Department of Medicine
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November 13, 2024
New Video: Only half of young cancer patients report discussing fertility preservation
Young patients with thyroid, lung, ovarian and colorectal cancers reported the lowest prevalence of a fertility preservation discussion. -
November 11, 2024
An inspiring legacy
Family establishes ERDie Project in memory of daughter, Emma Ryleigh Dixon, to support pediatric bone cancer research at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
November 11, 2024
Southern Environmental Health Study recruiting participants
People who sign up can help researchers assess whether environmental factors may be the culprits behind the region’s higher cancer burden. -
November 4, 2024
Tae Kon Kim receives V Foundation grant for MDS drug research
Kim and colleagues will study whether this protein hinders the ability of the immune system to fight MDS and whether it can be blocked to treat MDS. -
November 3, 2024
Greenlight study demonstrates effective early intervention in preventing childhood obesity
Researchers examined if childhood obesity could be prevented by leveraging a combination of health behavior counseling offered by pediatric primary care clinicians and modern digital health literacy tools. -
October 30, 2024
Genetic risk, sexual trauma associated with mental illness: study
Evaluating how genetic risk interacts with environmental risk factors such as sexual trauma is important for understanding how mental illness develops and identifying high-risk groups for early intervention. -
October 30, 2024
Michael Gibson votes with FDA panel to limit immunotherapy indication
The panel determined that allowing the wider indication would put patients at risk for adverse reactions from the two immunotherapies but without the added benefit in survival.