Cathy Eng Archive — Page 2 of 3

Exterior of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Preston Research Building, with a curved glass façade, brick wings, and a covered entrance labeled “FRANCES WILLIAMS PRESTON BUILDING.”
August 18, 2022

Abramson, Eng, Johnson named to new VICC roles

Three physician researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center are assuming additional leadership roles.

By Tom Wilemon
VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
August 17, 2022

Trial for colorectal cancer drug reaches primary endpoint

A new therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer that has been granted fast track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has met its primary endpoint of overall survival in a phase 3 clinical trial.

By Tom Wilemon
Janet Darnell stands with her hands clasped in a brick-paved plaza outside a medical clinic, wearing glasses and a striped cardigan.
May 6, 2022

Janet Darnell received a lifesaving lung transplant. Five months later she received lifesaving surgery for colon cancer. She calls herself a “walking miracle.”

Without the lung transplant, the cancer may never have been detected.

By Matt Batcheldor
Smiling woman wearing glasses and a dark purple coat stands beside a laboratory microscope in a well-lit room.
April 29, 2022

National Leader

By Tom Wilemon
Illustration of overlapping purple and pink human profiles forming a flower stem, with a heart-shaped bloom containing DNA, chemical formulas, and electronic circuit patterns.
April 29, 2022

Sarcoma Sisterhood

By Tom Wilemon
Portrait of Cathy Eng, MD, wearing a white medical coat over a pink patterned blouse.
January 25, 2022

Comprehensive framework outlined for addressing early-onset colorectal cancer research

New research from Vanderbilt sets a comprehensive framework for addressing research challenges and patient needs for people under 50 with colorectal cancer.

By Tom Wilemon