Patient Care More than medicine: Palliative care helps patients undergoing cancer treatment By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 26, 2015 Sometimes confused with hospice, palliative care focuses on alleviating the pain and symptoms — such as nausea and shortness of breath — that can come with a serious illness like cancer and its ...
Patient Care More than medicine: Palliative care helps patients undergoing cancer treatment By URMC Communications Aug. 26, 2015 Sometimes confused with hospice, palliative care focuses on alleviating the pain and symptoms — such as nausea and shortness of breath — that can come with a serious illness like cancer and its ...
Patient Care Back to Campus: Tips for Returning to College After a Cancer Diagnosis By Lori Barrette Aug. 24, 2015 Getting back into college in the fall is an adjustment for any student. For those who have had a cancer diagnosis, returning to class can be especially difficult. Wilmot Cancer Institute’s ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute Opens Smoking Cessation Program for Patients By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 7, 2015 As many as 33 percent of cancer survivors alive today in the U.S. are smokers. Many of them continue to smoke during and after cancer treatment, which not only puts them at risk for additional health ...
Patient Care Staying Healthy After Cancer By Lori Barrette Aug. 4, 2015 You did it—you’ve come through treatment and now are cancer-free! What can you do now to support your good health? UR Medicine oncology nurse Alicia Coffin offers this advice.
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute Joins OmniSeq Genomic Network By Leslie Orr Aug. 3, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute is joining the OmniSeq Genomic Network, an organization of institutions being formed to help define the future of advanced genomic diagnostics for cancer. ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute welcomes two physicians By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 31, 2015 Richard F. Dunne, M.D., and Patrick M. Reagan, M.D., have joined UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute faculty full time after completing fellowships at Wilmot in recent years. As members of the ...
Community Wilmot Cancer Institute, Rochester Red Wings celebrate cancer survivorship July 31 By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 24, 2015 On Friday, July 31, cancer survivors and their families and friends will come together for Survivors Night at Frontier Field to raise awareness of the joys and challenges of cancer survivorship. T
Research Prostate Cancer Metastasis Arises From Stem Cell Environment Near Tumor By URMC Communications Jul. 23, 2015 A recent study by cancer researcher Chawnshang Chang, Ph.D., provides additional proof of a concept he’s been investigating for years: that the environment surrounding a prostate tumor plays a major ...
Patient Care 5 Ways to Support Someone with Cancer By Lori Barrette Jul. 21, 2015 Someone you love has been diagnosed with cancer and you’re at a loss for ways to help them. UR Medicine oncology nurse Alicia Coffin shares these tips for offering your support.
