Research Scientists Look to Immune System to Handle Follicular Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Oct. 10, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found more evidence that T cells going awry in the microenvironment – or the tissue immediately surrounding the tumor – may play a role in the ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Center Social Worker Honored by Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester By URMC Communications Oct. 6, 2011 Sandra Sabatka, LMWS, a social worker at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center’s Comprehensive Breast Care Center, is the recipient of the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester’s (BCCR) 2011 Laurie Pask ...
Education Sales of Pink Ribbon Bagels to Benefit James P. Wilmot Cancer Center By URMC Communications Sep. 30, 2011 The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center will once again be the beneficiary of a month-long campaign by local Panera Bread bakery-cafes to recognize Breast ...
Research URMC Pathologist Honored for Advancing Knowledge of Breast Cancer By Leslie Orr Sep. 14, 2011 David Hicks, M.D., director of Surgical Pathology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, received a prestigious award Sept. 13, 2011, from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for his ...
Patient Care Plant Sale to Benefit Wilmot Cancer Center’s Integrative Oncology Program By URMC Communications Aug. 24, 2011 The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center Integrative Oncology Program is hosting its first “Plant Life – Weed Out Cancer” plant swap and sale Saturday, September 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The plant ...
Research Less-Toxic Chemo Improves Outlook for Advanced Bladder Cancer By Leslie Orr Aug. 17, 2011 New data from the University of Rochester Medical Center confirms that an easier, two-drug chemotherapy regimen given to bladder cancer patients prior to surgery shrinks locally advanced tumors and ...
Research Local Couple Make $1.5 Million Gift to Support Wilmot Cancer Center Research By URMC Communications Jun. 6, 2011 As they listened one winter night in 2008 to friends such as Judy Linehan describe the devastation cancer had brought to her family, and Michael Donnelly share his incredible story of surviving ...
Research Chemo-Induced Nausea Remains Big Problem, URMC Study Says By Leslie Orr Jun. 5, 2011 A large, phase III study of four commonly used drug regimens to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea concluded that while two regimens were better at managing patients’ queasiness, none were totally ...
Education Doctor Who Wrote Syllabus on Cancer in Elderly Shares Personal Side to Data By Leslie Orr Jun. 2, 2011 When John Bennett, M.D., gives the B.J. Kennedy Lecture at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on June 5th -- titled “Cancer and the Older Patient: Let’s Waltz Together” -- he will ...
Research As Cancer Survivorship Grows, So Do Questions of Related Health Issues By Leslie Orr Jun. 1, 2011 Treating cancer often represents a double-edged sword, as gains in survival years can be offset by other serious health problems related to the treatment, including second cancers.
