Patient Care NIH Grant Funds Fitness App for Geriatric Oncology By Leslie Orr Oct. 29, 2019 Melissa (Kah Poh) Loh, M.D., a senior instructor at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, has received $1 million to study a mobile exercise app for older patients with cancer. The project will likely ...
Research What Brings Cancer Patients to the Emergency Room? By Leslie Orr Oct. 28, 2019 Pain, nausea, and shortness of breath are the most common reasons that cancer patients seek emergency treatment, according to a nationwide analysis including the Rochester area and patients from the ...
Patient Care Does Chemo Brain Go Away? Wilmot Scientists Investigate By URMC Communications Oct. 15, 2019 Wilmot Cancer Institute scientists have already discovered that “chemo brain” is a substantial problem that can linger for six months after chemotherapy ends. A new, $3 million grant ensures the ...
Research Study: Innovative Pancreatic Cancer Treatment May Rev Up Immune System By Leslie Orr Oct. 7, 2019 A Wilmot Cancer Institute research team reports that combining a type of radiation therapy with immunotherapy not only cures pancreatic cancer in mice, but appears to reprogram the immune system to ...
Patient Care Residency Helps New Nurses Prepare to Become Bedside Leaders By URMC Communications Oct. 7, 2019 From the medical side to emotional challenges, oncology nurses have so much to manage and learn. Newly trained nurses may feel the learning curve to be particularly steep. To help close the knowledge ...
Research New Ovarian Cancer Treatment May Transform Care By Leslie Orr Oct. 3, 2019 Landmark clinical research shows that a new drug can extend the lives of some women with advanced ovarian cancer by nearly two years.
Patient Care Living Well, with Cancer By URMC Communications Oct. 1, 2019 Integrative oncology addresses physical, mental and emotional aspects of living with cancer.
Patient Care Wilmot Receives $29M NCORP Grant: A Q&A with Gary Morrow By URMC Communications Oct. 1, 2019 Cancer Control research focuses on making life better for cancer patients. Now, as a patient himself, Researcher Gary Morrow, Ph.D., MS., says heâs been able to experience the science he helped to ...
Research UR Awarded $29 Million for National Leadership in Cancer Control Research By Leslie Orr Sep. 30, 2019 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute is continuing its practice-changing research into cancer side-effects and symptom management with a coveted $29 million grant from the National Cancer ...
