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Spring/Summer 2011 Issue

Momentum: Moving toward a future without cancer.

  • Decision Tree

    Helping prostate cancer patients select the treatment that’s best for them


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    Decision Tree
  • Moving On

    Integrative health, therapeutic movement help survivors heal


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    Moving On
  • Keeping Up With Cancer

    Hematology/Oncology fellowship program working to fill need for future oncologists


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    Keeping Up With Cancer
  • Divide And Conquer

    Young Ambassadors help researcher track down cancer’s Achilles’ heel


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    Divide And Conquer

Departments

A Closer Look

Clinical trials nurse Wendy Cooper is excited to play a part in bringing research advances from the lab to the clinic.

Spotlight: NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR

Jimmy Caldwell found respite in woodworking until his diagnosis with an “unusual” stomach tumor. Vanderbilt is hoping to make diagnosis and treatment of these unusual tumors routine with the establishment of the Vanderbilt Neuroendocrine Center.

Stories of Survival

A lymphoma diagnosis and other personal tragedies derailed Charlotte Scalf’s plans for a relaxing retirement. But with the support of her family and stem cells from her “angel donor,” she triumphed over the disease.