Patient Care In the Chaos of Diagnosis, Nurse Navigators Clear a Path for Care By URMC Communications Nov. 19, 2019 Wilmot began its nurse navigator program in 2017 with a goal to reduce the time-to-treatment interval and thereby improve patient outcomes. So far - it's working.
Patient Care Do Cancer Treatments Affect the Heart? By URMC Communications Nov. 12, 2019 The short answer is yes, said Eugene Storozynsky, M.D., Ph.D., who specializes in heart complications from cancer. He directs the Cardio-Oncology clinic associated with UR Medicineâs Wilmot Cancer ...
Patient Care Does Chemo Brain Go Away? Wilmot Scientists Investigate By URMC Communications Oct. 15, 2019 Wilmot Cancer Institute scientists have already discovered that “chemo brain” is a substantial problem that can linger for six months after chemotherapy ends. A new, $3 million grant ensures the ...
Patient Care Residency Helps New Nurses Prepare to Become Bedside Leaders By URMC Communications Oct. 7, 2019 From the medical side to emotional challenges, oncology nurses have so much to manage and learn. Newly trained nurses may feel the learning curve to be particularly steep. To help close the knowledge ...
Patient Care Living Well, with Cancer By URMC Communications Oct. 1, 2019 Integrative oncology addresses physical, mental and emotional aspects of living with cancer.
Patient Care Wilmot Receives $29M NCORP Grant: A Q&A with Gary Morrow By URMC Communications Oct. 1, 2019 Cancer Control research focuses on making life better for cancer patients. Now, as a patient himself, Researcher Gary Morrow, Ph.D., MS., says heâs been able to experience the science he helped to ...
Patient Care Investigators Looking to a Better Future for Patients with Bladder Cancer By URMC Communications Sep. 12, 2019 Wilmot researchers are revealing new insights into what drives the disease and possible new treatment pathways.
Patient Care Can Marijuana Help Cancer Patients? Perspectives from an Expert By URMC Communications Sep. 12, 2019 Many doctors have doubts about medical marijuana, even when their patients want to give it a try. One Palliative Care expert at URMC helps sort out fact from fiction on the use of cannabis among ...
Patient Care Could I Have a BRCA Gene Mutation? Genetic Testing May Help You Find Out. By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 21, 2019 One local woman recently learned she has the BRCA2 mutation, after meeting with genetic counselors through Wilmotâs Hereditary Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction Program. She shared her experience.
Patient Care Face to Face: Paula Vertino and Her Defining Moments By URMC Communications Aug. 19, 2019 Based partly on a love of Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown books as a child, Paula Vertino, Ph.D., decided that detective work in a science lab was a perfect career option. Today, she is the Wilmot ...
