Cancer Research

If you have a loved one with cancer, you wait with anticipation for the next big advance in cancer treatment. And if you live far away from hospitals with…

The American Cancer Society estimates more than four-thousand South Dakotans will receive a cancer diagnosis this year. But that’s not the only number…

Researchers at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are looking at new chemical-free treatments for cancer. The School of Mines has been…

The Avera Cancer Institute in Sioux Falls is partnering with an international research organization for a ground-breaking study of lung cancer treatment.…

Sanford oncologist and cancer researcher Dr. Steven Powell was among a team of researchers who discovered that the drug olanzaphine significantly improved…

Dr. John Lee, a physician scientist in the Cancer Biology Research Center, is expanding his research by joining the founder of the Cancer MoonShot 2020…

During his State of the Union address President Barack Obama announced the establishment of a new initiative to accelerate cancer research called Cancer…

Cancer, says Vice President Joe Biden, is personal.He spoke at the South Dakota Cancer Moonshot Summit via simultaneous, nationwide livestream, calling…

Steven F. Powell, MD is a medical oncologist and clinician scientist at Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, SD. Dr. Powell is also an assistant…

Next week, SDPB-TV airs the latest Ken Burns documentary, Cancer the Emperor of All Maladies. The three-part, six-hour series covers the first documented…