Cancer

September 29, 2011

Folate may lower breast cancer risk for some

Low folate levels may increase a premenopausal woman’s risk of developing breast cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications

May 10, 2011

Free skin cancer screening May 21

Free skin cancer screenings will be offered at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks May 21 in conjunction with Skin Cancer Awareness month.

By VUMC News and Communications

April 15, 2011

Vanderbilt: Laboratory for health care reform

By Bill Snyder

April 12, 2011

Soy foods not a risk for breast cancer survivors

By VUMC News and Communications

March 24, 2011

Cancer Center study snuffs out menthol myths

People who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or die from the disease than are smokers of non-mentholated brands, a new study shows.

By Bill Snyder

March 7, 2011

Enzyme protects against inflamed colon

Increasing an enzyme required for a type of colon tissue may help dampen inflammation, a known risk factor for colon cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 3, 2011

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center launches online genetic research tool

A new online tool enables cancer patients and researchers to track the latest developments in personalized cancer medicine and connect with clinical research trials.

By VUMC News and Communications

February 22, 2011

Protein ‘scissors’ cut path for cancer

The protein matriptase "cuts" a key component of the prostate tissue barrier and may be involved in prostrate cancer progression, new research finds.

By Leigh MacMillan

February 1, 2011

Protein related to aging holds breast cancer clues

By VUMC News and Communications

January 31, 2011

Breast cancer patients with strong social network live longer

By VUMC News and Communications

July 21, 2008

Southerners living in U.S. cancer belt; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers study causes of malignancy

The South is known for many things: hot, steamy summers, iced tea laced with sugar and friendly people with a tendency to welcome strangers. But beneath the veneer of Southern hospitality and gracious living lurks a silent killer: cancer. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have their own name for the southern region of the United States: the "cancer belt."

By VUMC News and Communications

March 13, 2008

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center named Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare CancersSM

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been selected as a Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare CancersSM by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, in collaboration with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 13, 2008

Vanderbilt-Ingram Researchers Find Clue to Cancer Drug Allergies

Cancer patients from the Southeastern United States who are treated with the drug cetuximab, known commercially as Erbitux, are far more likely to suffer severe allergic reactions than patients in other regions of the country.