Our new paper on breast cancer GWAS among African-ancestry females VUMC Epidemiology

Great podcast with Nick James on the The Lancet Prostate Cancer Commision examining the many aspects of the challenges for #prostatecancer for the next generation.

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The AACR just released the Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024. Our Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement Dr. Karen Winkfield served on the steering committee of this very important report. Take time to read it at the link below.

Check out this recent publication in Nature Genetics by our Associate Director for Population Science Research Wei Zheng and his team.

Today is Vanderbilt Health Giving Day! This day of generosity will help raise essential #cancerresearch funds to support the needs of those we serve at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Please make an #impact and #donate . Make a difference! bit.ly/vhgivingday Vanderbilt University Medical Center #PatientCare #Cancer

.Vanderbilt Health & VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System will serve as the coordinating center of a Department of Veterans Affairs study that seeks to expand lung cancer screening eligibility, reduce the time to diagnosis, and increase veteran engagement.

Jennifer Lewis, MD MPH Vanderbilt Hem / Onc

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.Vanderbilt Radiology researcher develops a nanoparticle that dismantles malignant tumor cells’ calcium fortresses. Impact on cell vulnerability to T cells and cancer therapies is promising in many intransigent types of cancer.

Reported in CancerMedicine.

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Glad to be part of a great myeloid group here! Vanderbilt Hem / Onc Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center It was a nice run this AM MDS Foundation event at Two River's park Nashville Tennessee
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Join me and 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐌𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐏 as we host this wonderful line up of 🤩speakers to discuss updates in #cancer in #Nashville Sat 6/22/24. Summary - MLS Nashville (cvent.com). CODE: MLS100 #cancer research Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Dr. jordan berlin Christine Lovly, MD, PhD Oncology Brothers Matthew Villaume

Congratulations David Cortez, very well deserved recognition!

Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at VUMC, has received a Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Award in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research from the AFAR and Hevolution Foundation.

Alex Bick Vanderbilt Genetics Institute

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Congratulations to VICC members Xiao-Ou Shu, Wei Zheng, and Keith Wilson!!

Tumor-like behaviors of smooth muscle cells in #atherosclerosis support exploring anticancer drugs for prevention + treatment of leading cause of cardiovascular disease, per Circulation study. news.vumc.org/2024/04/30/ath… Huize Pan VUMC Department of Medicine VUMC Heart/Vascular Columbia University NIH NHLBI

Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI, on Cutaneous Melanoma: Treatment Updates ascopost.com/videos/2024-nc… #melsm #melanoma #skcsm #skincancer #oncology Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt Health #NCCN2024 #NCCN24 National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

Been an incredible morning witnessing the Komen Tissue Bank collection IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center #BankingOnACure event.
Don’t worry #Nashville … Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will be hosting a similar event in 2025!! You too can donate normal tissue to help find a cure for #breastcancer .

Very proud of our 🤩Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center #AdvancedPractice J Aquino representing at Oncology Nursing Society #ONSCongress2024 VUMC OAP Vanderbilt Hem / Onc re: new treatment option in #ColorectalCancer #cancer Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center Heather Jackson, PhD, APRN, FAANP Dr. jordan berlin

Jenn Duke presenting her cryoablation CRYSTAL study in Heidelberg, Germany Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group #lungcancer VUMCLung Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Congratulations Jeff Rathmell and Melissa M Wolf on your recent publication in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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Amazing day with visiting professor Dr. Pretesh Patel from Emory Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University! Truly an innovator improving the lives of patients with GI and GU malignancies through artificial intelligence.

Facing a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, you may have a lot of questions for your doctor -- or you may not know what to ask first, or why. Consider these things to talk through at your appointment. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center spr.ly/6018b5TDG