“50/50” is a movie about a 27-year-old guy who gets cancer. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Adam, the guy with cancer. Seth Rogen plays his friend and Anna Kendrick plays his pretty young shrink. Sadly, that’s all you need to know to figure out exactly how the movie goes.

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have found limitations to an experimental cancer treatment. These findings are critical within the medical community because they offer doctors new insight into choosing cancer treatment methods.

On Oct. 4, Washington University Locks of Love sponsored a head-shaving charity event through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to fund children’s cancer research.

Freshman Jordan Wagner will be the featured survivor speaker at Washington University’s Relay For Life.

Washington University has undertaken an unprecedented study of cancer tumors with the help of St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in an effort to pinpoint genetic mutations that play a role in causing cancer.

Richard Wilson and the Genomics Sequencing Center at the University are handling the sequencing of all 600 tumor samples that will be studied during the three-year project. The first few tumors are already being analyzed.

Senior Class President Fernando Cutz announced Wednesday night that the Class of 2010 would donate all funds raised through the senior class gift drive to the McLeod Scholars Program. The scholarship commemorates dean Jim McLeod, who has taken a leave of absence to undergo cancer treatment.

Washington University fell in a 3-2 battle against Division II University of Missouri-St. Louis.

The No. 4 Washington University volleyball team lost to No. 2 Emory for the third time in school history this weekend, falling 1-3 in a tightly fought match at the second University Athletic Association Round Robin.

Washington University sophomore Charlotte Kerr has received one of the yearly Childhood Cancer Scholarships sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS).

We are writing in response to the article “Fighting Cancer” by Kelly Diabagate. We applaud your initiative in alerting the campus community of cancer-related issues, as they should definitely be brought to the attention of the campus community often.