Community Dermatologists Offer Free Skin Cancer Checks May 22 By Leslie White Apr. 7, 2010 Area dermatologists will provide free skin checks from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, and remind participants of the importance of skin cancer prevention measures. Local dermatologists will ...
Patient Care Eye-Opening Offer Benefits Wilmot Cancer Center Research By Leslie White Apr. 5, 2010 Camille’s Sidewalk Café has launched a delicious and eye-opening way to support cancer research at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center by selling coffee mugs that can be refilled for free for a year.
Patient Care Cub Scout Derby Car Goes Pink to Help Women with Breast Cancer By Leslie White Apr. 5, 2010 Cub Scout Bryan Mosbruger won the pinewood derby race within his North Chili Pack 292 and now he’s helping the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center in the race to find a cure for breast cancer. The ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Center Gets Excellence Award for Cancer Care Programs By Leslie White Mar. 24, 2010 The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center has received a New Program Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of ...
Patient Care Stafford Man Donates Bone Marrow to Help Stranger, Honor His Young Son By Leslie White Mar. 19, 2010 When Garth Swanson’s toddler son was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, he would have done anything to help save the boy’s life. University of Rochester Medical Center doctors brought his ...
Research Nurses’ Research Settles a Common Cancer Concern: Skin Care By Leslie Orr Mar. 15, 2010 Given the complexity of cancer treatment, skin care may seem like a small matter. However, a nurse at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center knew that skin issues were a constant source of anxiety for ...
Education Spirituality and Illness Talk March 16 at Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Mar. 2, 2010 The role of spirituality when facing a serious illness will be the focus of an integrative oncology lecture at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.
Education Wilmot Cancer Center Expert Offers Nutrition Talk Feb. 24 By Leslie White Feb. 19, 2010 A dietitian from the James P Wilmot Cancer Center will lead an “Ask the Expert” discussion on nutrition for the cancer survivor at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Gilda’s Club, 255 Alexander St.
Patient Care University of Rochester Expands Robotic Surgeries to Oral, Pharyngeal Cancers By Leslie White Feb. 16, 2010 Doctors at University of Rochester Medical Center are first in upstate New York to incorporate the precision and dexterity of a surgical robot to remove cancerous tumors in the mouth and throat.
Education Breast Cancer Survivor Hosts Feb. 6 Benefit for Wilmot Research Programs By Leslie White Jan. 28, 2010 Breast cancer survivor Paula Bokman will host a fund-raiser for research at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center to help find a cure Saturday, Feb. 6, at Burgundy Basin Inn
