MD Class of 2023 Celebrates Commencement

Feinberg honored the MD Class of 2023 during the medical school’s 164th commencement ceremony in the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier.

Combination Treatment Improves Survival in Endometrial Cancer

Patients with endometrial cancer who received the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab in addition to chemotherapy had longer progression-free survival compared to chemotherapy alone, according to a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Honors Day Celebrates Student and Faculty Excellence

Faculty members and fourth-year medical students were recognized for their academic and clinical excellence during Feinberg’s Honors Day, held May 12 in the Hughes auditorium.

Improving Immune Responses in Prostate Cancer

Men with high-risk prostate cancer who received immunotherapy treatment with enoblituzumab in the weeks leading up to surgery had favorable rates of disease remission and tumor downgrading after surgery, according to a recent study.

Study Finds No Direct Link Between Running and Knee, Hip Arthritis

A new study from Northwestern Medicine investigators surveying Bank of America Chicago Marathon runners found no direct link between running and arthritis in knee and hip joints.

Artificial Intelligence Helps Northwestern Medicine Gastroenterologists Detect, Remove More Colorectal Polyps

Physicians who performed colonoscopies assisted by artificial intelligence achieved a 13 percent increase in the detection and removal of colorectal polyps, according to new research by Northwestern Medicine investigators.

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