Double Duty
Robotic technology makes simultaneous surgeries better for patients
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Summer 2024 Issue
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Day in Life
The total amount raised for ovarian cancer research and patient support by the annual Chic Awearness fashion show is expected to surpass $1 million with the 2024 gala, scheduled for 6 p.m., Sept. 20, atW Nashville, 300 12th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee. This year will mark the event’s 11th anniversary. Visit chicawearness.org to learn more […]
My Story
“However small the chance might be of striking luck; the chance is there. The chance has to be there.” – Roald Dahl, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Stage 4 cancer monopolized three years of my life in my mid-20s. There is a platitude that likens the process of the diagnosis, treatment and survivorship of cancer […]
Innovations
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 […]
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Director's Letter
A word from the Director
Q&A
Conversations with cancer experts
Journal Watch
Highlights of recent publications.