Patient Care David C. Linehan, M.D. By Ruth Harper-Rhode Mar. 1, 2016 Co-Director & Director of Clinical Operations
Patient Care Are There Alternatives to Colonoscopy? By Lori Barrette Feb. 29, 2016 Colonoscopy is the gold standard when it comes to detecting and preventing colorectal cancer, especially for those with a family history of colon cancer or a history of inflammatory bowel disease. UR ...
Patient Care Planning for Parenthood After Cancer By Lori Barrette Feb. 29, 2016 Getting a cancer diagnosis can be heartbreaking. Learning that a treatment that can save your life might also dash your dream of having a family can compound that heartbreak to an indescribable ...
Patient Care Food Guidelines: A Closer Look at Sugar, Salt and Saturated Fat By Lori Barrette Feb. 26, 2016 The FDA's recently released dietary guidelines suggest eating more vegetables, fruits and whole grains while reducing sugar, salt and saturated fat. Joanna Lipp, a registered dietitian with UR ...
Patient Care Strong Fertility Center Event Raises Funds to Assist Cancer Patients' Fertility Preservation By Barbara Ficarra Feb. 25, 2016 Cancer treatments can reduce or eliminate a young patient's ability to have children. Strong Fertility Center offers fertility preservation for young men and women, and each year hosts a fundraiser ...
Research URMC Partners with Private Company to Create Tissue Bank for Cancer Research By Leslie Orr Feb. 3, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center announced it’s collaborating with Indivumed, a Germany-based company, to establish a bank of human tissues and tumor samples that are expertly preserved and ...
Patient Care What Frogs Can Teach Us About Tumors By Leslie Orr Feb. 2, 2016 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a new model of cancer in frogs to study how tumors grow, spread, and manipulate immune cells. These ...
Research Scientists Discover Stem Cells Capable of Repairing Skull, Face Bones By Leslie Orr Feb. 1, 2016 A team of Rochester scientists has, for the first time, identified and isolated a stem cell population capable of skull formation and craniofacial bone repair in mice—achieving an important step ...
Patient Care Natalie Santacesaria, RN By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jan. 30, 2016 Nurse, Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit
