Research Wilmot Scientists Exploit Cell Metabolism to Attack Cancer By Leslie Orr Oct. 12, 2016 Cancer cells have their own unique ways of reproducing, involving a shrewd metabolic reprograming that has been observed in virtually all types of cancer but not in normal cells. Now, University of ...
Patient Care Q and A: Understanding Metastatic Breast Cancer By Lori Barrette Oct. 11, 2016 Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that started in the breast but has spread to and proliferated in other parts of the body, such as the bone, liver, lung or brain. Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Dr. ...
Patient Care Q&A: Understanding Metastatic Breast Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Oct. 11, 2016 Wilmot Cancer Institute medical oncologist Dr. Alissa Huston answers some of the commonly asked questions about metastatic breast cancer.
Q Understanding Metastatic Breast Cancer By URMC Communications Oct. 11, 2016 Wilmot Cancer Institute medical oncologistDr. Alissa Huston answers some of the commonly asked questions about metastatic breast cancer.
Patient Care Fact Check: Breast Cancer and Nutritional Supplements By Lydia Fernandez Oct. 3, 2016 Wilmot researcher Luke Peppone, Ph.D., MPH, shares insight on the role of nutritional supplements for women who have a history of breast cancer.
Patient Care Yoga Can Benefit Both Body and Mind By Lydia Fernandez Sep. 27, 2016 Yoga is an ancient practice that originated in India, but modern research is finding it has many benefits for our health, even for people with cancer. UR Medicine’s Dr. Karen Mustian shares a few ...
Patient Care Cancer Care: Yoga Can Benefit Both Body and Mind By Lori Barrette Sep. 27, 2016 Yoga is an ancient practice, but modern research is finding it has many benefits for our health. UR Medicine’s Dr. Karen Mustian shares a few tips about yoga and how it may help people who have ...
Research Nuclear Protein Causes Neuroblastoma to Become More Aggressive By URMC Communications Sep. 27, 2016 Aggressive forms of neuroblastoma contain a specific protein in their cells’ nuclei that is not found in the nuclei of more benign forms of the cancer, and the discovery could lead to new forms of ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute to celebrate cancer survivorship at fourth annual Wilmot Warrior Walk By Ruth Harper-Rhode Sep. 9, 2016 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will host its fourth annual Wilmot Warrior Walk to celebrate life beyond cancer on Sunday, Sept. 11. More than 730 people are expected to attend this year’s ...
Research Voices of Patients and Oncologists Must be Heard, Study Says By Leslie Orr Sep. 8, 2016 Specifically training oncologists and their patients to have high-quality discussions improves communication, but troubling gaps still exist between the two groups, according to a new study in JAMA ...