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.
People Irwin Frank, Leading Urologist, Dies at 93 By Mark Michaud Oct. 19, 2020 Irwin N. Frank, M.D. – one of the most influential urologists in the last half-century – has died at the age of 93. Frank, who spent his entire academic and medical career at the University of ...
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 Cool Technology Allows for Better Views of Cancerous Blood Cells in Quest for New Treatment By Leslie Orr Sep. 15, 2020 The cutting-edge microscope is the first of its kind in the Rochester region, and a boon for cancer researchers such as Laura Calvi and Clara Kielkopf.
Community Back-to-School Delivers Extra Stress to Parents with Cancer, other Serious Illness By Leslie Orr Aug. 26, 2020 URMC experts help families navigate sending children back to school when at-risk parents or grandparents are in their lives.
Patient Care From Nine States, Wilmot Warrior Walk Team Marty Unites Virtually By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 21, 2020 After participating in the Wilmot Warrior Walk with friends in September 2019, Cyndi Lembo felt inspired. She pledged that next year, she’d create a team in honor of her late husband, Marty. COVID-19 ...
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.
