Research “Fighting” Cancer May Detract Men from Palliative Care By Leslie Orr Jul. 9, 2018 Men with advanced cancer are 30 percent less likely than women to consider palliative care, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study.
Patient Care Face-to-Face with a Top Urologist and Wilmot Partner By Lydia Fernandez Jul. 3, 2018 Jean Joseph, M.D., M.B.A., is hard to miss on the campus of the University of Rochester Medical Center. At 6 feet, 5 inches tall, the renowned surgeon is often seen striding down corridors in scrubs ...
Patient Care Leveling Up By Lydia Fernandez Jun. 29, 2018 Driven by the possibilities of immunotherapy, Peter A. Prieto, M.D., M.P.H., and Minsoo Kim, Ph.D., are working together to find new ways to improve responses to these promising treatments.
Patient Care A Cornerstone and Catalyst for Hope By Lydia Fernandez Jun. 25, 2018 Even on the gloomiest days, light streams through the wall of windows in the lobby of the Wilmot Cancer Center. It fills the patient rooms on the building’s upper floors, and it brightens areas on ...
Patient Care Liver Cancer Research Might Pave Way for Prevention By Leslie Orr Jun. 13, 2018 Based on new data from the Wilmot Cancer Institute, researchers now understand more about the gene mutations and risk factors that work together to jump-start the second most common type of liver ...
Patient Care URMC Physician Earns National Palliative Care Award By Lori Barrette Jun. 13, 2018 Palliative care physician Erin Denney-Koelsch, M.D., who formed an interdisciplinary program to support expectant parents of babies not likely to survive, was honored with the 2018 Hastings Center ...
Patient Care Prostate Cancer Screening: Top 5 Things to Know By Lori Barrette Jun. 8, 2018 Recent guidelines suggest that men ages 55 to 69 talk with their doctor about prostate cancer screening and their personal risk factors. Highland Hospital's Chief of Radiation Oncology Dr. Hong Zhang ...
Research Practice Makes Perfect -- Fake Organs Guide the Way for 'Impossible' Cancer Surgery By Mark Michaud Jun. 5, 2018 URMC urologist Ahmed Ghazi, M.D., builds exact replicas of patients' organs – complete with their specific tumors – to practice complex, time-sensitive surgery long before the patient is in the ...
