Research Urology Researcher’s Study Highly Cited by Fellow Scientists By Leslie Orr Sep. 4, 2017 A bladder cancer study led by Carla Beckham, M.D., Ph.D., is one of the top 25 percent most-cited papers published by the journal PLOS ONE in 2016.
Research Better Studies Needed to Prevent Pain, Tingling, in Hands and Feet from Chemotherapy By Leslie Orr Aug. 28, 2017 Clinical trials to test treatments for chemotherapy-related neuropathy are tricky to conduct, and therefore better study designs would allow scientists to identify beneficial ways to prevent or treat ...
Research In Lifetime of Achievement, URMC Hematologist is Grateful for Opportunities, Longevity By Leslie Orr Aug. 24, 2017 Marshall A. Lichtman, M.D., a University of Rochester hematologist/oncologist and former dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, will receive one of the highest honors in his field from the ...
Patient Care Radiation Oncology begins Metastatic Cancer & Palliative Care service By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 16, 2017 In July, Haoming (Carl) Qiu, M.D., assistant professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, officially began leading a new Metastatic Cancer and Palliative Radiation Therapy service within the Department ...
Patient Care Sun protection is crucial during, after treatment By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 10, 2017 Chemotherapy and radiation can increase your sensitivity to the sun, putting you at risk for burns. Even if you’re not sunbathing, it’s important to take precautions any time you’ll be outside.
Patient Care Scientist Investigates Muscle Loss among Children with Cancer By Leslie Orr Aug. 2, 2017 A University of Rochester Medical Center researcher received $1.7 million to study and potentially treat the muscle loss that often plagues childhood cancer survivors as they age.
Research “Code Blue” Equals Lower Survival for Cancer Patients By Leslie Orr Jul. 31, 2017 Patients with advanced cancer who suffer cardiac arrest in the hospital have a survival rate of less than 10 percent — half the rate of other patients without cancer, according to a nationwide study ...
Research Scientist Investigates Muscle Loss among Children with Cancer By URMC Communications Jul. 31, 2017 A University of Rochester Medical Center researcher received $1.7 million to study and potentially treat the muscle loss that often plagues childhood cancer survivors as they age.
Patient Care Wilmot’s Survivors Night to unite those impacted by cancer on Aug. 11 By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 28, 2017 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will celebrate cancer survivorship during Survivors Night at Frontier Field as the Rochester Red Wings take on the Norfolk Tides. Anyone who has been impacted by ...
Research Can the Sunshine Vitamin Help Lymphoma Patients? By Leslie Orr Jul. 18, 2017 Being deficient in vitamin D has been linked to poorer survival in many cancers, including lymphoma. A new $3 million grant to the Wilmot Cancer Institute allows oncologists to evaluate whether ...
