Cancer

March 15, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers Find Ginseng May Improve Breast Cancer Outcomes

Ginseng, one of the most widely used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, may improve survival and quality of life after a diagnosis of breast cancer, according to a recent study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers. The large epidemiological study, led by Xiao-Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., was published online recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 8, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Receives Funding to Identify Signals for Breast Cancer in the Blood and Women at High-Risk for the Disease

A team of researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been awarded $1.5 million from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 16, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researcher Studies Effects of Cancer Treatment among Children of Survivors

Can the high doses of chemotherapy and radiation that young cancer patients receive cause inherited health problems for their children?

By VUMC News and Communications
January 27, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center opens mentoring program for patients considering clinical trials

Thanks to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s new Clinical Trials Mentor Program, patients considering enrolling in a clinical trial can now ask questions and get first-hand accounts from patient advocates who have already gone through the process.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 25, 2006

Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to conduct Phase II studies for the National Cancer Institute

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been chosen by the National Cancer Institute to join an elite group of researchers asked to test the most cutting-edge cancer treatments in Phase II clinical trials in both solid tumor and hematologic malignancies.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 10, 2006

Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center uncover clue to explain invasive brain tumors

Researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of an aggressive kind of brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, or gliomas, and their findings are published in this week’s online edition of the journal Oncogene.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 28, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center leads effort to evaluate lung cancer “signatures”

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is leading a multi-institutional effort supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to identify "molecular signatures" of lung cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 6, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center offering cancer treatment for patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Cancer patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath who are in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and in need of continued treatment can contact the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for assistance.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 15, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Announces New Research Institute To Focus On Earliest Possible Detection Of Cancers

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will launch a new research institute, jump-started with a $10 million gift from West Tennessee businessman Jim Ayers, to develop techniques to detect cancers at their earliest, most curable stages, Vanderbilt officials announced today.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 12, 2003

Vanderbilt-Ingram researchers speak to world at national cancer conference

A team of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center physician-scientists gathered with their colleagues here earlier this week to hear, discuss and present some of the latest advances in care for patients with cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2003

Vanderbilt-Ingram begins enrolling current, former smokers in National Lung Cancer Screening Trial

Current and former smokers are needed for a new study to determine if screening people with either spiral computerized tomography (CT) or chest X-ray before they have symptoms can reduce deaths from lung cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
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