Research Study Promises Faster Recovery from Life-Threatening Blood Cell Shortages By URMC Communications Sep. 2, 2009 A key compound resupplies bone marrow with fast-acting stem cells that can more quickly rekindle blood cell production, according to a study published online today in the journal Blood. While the ...
Patient Care Talk on Yoga and Cancer Sept. 15 at Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Sep. 1, 2009 People can learn about the therapeutic benefits of yoga during a talk from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.
Patient Care Cancer Survivor Trains for Ironman Competition By Leslie White Aug. 27, 2009 After months of life-saving treatment at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Lou Iovoli is on the training circuit – swimming across Canandaigua Lake and bicycling and running the winding roads of the ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Center Performs 1st Outpatient Stem Cell Transplant By Leslie White Aug. 25, 2009 The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center recently provided the first outpatient stem cell transplant in the Rochester area, a progressive move for a Bloomfield man who was able to recuperate at home, rather ...
Patient Care Talk on Swallowing for People with Head, Neck Cancers Sept. 3 By Leslie White Aug. 21, 2009 People with oral, head and neck cancers can learn more about treatments for esophageal strictures and swallowing problems during a discussion at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the James P. Wilmot ...
Research Rochester Study Shows Aging Breast Cancer Patients Get Less Chemo By Leslie White Aug. 18, 2009 Older women with breast cancer are more likely to get lower doses of chemotherapy than younger women, in an effort, presumably, by their doctors to reduce the ill effects of the toxic therapies, ...
Patient Care Two Orthopaedic Specialists Join Medical Center By Germaine Reinhardt Aug. 17, 2009 Two new orthopaedic surgeons are joining the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, helping to fill the growing patient volume in sports medicine and ...
Education Second Chance Motorcycle Ride Benefits Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Aug. 13, 2009 There will be a 110-mile motorcycle ride to benefit the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15. The Second Chance Motorcycle Run begins at the Leaf and Bean Coffee Company at ...
Research Liver, Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Joins Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Aug. 4, 2009 Hepatobiliary oncologist Aram Hezel, M.D., has joined the University of Rochester Medical Center’s James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. He relocated from Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and ...
Research 2 New Surgeons Join Division of Solid Organ Transplantation By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jul. 31, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center welcomes two surgeons to its Division of Solid Organ Transplantation: Christopher Taylor Barry, M.D., Ph.D., and Carlos E. Marroquin, M.D. Both begin Aug. 3.
