Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

New Clinician Spotlight: Muhamed Baljević

Specializing in myeloma, amyloidosis and other plasma cell disorders, hematologist and medical oncologist Muhamed Baljević, MD, recently joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By VUMC News and Communications

Policy, resources crucial for lung cancer screening: study

Vanderbilt reseach shows that resources for lung cancer screening programs increased the number of veterans screened.

Vanderbilt lauded for pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis care

Vanderbilt has been recognized as a National Pancreas Foundation Center of Excellence.

Nerve cells and cancer progression

Immature nerves and neural precursor cells increase in density as a type of premalignant tumor in the pancreas progresses to invasive disease, suggesting that blocking these cells may arrest malignant progression.

By Leigh MacMillan

Members of the newly named MASLAB gathered for a portrait on the Medical Center Plaza. The early lung cancer detection research initiative was named in honor of the late Pierre Massion, MD.

September 15, 2022

Lung cancer detection program lands grant renewal

The National Cancer Institute has renewed funding for the Early Detection Research Network Lung Cancer Clinical Validation Center at Vanderbilt- Ingram Cancer Center.

By Tom Wilemon

September 13, 2022

Patients had ‘significant and clinically meaningful improvement’ in survival in fruquintinib clinical trial

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who had not responded to other treatments had “significant and clinically meaningful improvement” in overall survival when treated with the oral targeted therapy fruquintinib.