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BY: LEIGH MACMILLAN Combining two targeted cancer therapies may overcome the resistance that some lung tumors develop during treatment, according to a recent report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The study, which tested the drug combo in mouse models of lung cancer, supports moving forward with clinical trials in patients with lung cancer. The [...]

BY: PAUL GOVERN Personalized medicine holds increasing promise for improving health care outcomes and preventing adverse drug events, and smack at the forefront of institutions set to usher in this new approach to care is Vanderbilt University Medical Center. That message was delivered Monday to representatives of large local employers and health insurance companies by [...]

BY: DAGNY STUART Leora Horn, M.D., has joined Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center as an assistant professor in Hematology/Oncology, specializing in lung cancer. The native of Johannesburg, South Africa, spent 20 years in Canada, where she earned an Honours Bachelor of Science with High Distinction and a Master of Science in Pharmacology, and a Doctor of Medicine [...]

BY: DAGNY STUART Vanderbilt teams participated in several cancer walks this year, setting new records for the amount of money pledged for cancer research. Vanderbilt won the largest health care team award at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure for breast cancer, which was held at Maryland Farms in Brentwood. Vanderbilt won first [...]

BY: DAGNY STUART When Nashville restaurateur Craig Clifft’s daughter, Cattie, was 22 months old, she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), a type of cancer in which the bone marrow produces too many white blood cells, or lymphocytes, and is the most common form of leukemia in young children. Specialists at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center [...]

Everyone focused on cancer research and treatment — and certainly those faced by a cancer diagnosis in themselves or a loved one — would love to see a world without cancer. But what might that mean in personal terms? A childhood regained? A grandparent who gets to see a grandson become a doctor? Being able [...]

By George C. Hill, Ph.D. Throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we have seen and heard many inspiring stories about survivors and received important reminders about early detection through screening mammography. I would like to add to this robust discussion my own experience as a family member impacted by a loved one’s breast cancer diagnosis. Such [...]

The Dunkin’ Donuts Family Fun Run and Walk-a-thon is slated for Saturday, November 7 in Nashville’s Centennial Park. The event is sponsored by the T.J. Martell Foundation, a national non-profit organization that supports innovative research for leukemia, cancer and AIDS. The Foundation supports the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Preston is the [...]

BY: MELISSA MARINO Rizwan Hamid, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics, has been awarded a research scholar grant from the American Cancer Society. The “Research Scholar Grants in Basic, Preclinical, Clinical and Epidemiology Research” provide support for independent, self-directed researchers in the first six years of their independent research careers to conduct basic, preclinical, clinical [...]

Vanderbilt cancer survivors and researchers use a quiz show formula to skewer myths about cancer clinical trials in “Mythbusters: Cancer Research in Jeopardy,” an interactive live program recently presented by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Research Advocates and members of the Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association.