Research Clinical Trial Results Show New Drug is Better for CLL Patients By Leslie Orr Dec. 6, 2015 Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may now have an alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment, according to a national study co-authored by a UR Medicine Wilmot Cancer ...
Research Using the Power of Optics, Scientists Make Predictions about Breast Cancer By Leslie Orr Nov. 30, 2015 A University of Rochester biomedical engineering lab discovered a new way to judge whether breast cancer cells are likely to spread, by viewing tumor biopsies with a powerful multi-photon laser ...
Research Study Provides New Insight on Stem Cell Function By URMC Communications Nov. 30, 2015 Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Genetics have unraveled one of the key molecular mechanisms that regulate stem cell behavior, a discovery that could provide important insight into ...
Research Scientists Searching for a Treatment for Dry Mouth By URMC Communications Nov. 25, 2015 For head and neck cancer patients, a debilitating side effect of radiation therapy is dry mouth, which causes oral infections, cavities, loss of teeth and severely impairs quality of life. Currently, ...
Patient Care Quitting Time: Helping a Loved One Stop Smoking By Lori Barrette Nov. 19, 2015 Despite declining tobacco use, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. still smoke. About one-third of them try to quit each year but only 4 to 7 percent will succeed without help from medications or the people ...
Research Wilmot Symposium: Blood Systems, Fruit Flies, Targeted Therapies and More By URMC Communications Nov. 12, 2015 The 20th annual Wilmot Cancer Institute Scientific Symposium on November 12 covered a broad range of topics, from the possible use of medical marijuana to control chemotherapy-induced nausea to ...
Patient Care Lunch Break: Healthy Alternatives to Deli Meats By Lori Barrette Nov. 2, 2015 While many of us enjoy deli meats in a sandwich every day, eating less processed meat may have cancer-risk reducing benefits. Oncology dietitians Joanna Lipp and Sue Czap share a few ideas for ...
Patient Care Construction Begins on the Ann and Carl Myers Cancer Center By Noyes Health Oct. 28, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Noyes Health, Jones Memorial Hospital and UR Medicine Radiation Oncology celebrated the start of construction today on a regional cancer center based in ...
Patient Care Construction Begins on the Ann and Carl Myers Cancer Center By Lydia Fernandez Oct. 28, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Noyes Health, Jones Memorial Hospital and UR Medicine Radiation Oncology celebrated the start of construction on a regional cancer center based in Dansville, ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute Batavia to Host Free Open House on Oct. 29 By Lydia Fernandez Oct. 15, 2015 Meet the staff and tour the newly renovated Wilmot Cancer Institute Batavia building during this free event.
