Patient Care Lower Doses, at Home. Is This the Future of CLL Treatment? By Leslie Orr Dec. 12, 2018 Wilmot Cancer Institute research shows that giving antibody therapy more often but at lower doses — and perhaps teaching patients how to inject themselves at home — could be a future option for ...
Patient Care Inhwan (Jason) Yeo, Ph.D. By Ruth Harper-Rhode Dec. 12, 2018 Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology
Research Tissue Stiffness is a "Mosh Pit” Where Cancer Cells Thrive By Leslie Orr Dec. 4, 2018 Imagine being at a packed concert hall with a mosh pit full of dancers creating a wall against outsiders. When targeted drugs try to make their way toward a pancreas tumor, they encounter a similar ...
Patient Care Debra Burnham By Ruth Harper-Rhode Nov. 30, 2018 Breast cancer and acute myeloid leukemia
Research For Chronic Leukemia Patients, the News Just Got Even Better By Leslie Orr Nov. 28, 2018 Several chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients at the Wilmot Cancer Institute took part in two groundbreaking, nationwide phase 3 studies that are changing the way doctors treat the disease. The ...
Patient Care Do Coffee Drinkers Live Longer? By Lori Barrette Nov. 13, 2018 Good news, java junkies—it turns out that coffee drinking may have some real health perks. Registered dietitian April Ho filters out some facts from a recent study that suggests that drinking coffee ...
Patient Care Trying to Quit Smoking? Here’s What You Should Know about the Nicotine Patch By Ruth Harper-Rhode Nov. 9, 2018 Patricia Mallaber, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CTTS, NCTTP, nurse practitioner and director of Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Tobacco Dependence Treatment program, answers some common questions about nicotine.
