
ChaoCompCancerCenter
@chaocompcancer
The only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in Orange County, we help you fight cancer on all fronts. No cancer is rare to us.
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https://care.ucihealth.org/center-for-advanced-care 01-11-2024 22:42:22
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Congratulations to Dr. Yulian Khagi and Dr. Zhina Sadeghi, our UCI Health Spring 2025 Rising Stars! Launched in 2019 by the UC Irvine School of Medicine and UC Irvine Healthcare, the Rising Stars program honors junior faculty making outstanding contributions in research, clinical care, and service.





The ChaoCompCancerCenter has launched the first U.S. clinical trial to test if the ALS drug riluzole can improve memory and thinking in cancer patients with chemo brain by boosting a key brain protein (BDNF) reduced by treatment. See if you qualify today: bit.ly/4kN8SWT


Dr. Gary E. Deng is the director of the new Integrative Oncology Program at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, in partnership with the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute. You can learn more about Deng's work, including a new #breastcancer pilot project, at bit.ly/43V0uib





Nicole Ferrer, director of oncology services at ChaoCompCancerCenter has been named to the Under 40 Crowd list by Orange Coast Magazine. The nurse leader has been instrumental in expanding access to the world-class care at the #cancer center. Learn more bit.ly/4ewjqaL





Meet Dr. Nick Pannunzio, Associate Professor at UC Irvine School of Medicine who is studying how our DNA shapes cancer risk. His lab focuses on aggressive leukemia types affecting Hispanic/Latino communities in OC—work powered by the Anti-Cancer Challenge. #anticancerchallenge #cancerresearch
