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Winter 2018 Issue

Momentum: Moving toward a future without cancer.

Departments

Day in Life

For many patients of the Vanderbilt Breast Center, their first direct contact with the clinic is a pre-appointment telephone call from Norma Campbell, R.N., one of the center’s two nurse coordinators.  “Sometimes these patients are just really, really afraid, or they just want to put a face to a name, and during this call they’ll […]

Spotlight: Bladder Cancer

In early 2014, Mary Beth Ballard and her husband, Chris Murray, were searching for their first home together in Middle Tennessee when she noticed something she initially dismissed as a sign of a minor infection—a small amount of blood in her urine.    Between house hunting and a new job, her schedule was hectic. The blood […]

My Story

I have been through a storm. And I don’t just mean any storm. I mean a tsunami.  A tsunami generally consists of a series of waves with periods ranging from minutes to hours occurring in a so-called wave train. That’s what having ovarian cancer felt like to me. It was waves of different emotions, waves […]

Multimedia Highlights

What to know about smoking, and how to quit with Hilary Tindle, M.D., founding director, Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addictions and Lifestyle.

Also In This Issue

Director's Letter
A word from Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D.

Quick Takes
News from around the Cancer Center

Journal Watch
Highlights of recent publications.