Patient Care What is Ki-67 in Breast Cancer? It Can Spell the Difference in Treatment Options By Leslie Orr Mar. 14, 2022 Tumor biology and breast cancer-related genes are qualifying factors in newer CDK inhibitor therapies.
Research Women with Breast Cancer in ‘Fighting Shape’ Have Less Brain Fogginess By Leslie Orr Aug. 18, 2021 Being in good shape before cancer treatment may prevent brain fogginess during chemotherapy, a Wilmot study suggests.
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 ...
Research Frailty in Cancer Patients, Young and Old, is Linked to Inflammation By Leslie Orr Mar. 11, 2021 Wilmot investigators discovered that frailty is linked to inflammation in cancer patients, and wonder if reducing inflammation prior to treatment will help patients live better and stronger.
Patient Care Breast Cancer and the COVID Vaccine: What you Need to Know By Leslie Orr Mar. 1, 2021 Women who are being treated for breast cancer, were recently treated, or have survived the disease, should get the COVID vaccine as soon they can, according to Carla Falkson, M.D. She addressed the ...
Research New Tool Helps Seniors with Breast Cancer Make Chemotherapy Decisions By Leslie Orr Jan. 14, 2021 Wilmot researchers helped to develop a risk tool that found eight key predictors of whether chemotherapy side effects were likely to be minimal or severe for older adults.
Patient Care Advice for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Know Your Breast Density By Leslie Orr Oct. 22, 2020 Find out if you have higher-risk, dense breast tissue and talk to your doctor about additional screening.
Patient Care When Motherhood, Breast Cancer and COVID Collide: How One Local Teacher Persists Despite Challenges By Ruth Harper-Rhode Oct. 16, 2020 While every pregnancy is unpredictable, Colleen Molina had no idea the upheaval she was about to face. In February 2020, she found out she had breast cancer, mere weeks before her second child was ...
Research One Way to Prevent Cancer: Map the Fundamentals of How Cells Go Awry By Leslie Orr Oct. 8, 2020 Wilmot scientists focused on proteins involved in breast and brain cancer and melanoma, and made a new discovery.
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Isaac Harris, Ph.D. By Leslie Orr Oct. 1, 2020 After a friend died of breast cancer at age 34, Isaac Harris, Ph.D., felt the urgency of his work to better understand how cancer cells grow and resist treatment.
