Cancer

Clinical insights, innovative procedures, and tips for helping to prevent and treat cancer

  • When standard treatment isn’t enough: A new study offers hope for people with triple-negative breast cancer

    When standard treatment isn’t enough: A new study offers hope for people with triple-negative breast cancer

    A new clinical trial is testing a promising drug combination that could improve survival for people whose cancer didn’t fully respond to standard treatment.

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  • One Day at a Time: Samantha's Journey Through Metastatic Melanoma

    One Day at a Time: Samantha's Journey Through Metastatic Melanoma

    After being diagnosed with mmelanoma while in nursing school and facing a recurrence more than a decade later, Samantha Ybaro continues to move forward with resilience, gratitude and a message of hope

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  • Hope comes in a clinical trial: Brad’s remarkable story

    Hope comes in a clinical trial: Brad’s remarkable story

    When Brad’s medullary thyroid cancer returned after a surgical procedure, he enrolled in a clinical trial. Now, his cancer is nearly undetectable.

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  • Back on the Dance Floor: How Targeted Therapy Helped Gene Keep Moving

    Back on the Dance Floor: How Targeted Therapy Helped Gene Keep Moving

    After his prostate cancer progressed despite treatment, Gene found new possibilities through Pluvicto, an innovative radioligand therapy.

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  • Colonoscopies finding a high rate of early onset colorectal cancer, Providence study finds

    Colonoscopies finding a high rate of early onset colorectal cancer, Providence study finds

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  • Providence researchers head to Chicago for leading cancer conference

    Providence researchers head to Chicago for leading cancer conference

    Researchers at Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, a division of Providence Cancer Institute of Oregon, are helping shape the future of cancer care at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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  • Adoptive cell therapy: Phase III study open for people with advanced melanoma

    Adoptive cell therapy: Phase III study open for people with advanced melanoma

    Inside the IMA203 phase III trial enrolling patients at Providence Cancer Institute.

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  • It started with one bandage, and a patient’s smile

    It started with one bandage, and a patient’s smile

    How novelty bandages have become a beloved tradition at Providence Cancer Institute Newberg Clinic.

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  • New guidelines for treating head and neck cancer could be a game changer

    New guidelines for treating head and neck cancer could be a game changer

    New ASCO guidelines are designed to make the full body of evidence accessible to clinicians across specialties, including those who may not work routinely with a head and neck surgeon.

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  • New Providence study identifies provider-patient relationships as central to colorectal cancer screening disparities

    New Providence study identifies provider-patient relationships as central to colorectal cancer screening disparities

    A new Providence study identifies barriers to colorectal cancer screening among racially diverse communities and is helping to shape outreach efforts to improve screening rates.

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  • Providence receives esteemed NIH grant for ‘paradigm shift’ in head and neck cancer treatments

    Providence receives esteemed NIH grant for ‘paradigm shift’ in head and neck cancer treatments

    Providence cancer researchers will use a $3.4-million federal grant to study why a new treatment regimen is showing better outcomes against tumors that have been difficult to treat in the past.

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  • Pioneering immunotherapy clinical trial enrolling patients with advanced cancers

    Pioneering immunotherapy clinical trial enrolling patients with advanced cancers

    A new medication called M3T01, developed at Providence Cancer Institute, takes a different approach to immunotherapy.

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  • VOICES of Black Women: A community study in cancer prevention and care

    VOICES of Black Women: A community study in cancer prevention and care

    A new study focused on stories will change health outcomes for Black women.

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  • Leading the way: Providence researchers at AACR Annual Meeting

    Leading the way: Providence researchers at AACR Annual Meeting

    The annual AACR meeting draws the most innovative cancer researchers seeking breakthroughs in treatments.

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  • Treatment options, time, and hope for one family's "chief memory maker"

    Treatment options, time, and hope for one family's "chief memory maker"

    After Virginia Kuo was diagnosed with lung cancer, Providence Swedish experts were committed to helping this mom of three have the life she envisioned with her husband and family. Learn more

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  • A quiet lifeline: Meet the volunteer at Jill Lematta Learning Center

    A quiet lifeline: Meet the volunteer at Jill Lematta Learning Center

    Cancer resources and compassion are plentiful in a quiet space at Providence Cancer Institute Franz Clinic.

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  • Colon Cancer Is Rising in Younger Adults—Why Early Detection  Matters More Than Ever

    Colon Cancer Is Rising in Younger Adults—Why Early Detection Matters More Than Ever

    Colon cancer is no longer a disease that patients can assume only affects older adults. Colon Cancer Is Rising in Younger Adults—& Early Detection Matters More Than Ever

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  • Gene therapy shows promising results against multiple myeloma

    Gene therapy shows promising results against multiple myeloma

    This study is now enrolling patients at Providence Cancer Institute – the only site outside of Australia.

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  • Q&A: Colon cancer in younger adults, when to screen, symptoms and prevention

    Q&A: Colon cancer in younger adults, when to screen, symptoms and prevention

    Dr. Kelly Perlewitz answers timely questions about the rise of colon cancer cases in younger adults.

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  • Celebrating oncology social workers: Compassion, expertise and impact

    Celebrating oncology social workers: Compassion, expertise and impact

    We celebrate the work of oncology social workers, whose work is essential, transformative and deeply human.

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