Research Including More Females in Cardiac Device Trials Benefits All Patients By Susanne Pallo Aug. 25, 2025 Females are typically underrepresented in clinical heart research, but a recent study enrolled enough females to reveal that males with heart failure were twice as likely to die or experience heart ...
Patient Care First Advance in 20 Years for Rare Brain Cancer By Leslie Orr Aug. 18, 2025 Patients diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called an astrocytoma that tends to afflict younger adults.are benefitting from new approaches with fewer side effects.
Research The Trial That Saved Me: The Impact of Clinical Trials By Elizabeth Beach May. 20, 2025 The words "clinical trial" might make you think of lab coats, complicated science, and uncertainty. But for many people, clinical trials mean hope. These trials aren’t just about advancing ...
Research Achieving NCI Designation: What Did it Take? By Leslie Orr Mar. 19, 2025 Victory in hand, the Wilmot Cancer Institute is entering an exciting era. But looking back to a gray day in March 2016, Wilmot Director Jonathan Friedberg, MD, MMSc, faced a steep climb.
Research National Cancer Institute Designation: What it is and Why it Matters By Leslie Orr Mar. 19, 2025 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the Wilmot Cancer Institute a special designation that places it in the top 4% of all cancer centers in the United States. But what is NCI designation ...
Research Long Visit in the ER? It’s a Good Time to Learn about Cervical Cancer Screening By Leslie Orr Mar. 7, 2025 Researchers were able to double the number of screenings with an innovative clinical trial.
Patient Care Noah’s Story: How a National Clinical Trial Gave One Mom an Extra Dose of Hope By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jan. 15, 2025 After a leukemia diagnosis, two-year-old Noah Ludgood joined a clinical trial for a promising immunotherapy treatment, which was possible because of the advanced expertise at UR Medicine's Golisano ...
Research What are Clinical Trials? A Guide to Participation, Safety, and Benefits By Susanne Pallo Dec. 17, 2024 Discover what clinical trials are, their safety measures, potential payments, and how to participate in studies near you.
Research New Cancer Cachexia Treatment Boosts Weight Gain and Patient Activity By Leslie Orr Sep. 19, 2024 Wilmot oncologist Richard Dunne, MD, helped to run the nationwide clinical trial to treat this common complication of cancer.
Research $13M Boosts a Growing Immunotherapy Research Project at Wilmot, Roswell Park, Kaiser Permanente By Leslie Orr Nov. 17, 2023 A collaborative clinical research project to understand racial disparities in the use of immunotherapy to treat cancer, taking place between UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Roswell Park ...
