Division of Hematology and Oncology Archive
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February 28, 2019
Investigators map genomic landscape of very rare cancer
A team of Vanderbilt researchers mapped out the genomic landscape of a metastatic malignant proliferating tricholemmal tumor and identified a targeted treatment for this very rare cancer. -
January 31, 2019
Grant supports novel imaging initiative to enhance cancer care
A Vanderbilt initiative to develop predictive imaging technologies that clinicians can use to better match patients with personalized care has received National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding. -
January 17, 2019
Spalluto, Lewis to lead VA lung screening initiative
Lucy Spalluto, MD, assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Jennifer Lewis, MD, MS, instructor in Medicine, have been selected to co-lead the Veterans Affairs — Partnership to increase Access to Lung Screening (VA-PALS) National Program Evaluation. -
January 17, 2019
Research explores link between stem cell transplant, diabetes
About a decade ago, at the beginning of his career in academic medicine, Brian Engelhardt, MD, MSCI, noticed that many of his patients receiving a stem cell transplant for their blood cancer ended up with diabetes. -
December 13, 2018
Philip’s liver cancer research receives V Foundation support
Mary Philip, MD, PhD, has been named a 2019 V Scholar and will receive $200,000 from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. -
November 29, 2018
Teamwork key to treating patient’s rare blood cancer
Former sports journalist Joe Lofaro has little memory of Oct. 23, 2015, when his son Daniel loaded him into a car at his Martin, Tennessee, home and said, ‘Come on, Dad, we’re going for a ride.” -
November 8, 2018
Clinical fellows program bolstered by new NCI grant
A new grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will fund an intensively mentored training experience for clinical fellows at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the next five years.