Joe Rojas-Burke worked as a cell biology researcher at the Rockefeller University in New York City until he figured out he could make a living writing about science for newspapers and magazines. He's been a science writer with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute since September 2015.
Salvar más vidas contra el cáncer de páncreas
By Joe Rojas-Burke
August 25, 2023
Investigadores de OHSU aportan especialización, ideas innovadoras y una estrategia de tres partes a un consorcio del National Cancer Institute dedicado a la detección temprana de este cáncer fatal.
Saving more lives from pancreatic cancer
By Joe Rojas-Burke
August 25, 2023
OHSU researchers are bringing expertise, fresh ideas, three-pronged strategy to a National Cancer Institute consortium for early detection of the deadly cancer.
El centro de biofabricación de OHSU desarrolla órganos y huesos para investigación pionera sobre cáncer y más
By Joe Rojas-Burke
June 01, 2023
Con un aporte de fondos por $1 millón se adquirirán tecnologías de última generación para la fabricación con células vivas.
OHSU Biofabrication Hub develops organs, bone for pioneering research into cancer, more
By Joe Rojas-Burke
June 01, 2023
$1 million funding will bring state-of-the-art technologies for building with living cells.
Cirujano investigador revoluciona el camino hacia el tratamiento del cáncer basado en la inmunidad
By Joe Rojas-Burke
May 02, 2023
El descubrimiento del Dr. Robert Eil marca el camino para aumentar el poder de los linfocitos T capaces de matar las células cancerígenas
A surgeon-scientist blazes a new path to immune-based cancer treatment
By Joe Rojas-Burke
May 02, 2023
Discovery by Robert Eil, M.D., points the way to boost the cancer-killing power of T cells.
Innovación en la tecnología de MRI permite ver por primera vez la actividad energética de las células en órganos y tejidos
By Joe Rojas-Burke
March 31, 2023
Una investigación de OHSU abre nuevas posibilidades de diagnóstico por imágenes del cerebro, para la detección del cáncer y el monitoreo de los tratamientos.
MRI innovation for the first time reveals cells’ energy activity in organs and tissues
By Joe Rojas-Burke
March 31, 2023
OHSU research opens up new possibilities for brain imaging, detecting cancer, monitoring treatment.
Investigadores de OHSU identifican un promisorio tratamiento de última generación contra el cáncer
By Joe Rojas-Burke
February 10, 2023
El descubrimiento de un químico apunta a la creación de inhibidores de PARP-1 de última generación, un objetivo crítico en cánceres de ovario, mama y próstata.
OHSU researchers identify promising next-generation cancer treatment
By Joe Rojas-Burke
February 10, 2023
Chemistry discovery points to next generation inhibitors of PARP-1, a critical target in ovarian, breast and prostate cancers.
Study confirms the unique danger of postpartum breast cancers
By Joe Rojas-Burke
October 14, 2022
A postpartum cancer diagnosis can move women who appear to have good prognosis into a high-risk category.
A better roadmap for beating a deadly leukemia
By Joe Rojas-Burke
August 09, 2022
Using massive data set, OHSU researchers zero in on potential drug target to stop acute myeloid leukemia.
New treatment strategy aims to stop rare liver cancer
By Joe Rojas-Burke
June 15, 2022
OHSU surgeon’s innovative approach targets deadly cholangiocarcinoma of the liver.
Taking a systems approach to beating cancer
By Joe Rojas-Burke
May 04, 2022
Laura Heiser uses systems biology in her effort to reveal, counter tumor drug resistance.
Blood test could reveal transition to cancer in people at risk
By Joe Rojas-Burke
April 25, 2022
Test developed by OHSU researchers could enable treatment early, when cancer is more likely to be curable.
Innovation massively expands view into workings of single cells
By Joe Rojas-Burke
July 06, 2021
New method yields 10 times more data, reduces gene sequencing costs by one third.
Targeted ‘radioligand’ improves survival in advanced prostate cancer
By Joe Rojas-Burke
June 03, 2021
Injected agent targets radiation to prostate cancer cells, sparing most normal tissues.
Understanding the aggressive breast cancers missed by mammogram screening
By Joe Rojas-Burke
June 30, 2020
Research by OHSU, Oregon State University points to an aggressive form of breast cancer not detected readily by screening.
Cancer genome study reveals big window for early detection
By Joe Rojas-Burke
February 05, 2020
New findings suggest that it will be possible to find and treat many cancers early.
Study overturns basic tenet in leukemia biology
By Joe Rojas-Burke
November 18, 2019
Findings could lead to better therapies for acute myeloid leukemia, among most difficult cancers to treat.
A new prescription for cancer: Exercise
By Joe Rojas-Burke
October 16, 2019
Updated guidance concludes activity tailored to the individual can reduce side effects, improve quality of life.
Care for lung cancer pain, suffering linked to improved survival
By Joe Rojas-Burke
September 19, 2019
OHSU study of 23,000 VA patients finds timing of palliative care is pivotal.
Targeted therapy stops a rare, joint-destroying tumor
By Joe Rojas-Burke
August 20, 2019
OHSU cancer researcher helped lead study finding first effective drug therapy for tenosynovial giant cell tumor, or TGCT.
‘Bone in a dish’ opens new window on cancer initiation, metastasis, bone healing
By Joe Rojas-Burke
August 06, 2019
Like real bone, the material developed at OHSU has a 3D mineral structure populated with living cells, providing a unique model to study bone function, diseases, regeneration.
New questions about the tradeoffs in ‘accelerated’ cancer drug studies
By Joe Rojas-Burke
April 01, 2019
Cancer clinical trials that use surrogate endpoints end up saving relatively little time, a new study finds.
Making cancer clinical trials SMMART
By Joe Rojas-Burke
November 16, 2018
OHSU is giving cancer researchers new ability to test drug combinations aimed at overwhelming a tumors’ ability to adapt.
Tumor cells fuse with immune cells and become more aggressive
By Joe Rojas-Burke
September 12, 2018
The hybrid cells, readily detected in cancer patients’ blood, gain new powers to mobilize and form new tumors.