Nationally, Oklahoma has one of the highest rates of staff turnover in nursing homes - 68 percent -- a statistic that affects the quality of care that residents receive.
Oklahoma women with little or no insurance will have access to no-cost mobile mammograms through grants awarded to the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine from local chapters of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Obesity has long been associated with encouraging the growth of tumor cells, but a recent study reveals that obesity can also play a role in improved outcomes in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy.
Researchers from around the nation will meet at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in early December to discuss the ways nanotechnology can be used to detect, diagnose and treat cancer.