Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

A large, retrospective study of the children of childhood cancer survivors who were treated with radiation therapy and/or some forms of chemotherapy found that the offspring do not have an increased risk for birth defects compared to children of cancer survivors who did not receive these treatments. The findings provide reassurance that increased risks of [...]

With an anticipated shortage of up to 4000 oncologists by 2020, retaining hematologists and oncologists in academic medicine is increasingly important. Because of the critical role of academic faculty in driving research and innovation, as well as in training and mentoring future oncologists, a decline in academic hematologists and oncologists could exacerbate the already anticipated [...]