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How do I quit smoking? Create a Plan to Kick the Habit
So you're ready to give up smoking. Now what? UR Medicine and Wilmot Cancer Institute tobacco cessation experts offer some tips.
Make Life Count: One Longtime Cancer Survivor's Story
It was college spring break week at the University of Rochester in 1976 for John Saunders, but there would be no fun outings, no hanging out. He had just learned he had Hodgkin lymphoma. He shares ...
Spotlight on Wilmot Cancer Institute's 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago, the University of Rochester established its cancer center, around the time the nation's view of the disease began to change. Today, cancer research and treatment is in its most ...
Wilmot's Dialogue Magazine: Celebrating 50 Years of 鈥淯nimaginable鈥� Progress and a Bold Future
The latest edition of Dialogue magazine from the Wilmot Cancer Institute is about progress, gratitude, and achievement, as the cancer center reaches its 50-year milestone.
Face to Face: Meet 'Upstate Girl' Jamie Flerlage, MD
Get to know Jamie Flerlage, MD, MS. She recently joined 麻豆视频as the new Chief and Academic Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Golisano Children's Hospital and Assistant Director of Clinical ...
Mendon Family Gifts Wilmot $50K in Honor of Daughter鈥檚 Extraordinary Care
Sarah Moore鈥檚 life over the past year has been mind-boggling and, at the same time, miraculous, after she spent more than 200 days in the hospital at Wilmot Cancer Institute.
Resisting the Urge: How One Smoker Quit a Decades-Long Habit
Jack Pilarski, of Pittsford, represents a success story. He had been smoking for 60 years. After receiving information about Wilmot鈥檚 Tobacco Cessation Program, he decided to take the plunge. He ...
Research Roundup: Research 鈥淲underkind鈥� Finds Meaning in Cancer Diagnosis
Lauren Ghazal, PhD, FNP-BC, found out she had lymphoma at age 26 while working as a nurse practitioner in New York City. The experience ended up shaping her research career; today, she is part of ...
From Patient to Philanthropist: How One Cancer Patient Gives Back to 'A Place that Gave Us Hope'
Gwyn Hankinson found out she had breast cancer more than two decades ago, while she was also pregnant with their first son. Today, she is doing well, and since then, Gwyn and her husband, Garth, have ...
Community Collaboration Fuels a Compelling Grassroots Perspective
The first time Karen Mustian, Ph.D., a Wilmot Cancer Institute research leader, met the Reverend Patrina Freeman and a group of community advisors, she was so moved that she wept. Freeman is part of ...