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September 6, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center offering cancer treatment for patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Cancer patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath who are in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and in need of continued treatment can contact the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for assistance.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 15, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Announces New Research Institute To Focus On Earliest Possible Detection Of Cancers

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will launch a new research institute, jump-started with a $10 million gift from West Tennessee businessman Jim Ayers, to develop techniques to detect cancers at their earliest, most curable stages, Vanderbilt officials announced today.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 7, 2003

Protein Profile Predicts Prognosis in Lung Cancer Patients

Researchers have moved a step closer to finding a "molecular fingerprint" of an individual’s cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 23, 2003

Migratory ability of cancer cells examined

Researchers are working to understand the process of how cancer cells develop the ability to migrate from their original location, settle and begin growing in another distant organ.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 17, 2003

Vanderbilt Psychiatrist Studying Fog Associated with Chemotherapy

Laurel Brown, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is the principal investigator of a pilot study currently underway in The Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, in conjunction with the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology to uncover the cause of cognitive deficits many breast cancer patients experience after being treated with chemotherapy, often referred to as "chemo brain" or "chemo fog."

By VUMC News and Communications
June 12, 2003

Vanderbilt-Ingram researchers speak to world at national cancer conference

A team of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center physician-scientists gathered with their colleagues here earlier this week to hear, discuss and present some of the latest advances in care for patients with cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 4, 2003

VICC offers new light therapy for esophageal, lung cancers

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is now offering a technique that uses a light-activated drug to help restore the ability to swallow in patients whose esophagus is blocked by cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2003

Vanderbilt-Ingram begins enrolling current, former smokers in National Lung Cancer Screening Trial

Current and former smokers are needed for a new study to determine if screening people with either spiral computerized tomography (CT) or chest X-ray before they have symptoms can reduce deaths from lung cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
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