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 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 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 ...
Research Wilmot Leader Earns $1.5M Grant for Breakthrough Clinical Trial By Leslie Orr Jun. 1, 2020 David Linehan, M.D., chief of clinical operations at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, is the inaugural recipient of a $1.5 million award from Gateway for Cancer Research.
Research Wilmot Researchers Present Work at Virtual ASCO By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 29, 2020 Due to COVID-19, the American Clinical Society of Oncology (ASCO) replaced its annual meeting in Chicago, attended by thousands, with a three-day virtual event, May 29 through 31. ASCO is one of the ...
Patient Care Coronavirus (COVID-19): Wilmot Offers Telemedicine Visits for Some Patients By URMC Communications May. 22, 2020 Wilmot Cancer Institute is offering some telemedicine appointments to help protect our patients, staff and community during the coronavirus pandemic. Here, we answer common questions Wilmot patients ...
Research NCI Awards $3.85M to Wilmot for Collaborative Project on Aging, Cancer By Leslie Orr May. 20, 2020 Karen Mustian, Ph.D. and Supriya Mohile, M.D. Three Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers received a highly-valued type of National Cancer Institute award that supports team science, a strategy ...
