At one point or another as a little boy you are told, “Get over it.” These three words you wouldn’t think could do much damage, but deep inside they deteriorate a man’s ability to trust his feelings. Feelings are one thing, but trusting your health is a whole other bag of worms. What do you […]
In October 2023 the Food and Drug Administration approved a groundbreaking treatment for patients with liver cancer or liver metastases that uses focused ultrasound waves to destroy tumors. With philanthropic assistance, Vanderbilt University Medical Center will begin to offer this innovative therapy, known as histotripsy, in early 2025. Unlike surgery and other localized but invasive ablation […]
Lily Hensiek doesn’t remember much about the first time she was diagnosed with pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) when she was 7 years old. “The big thing was the back pain that radiated down my legs. I could barely walk,” she said. “I mainly remember being shocked and confused. It was a big learning […]
A true allergy to a medication is not that common, and when it happens, there’s often a work-around, like substituting a drug in another class. But what if you’re a patient with cancer and the drug you’re allergic to is a chemotherapy agent that offers the best, and sometimes only, chance of saving your life? […]
On a sunny June day, Olivia Leow was driving her sons to a friend’s swimming pool when she briefly lost her peripheral vision. Later that afternoon, while watching them splash about in the water, her right hand temporarily went numb. After some online research that evening with her husband, she figured she had experienced an […]
Clip In 4 the Cure 2024 brought people together on Sept. 14, 2024, for an inspiring day of cycling and raising money for cancer research. This year’s event was the most successful yet, with more than 400 attendees at GEODIS Park and over $277,000 raised. This support makes a tangible impact on adult and pediatric […]
Remarkable. That’s how Bhagirathbhai Dholaria, MD, described responses to an ongoing clinical trial for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who had run out of treatment options. Dholaria, associate professor of Medicine, presented interim results from the Phase 1 trial for a new “off-the-shelf” chimeric antigen receptor-T cell (CAR-T) therapy at the 21st International […]
Only half of young cancer patients report discussingfertility preservation Only half of people with early-onset cancers reported discussing fertility preservation options prior to their oncology treatments, according to results of a cross-sectional study published Nov. 12, 2024, in JAMA Network Open. Young patients with thyroid, lung, ovarian and colorectal cancers reported the lowest prevalence of […]
Q How does scalp cooling mitigate hair loss during chemotherapy? A Scalp cooling prevents chemotherapy-induced alopecia in two ways. First, it reduces blood flow to the scalp. Cooling causes the blood vessels in the scalp to constrict, which reduces the amount of medication reaching the follicles. Secondly, when our scalp’s temperature is lowered, our metabolism is […]
Vanderbilt University Medical Center will name the new expansion tower for Vanderbilt University Hospital the Jim Ayers Tower in recognition of Janet and Jim Ayers’ philanthropic legacy and abiding interest in improving the health care and quality of life for Tennesseans. The naming of the 15-level, 470,000-square-foot tower, currently under construction between 21st Avenue South […]
