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March 8, 2024

Scalp cooling allows woman to keep hair during chemotherapy

The Food and Drug Administration first granted marketing approval for the DigniCap system for patients with breast cancer in 2015, then in 2017 the FDA expanded the authorization, making it the first cooling cap cleared for use in cancer patients with solid tumors, such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer and colorectal cancer.

By Tom Wilemon
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March 5, 2024

GE HealthCare & Vanderbilt publish data on AI models predicting patient response to immunotherapy

The results from a research partnership between GE HealthCare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center utilizing artificial intelligence to enable safer and more precise cancer immunotherapies show that the models they developed predict patient responses with 70% to 80% accuracy.

By Tom Wilemon
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January 22, 2024

Molecular profiles of tissue plus circulating tumor DNA can better guide cancer care

Vanderbilt research indicates that adding liquid biopsy testing for circulating tumor DNA mutations increases targetable mutation detection rates.

By Tom Wilemon
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January 9, 2024

Chic Awearness supports mentoring program for ovarian cancer patients

Chic Awearness is now supporting two new ovarian cancer research initiatives at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and providing matching funding for a social worker to coordinate Woman to Woman, a peer mentoring program launched at VUMC in 2023.

By Tom Wilemon
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January 5, 2024

Artificial intelligence advances work in VUMC’s clinical and research settings

Vanderbilt University Medical Center physicians and researchers are applying artificial intelligence in innovative ways to advance clinical care and scientific understanding of these cutting-edge tools.

By Vanderbilt Health News
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January 4, 2024

VUMC in the news, Jan. 9, 2024