Patient Care UR Mindfulness Expert Writes Book on Humanity in Medicine By Leslie Orr Jan. 24, 2017 Ronald Epstein, M.D., a University of Rochester Medical Center professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Oncology, and Medicine, has written the first book for the general public about mindfulness in ...
Patient Care Screening is Key to Prevention, Early Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 23, 2017 Because there usually aren’t any symptoms of cervical cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage, screening is essential.
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute to host Feb. 11 Survivorship Symposium By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 19, 2017 The event is open to those undergoing cancer treatment, those who have completed treatment and caregivers.
Patient Care Temple Joins UR Medicine as Chief of Colorectal Surgery By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 17, 2017 Temple also will lead the Surgical Health Outcomes & Research Enterprise (SHORE) and serve as professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Patient Care With Fresh Perspectives, Research Team Studies Needs of Older Patients By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 9, 2017 Wilmot researchers are taking on a wide variety of investigations all under the umbrella of “cancer and aging,” including studies of biomarkers for aging, the way aging cells respond to the stressful ...
Patient Care Building Bridges: Researchers Link to Community By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 9, 2017 As researchers in Wilmot’s Cancer Control and Survivorship Program, Charles Kamen, Ph.D., and Matt Asare, Ph.D., have been focusing on the best ways to deliver clinical trials to underserved patients ...
Patient Care Hot Topic: Manipulating Cell Metabolism to Attack Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 9, 2017 Wilmot scientists have identified cancer-causing mutations that control and alter the way cancer cells biosynthesize and replicate.
Patient Care Pathologist Seeks Earlier Answers for Families with Lynch Syndrome By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 9, 2017 Lynch syndrome is one of the most common inherited conditions that raises a person’s risk of colorectal cancer. Pathologist Jennifer Findeis-Hosey, M.D., is looking for ways to identify clinical and ...
Patient Care Cellular Environment Surrounding Cancer Cells: Friend or Foe? By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 9, 2017 Studying the microenvironment is a research pillar at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, and scientists are looking at it from every angle.
Patient Care Cancer: How Do I Tell My Kids? By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 6, 2017 One of the hardest parts of a cancer diagnosis can be breaking the news to children. Wilmot Cancer Institute Social Worker Judy Zeeman-Golden shares advice on talking to kids about cancer.
