Research Chemotherapy and Exercise: The Right Dose of Workout Helps Side Effects By Leslie Orr May. 31, 2016 Researchers at the University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute discovered something simple and inexpensive to reduce neuropathy in hands and feet due to chemotherapy—exercise.
Patient Care Wilmot Patient Grateful for Clinical Study, Recovering at Home By Leslie Orr Apr. 12, 2016 Ed Foster, the first patient to participate in a national clinical trial of a new immunotherapy for lymphoma at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, is healthy enough to be home in Elmira.
Research Wilmot Embarks on “first real big test” of Immunotherapy for Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Mar. 14, 2016 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute is part of a national clinical trial for an innovative new therapy that involves engineering a patient’s own immune cells to attack cancer, in this case lymphoma.
Patient Care What Frogs Can Teach Us About Tumors By Leslie Orr Jan. 4, 2016 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a new model of cancer in frogs to study how tumors grow, spread, and manipulate immune cells. These ...
Research Clinical Trial Results Show New Drug is Better for CLL Patients By Leslie Orr Dec. 6, 2015 Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may now have an alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment, according to a national study co-authored by a UR Medicine Wilmot Cancer ...
Patient Care Patients Prefer Relief from Lower Back Pain Over Improved Mobility By Mark Michaud Sep. 9, 2015 A new study out today in the journal Neurology examines the question of quality of life for individuals with a common form of lower back pain called lumbar spinal stenosis. The findings show that, ...
Patient Care Clinical trials: The root of progress, the future of excellent cancer care By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 26, 2015 Cancer is a complex set of diseases, and clinical trials play a major role in helping scientists methodically gather the evidence to introduce new treatments. A major strength of the Wilmot Cancer ...
Research Low Vitamin D Linked to Worse Prognosis in Type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Mar. 30, 2015 A new study found that people with lower vitamin D levels prior to treatment for follicular lymphoma succumb to the disease or face relapse earlier than patients with sufficient vitamin D levels in ...
Research UR Researchers Recruiting Older Adults to Test H7N9 Bird Flu Vaccines By Emily Boynton Oct. 15, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry are recruiting volunteers between the ages of 50 and 70 to test a vaccine for H7N9, the bird flu virus that first surfaced ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute Opens Comprehensive Breast Care Facility at Pluta By Leslie Orr May. 12, 2014 The Wilmot Cancer Institute announces the opening of UR Medicine’s Comprehensive Breast Care at Pluta. The Henrietta facility will serve as the home for the renowned multidisciplinary breast cancer ...
