Patient Care Investigators Looking to a Better Future for Patients with Bladder Cancer By URMC Communications Sep. 12, 2019 Wilmot researchers are revealing new insights into what drives the disease and possible new treatment pathways.
Patient Care Can Marijuana Help Cancer Patients? Perspectives from an Expert By URMC Communications Sep. 12, 2019 Many doctors have doubts about medical marijuana, even when their patients want to give it a try. One Palliative Care expert at URMC helps sort out fact from fiction on the use of cannabis among ...
Patient Care Cancer Immunotherapy: Researchers Earn NIH Grant to Improve T-Cell Attack By Leslie Orr Sep. 9, 2019 T-cell immunotherapy is a revolutionary treatment that harnesses a patient’s own immune cells to kill cancer. A Wilmot Cancer Institute scientist received a $2.8 million award to investigate the ...
Patient Care Could I Have a BRCA Gene Mutation? Genetic Testing May Help You Find Out. By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 21, 2019 One local woman recently learned she has the BRCA2 mutation, after meeting with genetic counselors through Wilmotâs Hereditary Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction Program. She shared her experience.
Patient Care Face to Face: Paula Vertino and Her Defining Moments By URMC Communications Aug. 19, 2019 Based partly on a love of Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown books as a child, Paula Vertino, Ph.D., decided that detective work in a science lab was a perfect career option. Today, she is the Wilmot ...
Research Investigators Look to a Better Future for Patients with Bladder Cancer By Leslie Orr Aug. 17, 2019 Manny Tuccio, a 53-year-old husband and father of three, has a striking family history of bladder cancer. When he was diagnosed himself, however, his luck started to change because a research boom ...
Research Scientists Move Closer Toward Ovarian Cancer Detection, Diagnosis By Leslie Orr Aug. 13, 2019 A blood test to detect tumor cells in women suspected of having ovarian cancer has been fine-tuned and evaluated in a pilot study, and now the Wilmot Cancer Institute expects to launch a larger ...
Patient Care Wilmot Physician Receives National Leadership Award in Cancer and Aging By Leslie Orr Jul. 29, 2019 The National Institute on Aging awarded $1.2 million to Allison Magnuson, D.O., as part of an effort to support talented physicians and scientists who are expected to lead the next generation in ...
Patient Care Quick Questions with a Cancer Researcher: Circadian Rhythm and Cancer By URMC Communications Jul. 24, 2019 Our circadian rhythm — a scientific way to describe our bodies’ natural 24 hour cycles over the day and night— can impact when we feel sleepy or awake. But did you know cells also have their own ...
Patient Care Raising the Age to Buy Tobacco: Does It Really Make a Difference? By URMC Communications Jul. 18, 2019 Deborah Ossip, Ph.D., leads the University of Rochester Medical Centerâs Smoking Research Program and has studied tobacco use and nicotine for decades. She responds to some common criticisms of ...
