Cancer

December 10, 2015

New lead for ovarian cancer treatment

Combining inhibitors of the BMP signaling pathway with standard chemotherapy drugs may overcome drug resistance in ovarian cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
Scales of justice
December 10, 2015

Review highlights financial impact of sarcoma misdiagnosis

Malpractice awards and settlements are eight times greater when physicians misdiagnosis sarcoma than when they make other mistakes, according to a review of 32 years of court cases.

By Tom Wilemon
December 3, 2015

Hockey Fights Cancer Night

Over the past six years, the Predators team has raised and donated more than $1 million to the Children’s Hospital and its programs.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 19, 2015

VICC’s Horn lands Team Leadership Award from NCI

Leora Horn, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of Medicine and clinical director of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has received a 2015 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

By VUMC News and Communications
November 5, 2015

“Movember” activities help raise prostate cancer funds, awareness

Beginning this week, Vanderbilt men will have a good excuse to ignore their razors and let their facial hair grow. November has been dubbed “Movember,” a time when men are encouraged to grow a moustache to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 29, 2015

Investigators find clues to melanoma treatment resistance

Nearly half of all patients with malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, have a mutation in the BRAF gene found in their tumors. Mutations in the BRAF gene turn on a cancer growth switch known as the MAP kinase pathway.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 15, 2015

New faculty: Bethany Rhoten examines quality of life among cancer survivors

Bethany Rhoten’s research focuses on issues that few people openly discuss—those surrounding body image and sexuality among cancer survivors.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 8, 2015

Fundraiser for head and neck cancer patients slated for Oct. 16

The second annual Courage Unmasked event to raise awareness about head and neck cancer will be held Friday, Oct. 16, 6 – 9 p.m., at the Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 5, 2015

Potential target for lung cancer therapy

The glutamine transporter protein appears to contribute to the survival of lung cancer cells, suggesting it may be a useful diagnostic biomarker and target for therapies.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 24, 2015

Team to explore using nanoparticles to fight cancer

Three Vanderbilt researchers have received a federal grant to study the use of nanoparticles to deliver potential therapies for breast cancer that has spread to the bone.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 17, 2015

Predators support for fight against cancer keeps rising

Nashville Predators captain Shea Weber and goaltender Pekka Rinne, along with Predators leaders and mascot Gnash, recently presented the proceeds of the team’s 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Christina Echegaray
August 11, 2015

Drug combos enhance ovarian cancer cell death

Drugs that target DNA damage improve ovarian cancer cell response to platinum chemotherapies, suggesting new therapeutic opportunities.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 6, 2015

Stomach cancer cues

Vanderbilt scientists have discovered a new molecular mechanism that promotes stomach cancer development, findings that could provide new opportunities for treatment.
By VUMC News and Communications
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