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Pamela Kunz, MD, Leader of Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at Smilow
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Pamela L. Kunz, MD, as Leader for the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center and Director of GI Medical Oncology within the Section of Medical Oncology.
6 Aug 2020
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Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Public Health Receive Grant to Fund Innovative Research Training Program
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a National Research Service Award Training Grant to fund an innovative, multidisciplinary, and translational training program at Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Public Health.
4 Aug 2020
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Video: Xavier Llor, MD, PhD, on Colorectal Cancer: Why Are More Younger People Being Affected?
Xavier Llor, MD, PhD, of Yale University School of Medicine, discusses the steep rise of early-onset colorectal cancer over the past 15 years, which cannot be explained by genetic predisposition but may be prompted by environmental factors (Session ED35).
Source: The ASCO Post
3 Aug 2020
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Guilford Care Center Welcomes Thomas Hayman, MD, PhD
Dr. Thomas Hayman has joined the Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center in Guilford as an Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology.
1 Aug 2020
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Benign Hematology Program Welcomes Hematologists
Dr. Robert Bona and Dr. Sabrina Browning join Benign Hematology Program
1 Aug 2020
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Scared That Covid-19 Immunity Won’t Last? Don’t Be.
Dropping antibody counts aren’t a sign that our immune system is failing against the coronavirus, nor an omen that we can’t develop a viable vaccine.
Source: New York Times
31 Jul 2020
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An Innovative Treatment Approach for DIPG: CureSearch for Children’s Cancer Partners with SebastianStrong Foundation to Fund Promising New Research
CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, in partnership with the SebastianStrong Foundation, has awarded a $225,000 Young Investigator grant to Yale Cancer Center’s Dr. Ranjithmenon Muraleedharan, who will develop a new treatment approach for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) – a devastating brain cancer with a 5-year survival rate of less than 1%. The 3-year project is funded by SebastianStrong Foundation’s Discovery Science Award.
Source: CureSearch for Children's Cancer
30 Jul 2020
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34 States, D.C., Puerto Rico Now on Connecticut's COVID-19 Travel Quarantine Order
Anyone traveling to Connecticut from 34 states, as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, must now quarantine after the COVID-19 travel quarantine advisory list expanded Tuesday.
Source: NBC Connecticut
28 Jul 2020
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Immune System Variation Can Predict Severe COVID-19 Outcomes
The differing immune system responses of patients with COVID-19 can help predict who will experience moderate and severe consequences of disease, according to a new study by Yale Cancer Center researchers published July 27 in the journal Nature.
27 Jul 2020
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In Vermont, Closer To Free Ride Is Close to Home
When Stevie Hovey thinks about her dad, she says he was big: in personality, family and fun. “He was a big sailor, he spent a lot of time at the yacht club, he spent a lot of time with all of us,” said Hovey. In 2010, the 83-year-old dad and grandfather was one of the early patients at Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Source: NBC Connecticut
22 Jul 2020
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The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale Awards $2.6 Million For Faculty Research
Awards include specific funding to support COVID-19 clinical trial
Source: Office of Cooperative Research
21 Jul 2020
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Physician Spotlight: Dr. Julius Chapiro
Originally from Berlin, Germany, I completed major portions of my post-graduate training in the United States. I first came here as a research student in 2009 and worked on my thesis within the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven.
Source: The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
21 Jul 2020
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Breast Cancer Survivor Gives Back to Smilow Cancer Hospital
She was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly a decade ago and continues to give back to Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Source: NBC Connecticut
15 Jul 2020
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A Little Luck Led to his Nobel Prize
"Always hire people who do something useful better than you do... Life will be much more interesting and you will be much more successful, if you define success as actually getting something done,” once wrote Dr. Alfred Gilman."
Source: Gainesville Register
15 Jul 2020
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Three Key ASCO Studies Showcase Targeted Advances
Molecularly targeted therapies showed practice-changing results for patients with biomarker-driven lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancers in phase 3 randomized clinical trial findings.
Source: OncLive
15 Jul 2020
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Yale Cancer Center Receives NCI Grant Renewal to Fund Clinical Trials
The 6-year, $3 million grant will fund early phase investigator-initiated trials to develop new potential therapies for treating both solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.
14 Jul 2020
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Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, Named Director of Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity for Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, has been appointed Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity for Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, as well as Chief Health Equity Officer & Deputy Chief Medical Officer, at Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Associate Cancer Center Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at Yale Cancer Center.
10 Jul 2020
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Teen Survivor Starts Non-Profit to Benefit Smilow Cancer Hospital
A Westbrook dad is gearing up for the Closer to Free Ride Sept. 12, taking a 100-mile trek in this year’s virtual event. The inspiration: his 17-year-old son who’s now a brain cancer survivor.
Source: NBC Connecticut
9 Jul 2020
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ACA Medicaid Expansion Increases Earlier Diagnosis for Breast Cancer
Researchers at Yale Cancer Center found the average rate of uninsured breast cancer patients dropped in expansion states, with subsequent decreases in the number diagnosed with advanced cancers. No changes were found in either of these rates in non-expansion states.
Source: DotMed
8 Jul 2020
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Yale Researchers Tackle COVID-19 and Learn from Patients with Cancer
Across Yale Cancer Center this spring, most research labs shut down to protect their personnel from COVID-19. To protect patients, clinical trial enrollment also took a two month pause. But several of our researchers with relevant expertise have continued to conduct critical research on SARS-CoV-2, the deadly new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
8 Jul 2020