Marsha Wittink, M.D., studies how to empower older patients. Learn more Rudi Fasan, Ph.D., Ben Frisch, Ph.D., and Danielle Benoit, Ph.D. are collaborating to develop a new leukemia drug and a new way of delivering it with nanoparticles. Learn more Laura Calvi, M.D. and Jacky Williams, Ph.D., are studying the tumor microenvironment using a new high-technology device that will allow them to look more deeply into connections between cancer cells and surrounding tissues. Learn more Melvin King, research assistant, works with Brad Smith, Ph.D., and Josh Munger, Ph.D., who are collaborating to study how cancer cells reproduce. Learn more
Research News Whether You Feel 73 or 37, Age Perception Alone Does Not Spur Treatment DecisionsLower Doses, at Home. Is This the Future of CLL Treatment?Tissue Stiffness is a "Mosh Pit” Where Cancer Cells ThriveFor Chronic Leukemia Patients, the News Just Got Even BetterDelving Where Few Others Have Gone, Leukemia Researchers Open New Path
Research Programs The Wilmot Cancer Institute has a large, dedicated group of scientists from 30 academic departments at the University of Rochester and the Wilmot Cancer Institute. Thanks to ongoing basic and clinical research by our teams, patients throughout upstate New York continuously gain new survival advantages. Hallmarks of Cancer Tumor Microenvironment Cancer Control & Survivorship