-
March 24, 2011
Cancer Center study snuffs out menthol myths
People who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or die from the disease than are smokers of non-mentholated brands, a new study shows. -
March 3, 2011
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center launches online genetic research tool
A new online tool enables cancer patients and researchers to track the latest developments in personalized cancer medicine and connect with clinical research trials. -
February 1, 2011
Protein related to aging holds breast cancer clues
-
January 31, 2011
Breast cancer patients with strong social network live longer
-
March 30, 2009
Jacobson to retire as leader of Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Balser named as successor
Dr. Harry R. Jacobson will retire as vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt University June 1, and Dr. Jeffrey Balser, dean of the School of Medicine, will succeed him, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today. -
January 29, 2009
Vanderbilt biochemist receives 2009 Sigma Xi award
Brandt F. Eichman, assistant professor of biological sciences and biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, has received Sigma Xi's Young Investigator Award. -
July 21, 2008
Southerners living in U.S. cancer belt; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers study causes of malignancy
The South is known for many things: hot, steamy summers, iced tea laced with sugar and friendly people with a tendency to welcome strangers. But beneath the veneer of Southern hospitality and gracious living lurks a silent killer: cancer. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have their own name for the southern region of the United States: the "cancer belt."