Patient Care Should You Get a Mammogram Before 40? What to Know if You’re at Higher Risk By Elizabeth Beach Oct. 28, 2026 Do you have a family history of breast cancer? Learn when to ask about screening before age 40, how risk is assessed, and what an earlier screening plan may include.
Community Lifelong Smoker Quits as Wilmot Program Reaches 1,000th Milestone By Leslie Orr Oct. 20, 2026 When Bernell Jones, 75, decided it was time to quit smoking, her physician referred her to Wilmot Cancer Institute's Tobacco Cessation Program. She's now officially a former smoker, joining 1,000 ...
Patient Care Can You Get a Mammogram While Breastfeeding? By Sydney Burrows Oct. 14, 2026 University of Rochester Medicine breast imaging specialist Patricia Melendez Moreno, MD, explains why it’s safe for nursing mothers to get mammograms and how to best prepare for screening.
Wilmot Cancer Institute Surgical Teams Bring Innovative Options to Cancer Patients By Ruth Harper-Rhode Oct. 13, 2026 Three innovative surgical procedures, histotripsy, hepatic artery infusion (HAI) pumps, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), are helping patients with advanced cancer survive and ...
Research Naoko Takebe, MD, PhD, Joins Wilmot to Build Early-Phase Clinical Trials and Developmental Therapeutics By Leslie Orr Sep. 16, 2026 Patients will have more access to experimental therapies.
Patient Care Hope for Hunter: A Family’s Choice to Give a Clinical Trial a Chance By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 18, 2026 Finding out eight-month-old Hunter Kahl had acute lymphoblastic leukemia changed his family's life forever. After much discussion and thought, his parents said yes to enrolling him in a clinical ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute Wins $7.7M Award, Thanks to Clinical Trials Leadership By Leslie Orr May. 26, 2026 Each clinical trial is a team effort to bring the best care to patients.
Research Cancer, Mood, Anxiety, Sleep: It’s All Connected and Yoga Eases Symptoms for Survivors By Leslie Orr May. 21, 2026 A month of gentle and restorative yoga improves physical and psychological symptoms for cancer survivors.
Research Can Exercise Help Chemo Brain? New Research Adds Promising Results By Leslie Orr Mar. 13, 2026 For patients taking chemotherapy, an exercise "prescription" allowed them to maintain daily steps and stay mentally sharp.
Patient Care Can Prostate Cancer Cause Incontinence? By Ruth Harper-Rhode Mar. 11, 2026 Surgery for prostate cancer can cause incontinence for some men. Here’s what men should know about the problem, including how to manage it and information about a new clinical trial hoping to ...
