Patient Care No Longer Science Fiction, Immunotherapy Offers Second Chances to Patients, New Opportunities for Research By Lydia Fernandez Dec. 28, 2016 Among today's most promising clinical developments, immunotherapy aims to boost, restore, or improve the body’s natural defenses to fight cancer.
Research Chemo-brain Among Women with Breast Cancer is Pervasive, Study Shows By Leslie Orr Dec. 27, 2016 The largest study to date of a condition known as “chemo-brain” shows that women with breast cancer report it’s a substantial problem after chemotherapy for as long as six months after treatment, ...
Patient Care Caregiving from Afar: How to Help When You Can't Be There By Lydia Fernandez Dec. 21, 2016 Helping to care for a loved one from miles away is hard, but Wilmot Cancer Institute social worker Sandra Sabatka shares some ideas for how to stay involved.
Research Scientists Find New Gene Tool for Predicting Course of Prostate Cancer By Leslie Orr Dec. 19, 2016 Researchers from UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo reported in the journal Oncotarget, they have discovered a possible new tool for predicting whether ...
Patient Care Community Invited to Sneak Peek of Wilmot Cancer Institute's Ann and Carl Myers Cancer Center By Lydia Fernandez Dec. 19, 2016 Tours of the nearly completed facility, located at on the Noyes Health campus in Dansville, will be offered on Thursday, Jan. 5.
Research Immunotherapy Study Involving Wilmot Makes Headlines at National Meeting By Leslie Orr Dec. 6, 2016 Wilmot Cancer Institute physicians and patients were part of a groundbreaking immunotherapy study that’s taking center stage this week in the world of cancer research.
Research Scientists Investigate Cancer Radiotherapy to Make Improvements By Leslie Orr Dec. 5, 2016 A University of Rochester Medical Center study shows that when tumors are treated with radiotherapy, the benefits can be hijacked by the treatment’s counteraction to also trigger inflammation and ...
Research Children’s Hospital Pediatrician-in-Chief Named Fellow of the AAAS By URMC Communications Nov. 21, 2016 Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D., William H. Eilinger Chair of Pediatrics and the pediatrician-in-chief at UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for ...
Patient Care Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Oct. 28, 2016 Dr. Alissa Huston offers some tips for coping with metastatic, or stage IV, breast cancer.
