Johnny Cleveland thought he was having a heart attack when he went to a community hospital, but medical imaging revealed something suspicious with his pancreas. The retired educator from Red Bay, Alabama, then went to Birmingham for more testing where he was diagnosed with an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm — a cyst in the duct […]
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center has performed its first lung transplant on a patient with lung cancer, and she is now cancer free. Carole Taylor, 48, of Nashville, Tennessee, said it all started with stiffness and soreness in her right shoulder. “It was growing increasingly stiff and got to where I couldn’t really move it,” she […]
New urine test has higher diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer A new urine test that measures 18 genes associated with prostate cancer provides higher accuracy for detecting clinically significant cancers than PSA and other existing biomarker tests, according to a study published April 18 in JAMA Oncology. The urine test, MyProstateScore 2.0, was shown to […]
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center collaborates with patient and community stakeholders in a bidirectional manner on research, cancer control efforts and quality care. The Community Advisory Board plays a key role in that mission by helping investigators design initiatives that have the appropriate outreach and engagement. One of the initiatives is the Southern Environmental Health Study. It […]
Vanderbilt’s Eden Biltibo, MD, MS, is one of the first recipients of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s Scholars Program, an initiative launched in 2022. Biltibo, assistant professor of Medicine, will receive $100,000 per year for four years to support her career development and research in “Identifying Effective and Cost-Conscious Maintenance Daratumumab Dosing.” She is one […]
A multidisciplinary team of investigators who will probe the connection between obesity and cancer has received a 2023 Endeavor Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. The three-year, $3 million award will support four closely linked projects exploring the fundamental mechanisms that drive the obesity-cancer connection, taking advantage of a rich collection of matched […]
Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, the former chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), became director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on Dec. 18, 2023. Rathmell became the NCI’s 17th director and only the second woman to hold this position leading the nation’s fight against cancer. She was chosen […]
