Black women continue to have a 40% higher mortality rate than white women despite improvements in breast cancer survival rates. They are also likely to be diagnosed at younger ages than white women. (photo montage/iStock)
Cancer
Study identifies that higher West African ancestry may contribute to worse breast cancer outcomes
The study found that West African genetic ancestry was associated with shorter disease-free survival, particularly for women with hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer.
By Tom Wilemon
Vaccines
Vanderbilt joins national effort to develop alphavirus vaccines
By Bill Snyder and Herschel Pollard
News Releases
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt turns 20🎉
In 2004, three floors moved out of Vanderbilt University Hospital and into a different building. Demand soared. Now, that building is a 12-floor, 325-bed state-of-the-art hospital, with more beds coming later this year. Middle Tennessee’s first full-service children’s hospital is commemorating its mission of caring for children and their families.
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Business Innovation
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Celebrating Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
The only hospital in Wilson County is marking two milestones this year: its 45th anniversary in the Lebanon community and its fifth year as part of Vanderbilt Health. The hospital is essential to the health of the county and the region.
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