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Thanks to a groundbreaking nationwide study with Wilmot Director Jonathan Friedberg at the helm, a practice-changing treatment emerged for young people with Hodgkin lymphoma.

A quarter-century of cancer survivorship. That’s what Chris Costello is looking at. He credits it to a man who started out as a stranger but who, in the last 25 years, has become so close that he’ll ...

What should cancer patients know when it comes to mental health? Dr. Daniel McFarland shares his answers to a few questions on the topic.

Eastman Institute for Oral Health’s Specialty Care Clinic is the first oral healthcare provider in the nation to be recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System Participant.

Her cancer journey started when Nana, now age 12, felt a marble-like bump on her lower abdomen. Within months, it grew to the size of a tennis ball. A series of tests including a biopsy confirmed ...

At only eight days old, Amina Mbdoji stopped eating and was having trouble breathing. A trip to the hospital revealed that most of her organs weren’t working, including her liver, kidney, and lungs, ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s recent decision to enter hospice care spurred a national conversation about end-of-life issues—the kind of conversation more of us should be having with our doctors...

Christine Skivington was honored at Wilmot Cancer Institute’s annual Discovery Ball on May 6, 2023, for her inspiring story. She is the mother of three small children who faced an aggressive type of ...

Eight years ago, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) researchers helped launch the first smartphone application designed to track the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Apple featured the ...

Despite the changes that have occurred in medicine in recent decades, connection remains a key part of oncology nursing. What is it really like to be an oncology nurse? Three of our nurses shared ...