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May 21, 2026

Protect your skin: What to know about melanoma and Mohs surgery at Vanderbilt Health 

A vast majority of melanoma cases are linked to ultraviolet exposure from sunlight, making it largely preventable. Risk factors include fair skin, a history of sunburns (especially in childhood), numerous moles, and a family history of melanoma.

May 20, 2026

Richard Peek joins Kristen Ciombor as Co-Leader of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Program

Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, said the deep knowledge and experience of the pair will optimize and personalize the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of GI malignancies.

May 14, 2026

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center names co-leaders for Thoracic Oncology Program

Together, the co-leaders bring complementary expertise aimed at delivering the most innovative and advanced options for patients at all stages of lung and other thoracic cancers.

May 11, 2026

Urine test better than MRI for monitoring low-risk prostate cancer in new study

The urine test offers a noninvasive option to determine which patients truly need to undergo a biopsy and which can avoid a potentially unnecessary and invasive procedure.

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April 22, 2026

Liquid biopsy predicts response to breast cancer immunotherapy

This minimally invasive and cost-effective alternative to tissue biopsy offers “an accessible tool for tailoring treatment strategies in breast cancer,” researchers reported April 22 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

April 14, 2026

Genomic testing finds a higher prevalence of high-risk breast cancer in Black women

These findings highlight the critical need for tumor genomic testing for all patients to identify those with high-risk tumors, which occur more frequently in Black women, and which require more aggressive treatment to prevent recurrence.