Cancer

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center serves more than 49,000 distinct patients and manages over 250,000 outpatient visits annually.

My wife summed it up: “You’re the happiest person I ever heard of who just found out he has cancer.”

After surgical removal of a rare tumor left a sizable hole inside Nick Schrock’s mouth, he could only speak in a muffled, lispy whisper. Tyler Ames, a dentist at VUMC, fashioned a prosthetic device to close the hole and allow Schrock to speak more clearly.

To launch a connection search, someone with a specific gene variant signs up to meet others who share that variant, beginning a process of discovering new connections with unknown relatives and encouraging family members to get tested.

The researchers anticipate that their findings will inform personalized colorectal polyp surveillance, guide therapeutic prevention strategies, and ultimately reduce the burden of colorectal cancer nationwide.

Kelley is lauded by his colleagues and surgical leaders for his contributions both at VUMC and nationally.

Since she erected the "wind phone " booth two years ago, it has become a sanctuary of solace.