Patient Care What You Need to Know About COVID Vaccines and Imaging Scans By Leslie Orr Jun. 7, 2021 Tell your health care providers the date of your vaccine and what arm received the shot - especially if you have an imaging scan coming up.
Patient Care Finding Family and France, Figuratively: One Lymphoma Patient's Stem Cell Transplant Story By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 3, 2021 Jodi Lown has always dreamt of going to France. She had no idea a lymphoma diagnosis would bring France to her, in the form of a stem cell transplant, or that she would find a way to return an active ...
Patient Care Oncology Field’s "Advance of the Year" Thrives at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Jun. 1, 2021 Wilmot patients benefit from major improvements in treating gastrointestinal tumors - the "Advance of the Year" in oncology.
Research Leukemia Treatment Can Bait and Capture Cells in Hiding, Wilmot Research Shows By Leslie Orr May. 26, 2021 New research suggests that targeted leukemia treatment may be able to correct the faulty genes that fuel cancer at its root.
Patient Care Clinical Trials Gave Wilmot Multiple Myeloma Patient 18 Years - and He's Not Done Counting By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 20, 2021 There’s a misconception that, when a cancer patient is offered a clinical trial, the end is near. But multiple myeloma survivor Alan Brandon is living proof dispelling that notion.
Research Grant Recognizes National Leadership in Environmental Health Disparities Research By Mark Michaud May. 5, 2021 The University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences Center has received a $7.7 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science. The grant marks five ...
Patient Care Walk This Way: Program on Wilmot Inpatient Unit Encourages Patients to Get Moving By Ruth Harper-Rhode Apr. 23, 2021 Launched by Megan Donovan, RN, the Walk n’ Roll program on Wilmot’s Hematology/Oncology Unit on the seventh floor (WCC7) encourages patients to walk more during their hospitalization.
Research Wilmot and Roswell Park Collaborate on First Large Study of Immunotherapy in Black Cancer Patients By Leslie Orr Apr. 21, 2021 Researchers want to know why Black and white cancer patients may respond differently to game-changing immunotherapy.
Education First-Ever Oncology Internship Program Aims to Boost Diversity in Cancer Care Workforce By Ruth Harper-Rhode Apr. 13, 2021 The University of Rochester has been selected by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as one of five host schools to participate in the inaugural Oncology Summer Internship (OSI) program ...
Research Can’t Quit Smoking? Maybe You Haven’t Gotten the Right Message By Leslie Orr Apr. 5, 2021 What kinds of text messages work best to help smokers quit? Wilmot is using an innovative approach and reaching out to diverse communities.
