Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Vanderbilt-Ingram’s Jordan Berlin, M.D., was quoted recently in a WebMD article for patients with a cancer diagnosis. A survey shows that it’s good to ask your cancer doctor what he would do if he were in your shoes, though Berlin notes that only about 10% of his patients ask him. “‘Far more, about 50%, ask [...]

There has been dramatic rise in recent years of one of the most deadly forms of esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma), and the obesity epidemic is related. Vanderbilt-Ingram’s William Blot has done key research on these issues and was recently featured in both a WebMD article and an Audio Medica podcast. He discusses not just the research, [...]

Anne Karpay, a fifth-year graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry, died Jan. 5 after a four-year struggle with breast cancer. She was 26.

by Dagny Stuart Jonathan Nesbitt, M.D., an experienced Nashville cardiothoracic surgeon, has joined the Vanderbilt faculty as associate professor of Thoracic Surgery. “We are pleased to welcome Jon to our growing team of talented surgeons,” said Joe B. (Bill) Putnam Jr., M.D., chair of the Department of Thoracic Surgery. “His extensive experience, technical skill and [...]

When it comes to cancer, the protein EphA2 has a split personality.

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Biochemistry, has been selected to lead Tennessee’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her appointment as director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Molecular Oncology, is effective immediately. Pietenpol became interim director last February, when Ray DuBois stepped [...]

The third annual “Music City Mardi Gras: A Celebration of Hope,” benefiting the Lisa Ross Parker Foundation [the Foundation], is scheduled on Friday, February 29th at the Cannery Ballroom in downtown Nashville featuring the hottest band in Nashville – BURNING LAS VEGAS. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $25.00 each and include food and [...]

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center reminds women to do something important for their own health and the health of their daughters — talk to their doctor about screening and prevention of cervical cancer. The Pap test and a new vaccine against a virus that causes 70% of cervical cancers can work together to fight what used [...]

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Office of Minority Affairs (VICC-OMA) and Sisters Network Nashville (SNN) have partnered to develop an 18 month inspirational calendar entitled, the 2008-2009 Fashioned in Faith Calendar.

Facilitated by Gloria Cherry, B.S., R.N. This group is for people who are no longer in treatment (young adults and older) but continue to struggle with issues such as fatigue, family dynamics, body image, worrying about recurrence, survivor’s guilt and more. Meets Thursday evenings 6:30-8pm at Gilda’s Club of Nashville (1707 Division Street, Nashville. 615-329-1124) [...]