Samir N. Khleif, MD Director, GRU Cancer Center The arrival of summer means beaches, barbecues and a host of other events and attractions that draw us all outdoors. Sadly, it also brings with it an increased risk for skin cancers, the most commonly...
Samir N. Khleif, MD Director, GRU Cancer Center “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela January is cervical cancer awareness month. Recently my research team and I have been working to...
Georgia Regents University (GRU) has been home to Georgia’s only NCI Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program (MB-CCOP) since 2004. With its affiliate site, University Cancer & Blood Center (UCBC), GRU has enrolled nearly 800...
Daron Ferris, MD, received a $40.7K subcontract from a Georgia Southern University NCI/NIH R01 for “Implementation evaluation of a cervical cancer screening initiative in Cusco, Peru.” This project aims to positively impact the gynecological health...
Samir N. Khleif, MD Director, GRU Cancer Center While the old adage we are what we eat might be an oversimplification, the truth is we are affected by how we eat. A 2010 survey by the Center for Disease Control found that nearly 70 percent of the...