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04/09/2026

A reminder to slow down and notice what’s blooming around us. 🌸 ☀️

04/09/2026

04/08/2026

Just as traveling from time zone to time zone can cause sleep disturbances, fuzzy thinking and overall discombobulation, solar jet lag can also result in negative health effects including, potentially, an increased risk for liver cancer.

A new grant awarded to Fred Hutch epidemiologist Dr. Trang VoPham will investigate whether the most common form of liver cancer ― hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC ― is also driven by a disruption in circadian rhythms.

04/08/2026

From discovery to treatment, progress at Fred Hutch is a team effort. 🔬 🏥

Fred Hutch lung cancer specialist Dr. Lei Deng explains how lab findings from Dr. McGarry Houghton are informing clinical trials led by Dr. Christina Baik, bringing new strategies to help patients with lung cancer overcome resistance to immunotherapy.

It’s bench‑to‑bedside research, designed to change what’s possible for patients.

04/07/2026

Catching cancer early ― when it can be treated and even cured ― is a cornerstone of cancer prevention. But what do you do if you don’t have health insurance?

“Cancer screening is the best tool we have for diagnosing and treating cancer early, and it needs to be available to everyone regardless of insurance status,” said Fred Hutch’s community health education manager Liz Tallent.

Looking for no-cost, low-cost cancer screening? We turned to some of Fred Hutch's experts ― community health educators, patient navigators and others ― for their best advice on how people in Washington state can still get preventive screening for cancer.

04/07/2026

🎉 Celebrating Our 2026 Patient Safety Champions!

Each year, Fred Hutch staff and faculty from across the organization are nominated by their peers for going above and beyond to help keep everyone in our clinics safe. We’re proud to recognize our 2026 Patient Safety Champions and thank them for their dedication, leadership, and commitment to excellence.

Congratulations to this year’s champions, and thank you to everyone at Fred Hutch for fostering a strong culture of safety for our patients, caregivers and colleagues. 💙

04/06/2026

After moving from Massachusetts to Washington to be closer to her first grandchild, Barbara Doyle thought the massive nosebleeds she was experiencing were just a reaction to the Pacific Northwest air. They weren’t.

Those nosebleeds led to a life-changing diagnosis: an extremely rare and aggressive sinus cancer called sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma. Barbara turned to the multidisciplinary care team at Fred Hutch, who put together a comprehensive care plan involving delicate surgery followed by an intense course of chemotherapy and precision proton therapy.

Through it all, Barbara was able to lean on her care team for support. "My radiation oncologist, Dr. Jay Liao, put me at ease, she said. "He kept telling me how well I was doing, how strong I was. I asked ‘Can I survive this?’ and he said ‘Yes, you can!’ It felt like I’d come to Washington for a reason.”

In October 2024, Barbara rang the bell in the lobby of Fred Hutch - Proton Therapy to mark the end of treatment. Today, her scans are clear, her hair has grown back, and she's making new memories with her family. 💙

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04/05/2026

At Fred Hutch, breakthroughs don’t stop in the lab. Decades of research showing how the immune system can eradicate cancer have led to CAR T-cell therapies that are now FDA‑approved and standard treatments for patients with blood cancers and beyond.

04/04/2026

When Jonathan Bricker, PhD, graduated from the University of Washington’s clinical psychology program in 2003, he faced a consequential choice: Take the traditional route of developing programs to help patients one by one, or gamble on a broader, riskier vision for building programs that could help many thousands of people change behaviors that drive cancer risk.

He chose scale.

Bricker joined Fred Hutch Cancer Center that same year, determined to reduce the toll of preventable cancer deaths. About 40% of annual cancer deaths are linked to modifiable risks, including smoking and excessive weight. Over the last two decades, he has worked toward that goal by developing mobile apps and other scalable tools for behavioral change. Each was built on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which focuses on being open to feelings, cravings and thoughts instead of trying to avoid them.

Today Bricker is a professor in the Cancer Prevention Program of Fred Hutch’s Public Health Sciences Division and leads the Health and Behavioral Innovations in Technology (HABIT) Lab. And in recognition of his commitment to helping people change behaviors that can lead to cancer, he was recently awarded the Endowed Chair in Cancer Prevention.

“I am so grateful for this honor,” Bricker said. “It speaks volumes about how much Fred Hutch values cancer prevention and about their commitment to the work we're doing in the HABIT Lab.” Bricker’s research is part of Fred Hutch’s decades-long, collaborative effort across disciplines like psychology, epidemiology and biostatistics to not only improve treatments for cancer, but also prevent it altogether.

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04/04/2026

"We try to find creative ways to meet patients where they're at and help them get what they need."

Our patient navigators are here to help patients address any barriers or concerns that they have related to their care at Fred Hutch. Learn more about how to get in touch with the Patient Navigation program: https://bit.ly/4bBsICt

04/04/2026

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, the learning curve required to get up to speed can be daunting. What are the best treatment options? The Cancer Information Service (CIS) is here to help it's free!

“They don’t have scripts,” said Adrianna Gutierrez, CIS director. “They take each client as an individual and assess their situation and their needs and find information specifically relevant to them."

Read more: https://bit.ly/4e3fJLj

Based at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, the taxpayer-funded Cancer Information Service serves as the bridge between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the public. Its primary goal is to disseminate accurate information about cancer, connecting people wi...