Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

by Dagny Stuart Lynn Matrisian, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Cancer Biology, has been appointed to a leadership post with the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Translational Research Group. Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, she will spend half of her time at NCI headquarters in Washington, D.C., and half at Vanderbilt in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. [...]

by Dagny Stuart Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center ranks seventh in the nation in terms of research awards from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In Fiscal Year 2007 Vanderbilt-Ingram received 147 grants for a total of $66,264,603 in NCI funding. “This is the first time we have ranked among the top 10 research institutions in funding from [...]

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center patient Melvin Odom enjoys a song by country music group BlackHawk in the Cancer Center’s infusion clinic. BlackHawk is a long-time supporter of the Cancer Center and during this visit donated $15,000 to the Frances Preston Cancer Research lab. The group made the donation in the name of former band member Van [...]

The Chicago Tribune reports on a study of differences in the quality of mammogram diagnoses. “In a stark reminder of the limitation of the common diagnostic test, the researchers found wide variation in radiologists’ ability to detect cancer in breast X-rays, with some missing as many as 7 out of 10 cases…. The radiologists who were most accurate — that is, had the highest sensitivity without too many false alarms — tended to be those based at academic medical centers.”

by Dagny Stuart Just one year after graduating from Belmont University, Sarah Conley thought her life and career would unfold on a grand scale, with a great job and opportunities to become a music teacher and voice coach. Instead she found herself suffering from extreme fatigue and a low-grade fever that lingered for weeks. “I [...]

by Bill Snyder The simple questions are often the most profound. During a visit to Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., was pelted with inquiries from students as young as 9 years old about his pivotal work on nerve and epidermal growth factors, for which he earned a Nobel Prize in medicine [...]