Patient Care New Guidelines for Managing Mucositis Now Available By Karen Black Aug. 6, 2020 New guidelines will provide healthcare professionals better tools to manage mucositis, a common and often debilitating complication of cancer therapy.
Patient Care Shared Heroism: Greece Firefighters Donate Bell to WCI Greece By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 30, 2020 After learning WCI Greece Radiation Oncology didn’t have a bell, the Ridge Road Fire District decided they wanted to help – and many came through to make a bell possible.
Community What is Wilmot's Current Visitor Policy? By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 22, 2020 We understand how important loved ones are when it comes to cancer. However, people with cancer are among the most vulnerable when it comes to COVID-19.
Research URMC Receives $24 Million to Translate Research Discoveries into Health Improvements By URMC Communications Jul. 21, 2020 URMC has been awarded another $24.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue efforts to translate scientific discoveries into therapies that improve health. This is the fourth ...
Community The Eighth Annual Wilmot Warrior Walk Goes Virtual! By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 9, 2020 In light of COVID-19, Wilmot Cancer Institute will shift its annual 5K, 10K and 1-mile walk/run to a new format, taking place Sept. 12 and 13.
Research NCI Funds Urban-Rural Cervical Cancer Screening Research By Leslie Orr Jul. 8, 2020 A new University of Rochester Medical Center study aims to reduce the screening disparity for cervical cancer, a highly preventable disease, with a study conducted at UR Medicine emergency ...
Research UR/Eastman Institute for Oral Health Ranks 7th in NIH Funding By Karen Black Jun. 24, 2020 The University of Rochester/Eastman Institute for Oral Health went from the ninth to the seventh top funded institution by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Hospitals Resume Limited Inpatient Visitation By Barbara Ficarra Jun. 23, 2020 As COVID-19 cases decline in New York, limited visitation for patients will resume at UR Medicine hospitals beginning June 25. The changes follow state Department of Health guidance from June 17, ...
Research Cancer Investigators Pivot, Take on Coronavirus Research By Leslie Orr Jun. 12, 2020 While other cancer researchers had to temporarily close their labs in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Isaac Harris, Ph.D., and Josh Munger, Ph.D., shifted their focus to the contagion that has ...
Patient Care Wilmot Redesigned: How Wilmot is Staying Safe during COVID-19 and the Reopening By Lydia Fernandez Jun. 12, 2020 We know you may feel anxious about coming into the hospital or to one of our locations, and we want you to know that we have made a number of changes at our locations to ensure the safety of our ...
