Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is committed to conducting innovative, high-impact basic, translational and clinical research with the greatest potential for making a difference for cancer patients, today and in the future. Here’s a sampling of recent work published in peer-reviewed journals by center investigators: Protein suppressor of colon tumors In the March 1 Journal of Clinical [...]

On April 17, 2006, Jeff Kidwell bent over to pick up a 5-gallon paint bucket and felt a stabbing pain in his back. The residential contractor shook it off — pains like that seem to come with the job. That evening there was blood in his urine. Still, he wasn’t concerned. At 5 o’clock the [...]

“Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind – or forgotten.” – from the animated movie Lilo & Stitch. A few years ago, “ohana” – for me – basically meant my mom, my dad and my brother. Since losing my mother to a rare form of cancer, “ohana” has come to mean much more. [...]

Whether through job losses, workplace budget cuts, or just tightening the belt at home, we’ve all been affected by the economic downturn. Here at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, we have not let the economy stall our progress. We took very seriously the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity afforded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and were successful in [...]

Ilana Horn first discovered Facebook in 2006 after her brother died of a rare form of prostate cancer at only 36. In her search for photos, his friends directed her to a memorial page on the social networking site that connects family and friends. “At that time of great grief, it was very important to [...]

Michelle Eckland wanted to do something great to honor the memory of her mother. Mo Mantus just wanted to fulfill a dream. Together “Team MO” had a fantastic ride at the Country Music Half Marathon. Read more in “Stories of Survival: Michelle Eckland In Her Own Words.”

Liana Castel, Ph.D., assistant professor of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, has received a Mentored Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS). The five-year, $725,000 grant will support Castel’s research in patient-reported outcomes and treatment adherence among early-stage breast cancer patients taking aromatase inhibitors as [...]

What if your doctor could tell by reading your genetic code which cancer therapies were most likely to work for you, and which you should avoid, before you even try them? The question is no longer What if? but rather When? In an upcoming documentary, physicians and scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center describe these [...]

When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material called nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection. That is the conclusion of a paper published in the June 1 issue of the journal Cancer Research. “Effective targeted drug delivery systems have been [...]

Longtime community partner BMI, the performing rights organization, brings a couple of its songwriters, Billy Montana and Rob Crosby, to showcase their talents for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center team. Recorded May 20, 2010, at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.