Cancer

Established in 1958, ASH is the world’s largest professional organization for clinicians and scientists who study blood diseases. 

A new study identifies previously unreported protein biomarkers and candidate drug targets across six major cancer types and highlights approved drugs with potential cancer preventive effects.

Study showed that the improvement in lung cancer screenings exceeded the target enrollment set by the researchers.

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.