Patient Care Boy Inspires Others by Overcoming Stroke, Sickle Cell Anemia By URMC Communications May. 16, 2016 From the day he was born, Gary Burks has been coping with the pain and complications that come with sickle cell disease.
Patient Care Q&A: Understanding Esophageal Cancer By Lydia Fernandez May. 10, 2016 Dr. Mohametaki Tejani answers some common questions about esophageal cancer and how you can reduce your risk.
Patient Care Wilmot's Discovery Ball Raises More Than $620,000 for Breast Cancer Research By Lydia Fernandez May. 3, 2016 Nearly 700 donors, faculty, staff and patients attended the 17th annual Discovery Ball on Saturday, April 30, at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester to support UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute.
Patient Care Is It Time for New Strategies to Treat Aggressive Prostate Cancer? By Leslie Orr Apr. 26, 2016 A new URMC study confirms that androgen deprivation therapy, which initially shrinks aggressive prostate tumors, is a double-edged sword that ultimately might fuel the spread of cancer.
Patient Care Testicular Cancer Survivor Shares Story, Featuring His Own Little Miracles By Ruth Harper-Rhode Apr. 26, 2016 Joe Mercik didn’t check himself regularly for testicular lumps, even though he knew men should. But in the fall of 2010, he noticed something wasn’t right and was concerned that it could be ...
Patient Care Clive Zent, M.D. By Ruth Harper-Rhode Apr. 26, 2016 Hematologist & Professor of Medicine
