Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

October 16, 2008 LP Field Registration -5:30 Walk at 7:00PM Light the Night, an event benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, will take place at LP field this year. The walk will begin at the foot of the pedestrian bridge over to second Avenue and back around to end at LP Field. The approximate distance [...]

New research from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may explain why breast cancer tends to be more aggressive in women with denser breast tissue.

Aug. 22, 2008 – Reid Thompson, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Brain Tumor Center and Ezra Fitz, a 31-year-old Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center patient, joined Andrew Schorr of Patient Power, in a webcast wading into the swirling debate about whether cell phones induce brain cancer. Like many of us, Ezra and his family also had questions [...]

Caroline Hale’s a smart, beautiful, 21-year-old college senior. But she’ll never forget what it felt like to be just 13, and told that she had cancer. To have 13 types of chemotherapy, and 56 blood transfusions. No school, no sports, no visits with friends. No hair. Healthy now, yet forever changed, Hale has put her [...]

Vanderbilt-Ingram’s David Johnson, M.D., was quoted in USA Today coverage of Christina Applegate’s choice to undergo a double mastectomy.
“Other women decide to undergo frequent screening with MRIs, or magneitc resonance imaging, instead of preventive surgery, says David Johnson of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.”

The Entertainment Industry Foundation has issued a call to the nation to “Stand Up To Cancer.” This campaign will be highlighted by an hourlong television special to be aired simultaneously by CBS, NBC and ABC, Sept. 5, 7- 8 p.m., CDT. Several Hollywood celebrities, athletes, musicians and journalists have already committed to appear on the [...]

by Dagny Stuart www.patientpower.info, Fri. Aug. 22, 12:00 – 1:00 PM CDT Reid Thompson, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Brain Tumor Center, will wade into the swirling debate about whether cell phones induce brain cancer during a Webcast, Friday, Aug. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. He will discuss what scientists know about the genesis [...]

by Dagny Stuart Jane Condon, manager of Patient Advocacy for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been invited to join the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Directors Consumer Liaison Group, Advocates in Research Working Group (ARWG). Patient advocates are increasingly playing an important role by participating in the design and oversight of cancer research. The mission of the [...]

by Dagny Stuart Beth Price, M.B.A., has been named to the newly created position of chief executive officer of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Price has served as oncology operations strategist for Vanderbilt-Ingram and Vanderbilt Medical Group since June 2007, where she assisted in the development and implementation of the regional market oncology strategy and served [...]

Are you a Vanderbilt cancer survivor or caregiver who wants to give back? Have you “been there” and are passionate about encouraging others in the midst of their own cancer experience? Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is launching a new program, “The Hope Connection”, a peer-to-peer support volunteer opportunity for adult cancer survivors and caregivers. Hope Connection [...]