Research $19M Grant Will Help URMC Speed Medical Advances to Patients By Susanne Pallo Aug. 10, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded more than $19 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue programs that remove hurdles in the process of applying ...
Research New Grant to Wilmot Oncologist Focuses on Ovarian Cancer Gene Target By Leslie Orr Jul. 20, 2016 The Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Richard G. Moore, M.D., has identified a gene (HE4) that plays a major role in ovarian cancer, and he recently received a coveted Mary Kay Foundation cancer research ...
Research Chemotherapy and Exercise: The Right Dose of Workout Helps Side Effects By Leslie Orr May. 31, 2016 Researchers at the University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute discovered something simple and inexpensive to reduce neuropathy in hands and feet due to chemotherapy—exercise.
Patient Care Wilmot Patient Grateful for Clinical Study, Recovering at Home By Leslie Orr Apr. 12, 2016 Ed Foster, the first patient to participate in a national clinical trial of a new immunotherapy for lymphoma at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, is healthy enough to be home in Elmira.
Research Wilmot Embarks on “first real big test” of Immunotherapy for Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Mar. 14, 2016 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute is part of a national clinical trial for an innovative new therapy that involves engineering a patient’s own immune cells to attack cancer, in this case lymphoma.
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 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 ...
Patient Care Patients Prefer Relief from Lower Back Pain Over Improved Mobility By Mark Michaud Sep. 9, 2015 A new study out today in the journal Neurology examines the question of quality of life for individuals with a common form of lower back pain called lumbar spinal stenosis. The findings show that, ...
Patient Care Clinical trials: The root of progress, the future of excellent cancer care By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 26, 2015 Cancer is a complex set of diseases, and clinical trials play a major role in helping scientists methodically gather the evidence to introduce new treatments. A major strength of the Wilmot Cancer ...
Research Low Vitamin D Linked to Worse Prognosis in Type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Mar. 30, 2015 A new study found that people with lower vitamin D levels prior to treatment for follicular lymphoma succumb to the disease or face relapse earlier than patients with sufficient vitamin D levels in ...
