Ian Demsky

Demsky was a previous Health Lab contributor and member of the public relations team.

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In surgery room
Health Lab
Study: Mixed Progress in Efforts to Reduce Low Value Breast Cancer Surgery
A U-M review found national Choosing Wisely recommendations to reduce overtreatment in early stage breast cancer weren’t consistently followed.
microscope drawn in blue ink on notepad paper
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U-M Researchers Home in on Key Player in Pancreatic Cancer Development
The protein Argonaute 2 was found to be critical to the progression from benign lesions into pancreatic cancer, suggesting a therapeutic opportunity.
News Release
Providing safe cancer care in the time of COVID
The challenges for patients and providers have been unprecedented. That’s why leaders and care teams across the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center(link is external) have been working tirelessly in recent weeks to chart a safe, sustainable path forward — innovating across the entire organization to provide nationally recognized cancer care while protecting patients and staff from the spread of COVID.
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App Calculates Risk of Delaying Cancer Care During Pandemic
The University of Michigan’s OncCOVID app draws on global cancer and coronavirus data to create an individualized mortality risk assessment for receiving immediate versus delayed cancer treatment.
Welcome to Yallah Quit
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Program Aims to Help the Muslim Community Quit Smoking During Ramadan
One program is helping people in the Arab-American community quit smoking for good during the month of Ramadan.
Nurse with PPE
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Hazardous Drug Spills Put Cancer Nurses at Risk
New study highlights the persistent dangers cancer nurses face from exposure to hazardous drugs.
MRI scanning procedure
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Clinical Trial Offers Clues About Why Some Metastatic Prostate Cancers Don’t Respond to Anti-Androgen Therapy
Transcriptional profiling identifies a gene program active in metastatic prostate cancers that failed to respond to enzalutamide treatment.
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Turning On the ‘Off Switch’ in Cancer Cells
Researchers have made strides toward targeting cancer in a new way. Through a collaboration between institutions and various scientific disciplines, scientists found a new way to attack a previously undruggable tumor suppressor.
Kidney cells strained
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Diagnostic Biomarkers Uncovered for Rare Kidney Cancer
Using next-generation RNA sequencing combined with data from local sources and The Cancer Genome Atlas, U-M researchers have uncovered the gene signature for chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC).
Photo of researcher suited up holding tank with mouse inside.
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Identical Mice, Different Gut Bacteria, Different Levels of Cancer
A new study examines why different types of gut bacteria impact the development or suppression of colorectal cancer in mice.
Prostate cancer scans
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How Should Radiation Oncologists Manage Prostate Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
An international team of radiation oncologists are helping to protect patients and providers and conserve protective equipment for frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pastor in home
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The Uncertainty of a Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis
A patient with stage 4 cancer provides practical advice for others living with a similar diagnosis.
stethoscope drawing in blue ink on lined notepad paper
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When Prostate Cancer Recurs, Adding Hormone Therapy to Radiation May Harm Men with Low PSA Levels
Antiandrogen treatment is associated with heart and neurological problems and didn’t increase survival for this group of men, a U-M analysis finds.
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Unconditional Love and Radical Acceptance
After receiving a rare cancer diagnosis, one local pastor says she has learned more about what unconditional love means.
News Release
U-M science teams need public's help to advance to the Sweet 16 round of the STAT Madness tournament
Three Michigan Medicine-led projects have advanced to the second round of STAT News’ annual STAT Madness competition — a bracket-style tournament to find the best innovations in science and medicine
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