Patient Care Miracle Kids 2021: Jorie Pucillo By Scott Hesel Jul. 29, 2021 Toddler with Down Syndrome Smiles through Heart Surgery, Chemotherapy
Patient Care Trying to Quit Smoking? One Patient Succeeded with Some ‘Totally Different’ Support By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 28, 2021 When Tracy Downs decided to quit smoking, she had little faith that it would actually happen. But then she met Patty Mallaber, ANP-BC, in Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Tobacco Dependence Treatment ...
Patient Care A Love Story Written in the Stars: Wilmot Team Helps Couple Marry Despite Cancer By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 23, 2021 With help from their team at Wilmot Cancer Institute, a couple living with cancer achieved their dream of getting married.
Patient Care Thanks to Compassionate Care and Due Diligence, Colon Cancer Survivor Looks Forward By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 13, 2021 Joe Franch had just had his colonoscopy three years ago, so he thought there was no way the blood in his stool could be cancer. But when he stayed on top of his symptoms, he learned the news: he had ...
Research Collaborators from URMC, RIT Design a Point of Care, ABO Blood Typing Device By Bethany Bushen Jun. 23, 2021 For patients who need to receive blood urgently, it’s common to be transfused with Type O-negative blood (the universal donor type). But receiving blood that’s an exact match is even better. ...
Patient Care It's Men’s Health Month: Be Your Own Advocate and Know Family History, Says Prostate Cancer Survivor By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 20, 2021 Tim McConnell has always been an advocate for his own health, and he knew he had a higher chance of developing prostate cancer because his father had two prostate cancer surgeries during the course ...
Patient Care What You Need to Know About COVID Vaccines and Imaging Scans By Leslie Orr Jun. 7, 2021 Tell your health care providers the date of your vaccine and what arm received the shot - especially if you have an imaging scan coming up.
Patient Care Finding Family and France, Figuratively: One Lymphoma Patient's Stem Cell Transplant Story By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 3, 2021 Jodi Lown has always dreamt of going to France. She had no idea a lymphoma diagnosis would bring France to her, in the form of a stem cell transplant, or that she would find a way to return an active ...
Patient Care Oncology Field’s "Advance of the Year" Thrives at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Jun. 1, 2021 Wilmot patients benefit from major improvements in treating gastrointestinal tumors - the "Advance of the Year" in oncology.
Research Leukemia Treatment Can Bait and Capture Cells in Hiding, Wilmot Research Shows By Leslie Orr May. 26, 2021 New research suggests that targeted leukemia treatment may be able to correct the faulty genes that fuel cancer at its root.
