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Breast Cancer Awareness Q&A with Andrea Silber, MD
Q&A with Andrea Silber, MD, who cares for patients with breast cancer, in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
30 Sep 2022
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Breast Cancer Awareness Q&A with Elizabeth Berger, MD, MS
Q&A with Elizabeth Berger, MD, MS, who cares for patients with breast cancer, in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
30 Sep 2022
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Breast Cancer Awareness Q&A with Jane Kanowitz, MD
Q&A with Jane Kanowitz, MD, who cares for patients with breast cancer, in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
30 Sep 2022
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Genetic Test for Cancer is Less Accurate for Black and Asian People
A study of genetic test results used to guide cancer treatment found that Black people had their tumours misclassified twice as often as white people.
Source: New Scientist
29 Sep 2022
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Snuffing Out the Fear of a Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Lung cancer screening is critical for individuals who are at risk for the disease, according to Jeffrey Kwon, MD, a pulmonologist at Bridgeport Hospital, which offers expert care through its Thoracic Oncology Program for patients diagnosed with lung cancer.
Source: Yale New Haven Health
28 Sep 2022
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Yale Professors Create New Drug That Could Combat Prostate Cancer
A Yale chemist and oncologist collaborated to create a new treatment for prostate cancer that tags specific proteins within the cancerous cells, making it easier for the body’s natural mechanisms to identify and destroy them.
Source: Yale Daily News
27 Sep 2022
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Kim Blenman, PhD, MS, Talks Development of Cell-Counting Software for Breast Cancer
Kim Blenman, PhD, MS, discussed the promising developments in cell-counting software for predicting pathologic complete response in breast cancer.
Source: Cancer Network
27 Sep 2022
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Targeted Agent Bests Chemo in Second-Line for KRAS-Mutant NSCLC
Targeted Agent Bests Chemo in Second-Line for KRAS-Mutant NSCLC — "Unfortunately, it's not a home run," says Roy Herbst, MD, PhD
Source: MED PAGE TODAY
27 Sep 2022
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Fighting Breast and Ovarian Cancer With a Lupus Antibody
After discovering a specific lupus antibody that can penetrate cancer cells and, with a grant from Women's Health Research at Yale, showing it makes cancer cells vulnerable to standard treatments, Dr. Peter Glazer and his colleagues are moving a treatment to clinical trials.
26 Sep 2022
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Sex Differences in Gastrointestinal Cancer
With this year's Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil Pioneer Award and co-funding from the Yale Cancer Center, Dr. Pamela Kunz is conducting one of the first studies to examine sex differences in treating neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs), a rare form of cancer often found in the gastrointestinal tract.
26 Sep 2022
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Sickle Cell Disease Has Long Been Misunderstood. These Firefighters Want to Change That.
The history of sickle cell disease goes back about 4,000 years to when humans began harvesting rice, according to Dr. Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, an MD in Hematology-Oncology at Yale New Haven Children’s hospital.... Sickle cell disease has long been misunderstood. These firefighters want to change that. New Haven Fire Department Lt. Samod Rankins, James Rawlings, president and CEO of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Connecticut, and retired New Haven Fire Department Capt. Gary Tinney.
Source: New Haven Register
24 Sep 2022
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Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, Studies Biomarkers for Immunotherapy Response in SCLC
Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, discussed results from a pilot study of biomarkers in tumors treated with ipilimumab and nivolumab in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
Source: Cancer Network
23 Sep 2022
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Yale Cancer Center Researchers Receive Grants from Kidney Cancer Association
David Braun, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman Yale Scholar, and Nazli Dizman, MD, a resident in internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine, have both received Trailblazer Awards from the Kidney Cancer Association.
22 Sep 2022
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De Qué Trata la Inmunoterapia, un Tratamiento Que ha Mostrado Grandes Avances en la Lucha Contra el Cáncer
Este 22 de septiembre el Instituto de Investigación del Cáncer en Estados Unidos llevará a cabo una conferencia virtual en la que abordará varios temas sobre la inmunoterapia y sus beneficios para los pacientes con cáncer. De acuerdo con Kurt Schalper, profesor de la Universidad de Yale, el objetivo de dicha reunión es lograr que la comunidad hispana tenga acceso a información valiosa acerca de dicho tratamiento. | This September 22, the Institute for Cancer Research in the United States will hold a virtual conference in which it will address various topics about immunotherapy and its benefits for cancer patients. According to Kurt Schalper, a professor at Yale University, the objective of this meeting is to ensure that the Hispanic community has access to valuable information about said treatment.
Source: UNIVISION
22 Sep 2022
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Sickle Cell Awareness Q&A with Cece Calhoun, MD, MPHS, MBA
Q&A with Cece Calhoun, MD, MPHS, MBA, who cares for patients with Sickle Cell Disease, in recognition of Sickle Cell Awareness Month.
21 Sep 2022
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Yale Physicians Share the Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer
September is ovarian cancer awareness month and while ovarian cancer is rare, the survival rate is low. Ovarian cancer is not easily detectable in its early stages. According to the American Cancer Society, the most common symptoms include bloating, pelvic-abdominal pain, and urinary symptoms. News 8 spoke with co-directors of the Sexual Intimacy and Menopause Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven.
Source: WTNH
20 Sep 2022
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Yale Doctor Encourages Exposure to Nature for Mental Wellbeing and Healing
Nature is not only beautiful, but it can actually have a healing effect, according to Yale Cancer Center’s Dr. Gary Soffer. “Keep using what kept people well for thousands of years,” he said. “Being outside, being connected to nature, these are really powerful things that allow us to improve ourselves.” He works with patients at Yale New Haven Health’s Smilow Cancer Hospital and encourages them to visit the facility’s healing garden to connect with nature.
Source: WTNH
20 Sep 2022
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U.S. Surgeon General Speaks on His Personal Journey, Clinician Burnout, and the Future of Medicine
United States Surgeon General and Yale alumnus Vivek Murthy came to the School of Medicine on September 9 to speak about his journey to medicine, health care worker burnout, and his thoughts on the future of the medical field.
16 Sep 2022
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Incarceration Associated with Higher Cancer Mortality, Yale study shows
New research from Yale Cancer Center reveals a higher risk of cancer mortality in incarcerated adults, as well as among those diagnosed with cancer in the first year after release from prison.
16 Sep 2022
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How Moving More and Sitting Less May Help Lower Breast Cancer Risk
New research adds further evidence to the link between increased physical activity and lower risk of breast cancer.
Source: Health.com
15 Sep 2022