Tag Archives: cancer research

Cancer Survivors Day organizers select ‘magical day’ theme

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Amber Smith

Upstate invites cancer survivors of all ages to the National Cancer Survivors Day celebration from noon to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 2. Reservations — free for survivors and their guests — are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, and seating … Continue reading →

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Drug trial looks to extend lives of people with advanced kidney cancer

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Amber Smith

Chemotherapy used to be the only option for people with advanced kidney cancer, the chemicals attacking the cancer cells along with the body’s healthy cells. A more targeted therapy was designed to zero in on the cancer cells, but its … Continue reading →

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Study searches for biomarkers that could identify colorectal cancer

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Amber Smith

Colonoscopy has the undisputed ability to nip cancer in the bud, but many people find the screening unpleasant. Someday, maybe colonoscopy will be replaced by a simple blood or urine test. Listen: interview about this study A National Cancer Institute … Continue reading →

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Cancer survivors, patients make their marks on the Upstate Cancer Center

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Susan Cole

Visitors to Upstate University Hospital get an up-close view of the construction at the Upstate Cancer Center. The now towering framework began rising out of the ground a little more than a year ago. Early this morning, its final steel … Continue reading →

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Immunotherapy is an option for some men with prostate cancer

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Amber Smith

Provenge, a new method of treating prostate cancer using a patient’s own white blood cells, may extend a man’s life by several months. “It’s a modest improvement in terms of survival for the patients,” says Bernard Poiesz MD, chief of … Continue reading →

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Upstate offers new methods of treating prostate cancer

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Amber Smith

Can healthy tissue be protected during prostate cancer radiation therapy? Researchers at Upstate are studying a new system designed to reduce the amount of radiation a man’s healthy tissue is exposed to during radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer. Radiation … Continue reading →

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Upstate Cancer Center taking shape

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Amber Smith

With steel rising, the construction site in front of Upstate University Hospital is finally turning into a structure that will house the Upstate Cancer Center. Photographer Rich Whelsky shares these images taken earlier today:

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Steel starts rising for Upstate Cancer Center

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Amber Smith

The medical director of the Upstate Cancer Center, Leslie Kohman MD, surveys the construction site. Photo by Kathleen Paice. This week, the Upstate Cancer Center construction entered phase two as more than 550 tons of steel began to arrive on … Continue reading →

Michael Curtis MD accepts Humanitarian Award from Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Amber Smith

Michael R. Curtis MD, assistant professor of plastic surgery in Upstate’s Department of Surgery, received the 2011 Humanitarian Award Saturday from the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund of Central New York. His award was among those announced during … Continue reading →

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Reserve your spot now for National Cancer Survivors Day celebration

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Amber Smith

Cancer survivors of all ages are invited to A Celebration of Life from noon to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 3. The event is free for survivors and their guests — and seating is limited, with reservations accepted on a first-come, … Continue reading →

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