Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Archive — Page 12 of 26
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February 9, 2023
Patient designs shoes for Coaches vs. Cancer game
Vanderbilt patient Jayden Bailey designed a special pair of Nike Air Max shoes for Jerry Stackhouse, coach of the Vanderbilt University men’s basketball team, to wear during the Jan. 24 Coaches vs. Cancer “Suits and Sneakers” basketball game. -
February 9, 2023
‘Biopsy Queen’ reaches milestone number of procedures
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's Krista Kuhnert-Gainer, ACNP has performed more than 20,000 bone marrow biopsies since 1996. -
February 9, 2023
Mark Cuban pharmacy could save billions on prostate cancer, bladder drugs
Vanderbilt research found that a new drug company founded by entrepreneur Mark Cuban could save patients $1.29 billion a year based on 2020 Medicare Part D expenditures on just the nine most popular urological drugs. -
February 9, 2023
Vanderbilt-Ingram joins CancerLinQ quality initiative
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is now participating in CancerLinQ, a technology initiative focused on improving patient care that tracks quality metrics in real time. -
February 6, 2023
Berlin named director of Division of Hematology and Oncology
Jordan Berlin, MD, has been named director of Vanderbilt’s Division of Hematology and Oncology. -
January 19, 2023
Surgeons target pancreatic cancer with electrons using new technology
Vanderbilt surgeons recently treated a pancreatic cancer patient using IntraOp Mobetron IORT with electrons — the first surgery performed in Tennessee with this new technology utilizing intraoperative radiotherapy in the operating room. -
January 9, 2023
Novel lung cancer biomarker
Autoantibodies against the p53 tumor suppressor protein may be a novel biomarker for identifying people, especially African Americans, at high risk for lung cancer.