy has […]