During a career that spans more than half a century, Harold “Hal” Moses, M.D., pioneered an entirely new research field aimed at suppressing tumor growth and helped build Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) into one of the nation’s leading cancer centers. Moses, who will turn 80 in February 2018, has closed his lab and retired to […]
The rate of triple-negative breast cancer is twice as high in black women as in white women. It is called triple-negative because cancer cells do not have estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors or large amounts of HER-2 protein. The cells lack the receptors that respond to currently approved targeted therapies or hormone therapies so treatment options […]
The wait gave Latonya Drumwright a premonition. It was supposed to be a quick visit, something she could get done during her lunch hour on a beautiful March day when the daffodils seemed brighter than sunshine. Now she sat under the glare of a fluorescent light with the uneasy inkling that this mammogram would not […]
David Chism, 42 Assistant Professor of Medicine Education: B.A., Georgetown University, M.Sc., Tulane University, M.D., University of Tennessee Research area/medical specialty: Clinical research in genitourinary oncology with a focus in bladder and kidney cancer, medical oncology. When did you join VICC and why did you choose to work here? January 2016. I chose to work here because […]
Hilary A. Tindle, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Medicine and the founding director of the Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addictions and Lifestyle (ViTAL), runs a program for hospitalized smokers called the Tobacco Treatment Service. How is the Tobacco Treatment Service working two years after it launched? Hospitalization is a great time to quit smoking, but […]
The television ad opens on a city skyline at sunrise, with people looking up curiously at the buildings. “It’s not every day something this big comes along,” says the narrator, as words appear projected on the side of a building. “A chance to live longer,” the words spell out in big, bright capital letters. […]
Van Edmundson had been diligent in getting routine colonoscopies, beginning at age 50, so when his doctor asked him to get a new scan after he began having shortness of breath and developed anemia, he was happy to do so. The colonoscopy revealed a small, cancerous mass. Now, four years after surgery to remove […]
Discovery offers new insight on lung cancer risk Researchers have discovered a proteomic “signature” from the airways of heavy smokers that could lead to better risk assessment and perhaps new ways to stop lung cancer before it starts. The findings, reported Nov. 17, 2016, in JCI Insight, are based on the observation that otherwise normal-looking […]
21st Century Cures Act supports cancer research Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle, along with patients, physicians and scientists agree on one urgent priority—the need to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery to address a range of serious and costly illnesses, from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease. In a spirit of harmony and far-reaching […]
I was being nothing but vain and having a small mole removed from my face. Since the removal was for cosmetic reasons, my dermatologist didn’t measure the size or take pictures, but she did order a biopsy. Within three days I received the call that no one ever wants to get. The mole on my […]
