Patient Care Powerful Television Ads Encourage New York Residents to Quit Smoking By URMC Communications May. 30, 2013 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is airing a series of television ads that feature real people living with the effects of smoking-related diseases. The ads urge smokers to contact ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Center Launches New Program to Support Cancer Survivors By URMC Communications May. 27, 2013 The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center is helping patients navigate the complexities of cancer survivorship care with the introduction of the Judy DiMarzo ...
Patient Care Playing Through the Pain - of Two Brain Tumors By Rebecca Youmell May. 20, 2013 An active student, Courtney Wagner was experiencing terrible headaches. A CT scan and MRI revealed she had two brain tumors, an extremely unusual situation for a child. Through it all, Courtney's ...
Research Gastroenterologists Use New Technology to Detect Precancerous Cells By Lori Barrette May. 20, 2013 Esophageal adenocarcinoma is now the fastest growing form of cancer in the United States, but gastroenterologists at URMC's Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy have been using an innovative ...
Community Wilmot Cancer Center Raises More Than $500,000 at Annual Discovery Ball By URMC Communications May. 14, 2013 More than 950 patients, faculty and staff, board members and donors, and the local community attended the 13th annual Discovery Ball on Saturday, May 11, at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Researchers Awarded $2M to Study Age-Related Care By Leslie Orr May. 8, 2013 We’ve all known middle-aged people who seem older because of health problems and 75-year-olds who seem younger because they’re very healthy. Scientists want to know if measuring a cancer patient’s ...
Research URMC Scientist Honored by American Society for Clinical Investigation By Leslie White May. 2, 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center researcher Laura M. Calvi, M.D., a rising biomedical scientist, was inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation's oldest ...
Community URMC Offers Free Skin Cancer Screenings May 11 By Leslie Orr Apr. 26, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center has partnered with the Rochester Dermatologic Society and the American Academy of Dermatology to host a free cancer screening on Saturday, May 11 from 8 ...
Research Researchers Identify New Pathway, Enhancing Tamoxifen to Tame Aggressive Breast Cancer By Leslie Orr Apr. 22, 2013 Tamoxifen is a time-honored breast cancer drug used to treat millions of women with early-stage and less-aggressive disease, and now a University of Rochester Medical Center team has shown how to ...
Research Jonathan Friedberg Named Director of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center By URMC Communications Mar. 14, 2013 Jonathan Friedberg, M.D., M.M.Sc., has been appointed director of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
