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Cancer Researcher Spins ‘Gold Dust’ from Courage and Collaboration
At 23 years old, Scott Gerber was a cashier at Dunkin Donuts and admittedly “lost” in a master’s program at the URMC. But he took a risk based on an interest in immunology - and it led to a ...
Wilmot Clinical Trials Office Steps Up Its Game
Many small business growth stories — whether it involves a food retailer, a fashion brand, or even Zoom, which was much less known until 2019 — have things in common with the Wilmot Cancer ...
Meet Wilmot's Pharmacists: Mostly Behind the Scenes, They Ensure Safety and Change Lives
By integrating pharmacists into the inpatient and outpatient clinical teams, Wilmot Cancer Institute is part of a national trend in oncology. Pharmacists act as watchdogs for treatment decisions and ...
Cancer Survivor Climbs Highest Peak in Northeast to Celebrate Stem Cell Transplant Anniversary
Alan Bushnell not only survived myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) but was lucky enough to cross a 10-year milestone since having a stem cell transplant. He celebrated by lacing up his boots and climbing ...
New Dialogue Issue Spotlights the People, Teams, Behind the Scenes that Help Wilmot Succeed
Read the 2021 edition of Dialogue, a magazine for community supporters of the Wilmot Cancer Institute. Filled with inspiring stories about patients and the talented people who work at Wilmot.
Wilmot Science Moves out of the Lab into a Clinical Trial
Laura Calvi, M.D., achieved what a lot of translational researchers only dream of: For years, she made important discoveries in the lab, but then she was able to turn the project into a clinical ...
Sometimes Tumors Vanish, but Improvements Still Needed for CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy
Patrick Reagan, M.D., looks at the data on his computer screen and a rare grin spreads across his face. His most recent study results for patients with end-stage mantle cell lymphoma show that an ...
CAR T-cell Therapy: 'Research and Amazing Medicine'
In autumn of 2017, Nicole Zaleski-Conine experienced side effects she chalked up to a host of reasons, but in January 2018, the definitive diagnosis came in: follicular lymphoma that transformed into ...
CAR T-cell Therapy: Finally, a Milestone to Celebrate
Maxine and Dave Wilson finish each other’s sentences. They feel blessed to have each other, given what Maxine has been through. Then, Maxine was unexpectedly diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in ...
CAR T-cell Therapy: The Doctor is a Patient
Patrick Brophy, M.D., physician-in-chief at UR Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital, says he never looked at his own medical chart. But he knew his health was declining rapidly.