Research URMC Studies Quality of Doc-Patient Conversations about Cancer By Leslie Orr May. 31, 2011 A $2.9 million University of Rochester Medical Center research project will test a powerful new intervention to improve the quality of discussions among oncologists, patients, and families in the ...
Research 12th Annual Discovery Ball Nets More Than $650,000 for Wilmot Cancer Center By URMC Communications May. 24, 2011 More than 700 friends, patients, staff and supporters of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center attended the center’s Discovery Ball Saturday, May 21, at the Robert B. Wegman Conference Facility. The ...
Patient Care Local Businessman to Receive Inspiration Award from Wilmot Cancer Center By URMC Communications May. 18, 2011 Richard T. Bell, a throat cancer survivor who used his experience as a patient to “pay it forward” and help others facing cancer diagnosis and treatment, will be honored with the Inspiration Award at ...
Research Researchers Home In on Genetic Signature of Esophageal Cancer By Leslie Orr May. 17, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have pinpointed two genes that are amplified in the worst cases of esophageal cancer, providing data to support a new investigational treatment that ...
Patient Care URMC to Host Free Skin Cancer Screening By URMC Communications May. 4, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center will once again offer an opportunity for free skin cancer screening. The screening will be held Saturday, May 7, from 9:00-1:00 pm, in the Dermatology Suite ...
Research Wilmot Scientists Describe Current, Future Challenges in Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Apr. 12, 2011 A special edition of the highly regarded Journal of Clinical Oncology, placed online this week, spotlights James P. Wilmot Cancer Center physicians who write about progress and opportunities in ...
Research Medical Center Opens New Building Dedicated to Advancing Care By Mark Michaud Apr. 8, 2011 University of Rochester officials were joined today by Lt. Governor Robert Duffy and New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to officially open the doors on a new research building at the ...
Research URMC Urology Team Introduces Breakthrough Surgery for Kidney Cancer By URMC Communications Apr. 7, 2011 James P. Wilmot Cancer Center surgeons have become the first in the nation to use a new, infrared imaging technique combined with robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancer. The team, led by ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Center Support Group to Host Spring Fling Tasting Expo By URMC Communications Mar. 25, 2011 The Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) group at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center will be hosting a Spring Fling Tasting Expo Thursday, April 7. The event will run from ...
Research American Society of Clinical Oncology to Honor James P. Wilmot Cancer Center Physician By URMC Communications Mar. 22, 2011 John M. Bennett, M.D., an international expert in leukemia, has been named the 2011 recipient of the B.J. Kennedy Award and Lecture for Scientific Excellence in Geriatric Oncology. The award is given ...
