Cancer Archive — Page 39 of 67
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January 7, 2019
GE Healthcare, Vanderbilt University Medical Center partner for safer, more precise immunotherapy cancer treatment
GE Healthcare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced a five-year partnership to enable safer and more precise cancer immunotherapies. -
December 13, 2018
Philip’s liver cancer research receives V Foundation support
Mary Philip, MD, PhD, has been named a 2019 V Scholar and will receive $200,000 from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. -
December 13, 2018
Breast cancer-killing RIG
A compound that activates a virus-sensing receptor has potent therapeutic effects in a mouse model of breast cancer. -
December 13, 2018
Therapy aims to reduce prostate cancer treatment side effects
Vanderbilt urologic surgeons are offering an alternative therapy for prostate cancer patients considered to be low-to-intermediate risk, a middle ground between active surveillance and aggressive therapy. -
November 29, 2018
Lung cancer survival signal
A receptor thought to be a cell growth inhibitor actually sends pro-survival signals in small cell lung cancer and is a candidate biomarker for poor prognosis. -
November 15, 2018
Songwriting aids palliative care nurse in cancer fight
Megan Palmer, RN, a nurse in the Palliative Care Unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, wears many hats, but she never imagined writing a song about a perfect Stetson cowboy hat would hold such powerful meaning in her life. -
November 15, 2018
Surgeon helps restore cancer patients’ functionality
Sarah Rohde long had an interest in treating cancer, and her research during her undergraduate and medical school years at the University of Virginia underscored that. What she didn’t expect was to become a surgeon.