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What are the three core pillars of Oncology Bulls?
What are Shadowing/Mentorship, Events, and Research?
He serves as the President of Oncology Bulls.
Who is Veer Bajaj?
Term for a tumor that is non-cancerous and does not spread to other parts of the body.
What is benign?
The branch of medicine focused on diagnosing and treating cancer using medications such as targeted therapies and traditional cytotoxic drugs.
The general term for cancers that originate in epithelial tissues, lining the internal organs and skin (making up the vast majority of cancer cases).
What is a carcinoma?
This is the date when Mentee Applications are due for the mentorship program.
What is September 8th?
This Vice President is majoring in Health Sciences.
Who is Catalina Castro?
The process by which cancer cells spread from their primary site to distant parts of the body.
What is metastasis?
Cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
What is Radiation Therapy (or Radiotherapy)?
Cancers that originate in connective or supportive tissues such. as bone, cartilage, fat, or muscle.
What is sarcoma?
The title of the Oncology Bulls podcast featuring leading oncology specialists and researchers.
What is Fireside Talks?
The two Co-Fundraising Directors for the club.
Who are Hannah Gipson and Sidd jain?
The general term for cancer-causing agents such as radiation, tobacco smoke, or asbestos?
What are carcinogens?
Type of cancer treatment that helps the body's own immune system fight cancer, including therapies like CAR-T cells and checkpoint inhibitors.
What is Immunotherapy?
A screening procedure using low-dose X-rays that is considered the primary tool for early detection of breast cancer.
What is a mammogram?
The non-profit organization that benefited from the club's Virtual 5K fundraising.
What is Blood Cancer United?
She serves as the Secretary for Oncology Bulls.
Who is Annalise Yee?
Genes that normally help cells grow, but can become cancer-causing genes when mutated or overexpressed.
What are proto-oncogenes (or oncogenes)?
The removal of a small sample of tissue for laboratory testing to diagnose cancer.
What is biospy?
The diagnostic technique where blood, bone marrow, or fluid is drawn to check for specific circulating tumor DNA or cancer cells without needing a surgical biopsy.
What is a liquid biopsy?
The room number and location for the Medical Student Panel on September 14th.
What is MSC 3709?
The people putting together the Medical Student Panel event.
Who are Hailey Menias and Kaileigh Moran?
What is p53 (or TP53)?
A staging system commonly used to describe the extent of cancer, standing for Tumor size, Lymph Node involvement, and Metastasis.
What is the TNM staging system?
Cancers affecting blood-forming tissues, such as bone marrow, that typically do not form solid tumors (e.g, leukemia and lymphoma).
What are hematologic malignancies (or blood cancer)?