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Early detection saved her: Now it’s her job to encourage mammograms
Christina Wallace with her cat, Gracie, who helped her find a lump. (photo by Susan Kahn) BY AMBER SMITH Christina Wallace was due for a mammogram, but she had just begun a new job and didn’t want to...
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He specializes in cancer care; now he’s got patient experience as well
Nurse practitioner — and cancer survivor — Ibrahim Thabet, right, with his Upstate oncologist and colleague, Stephen Graziano, MD. (photo by Susan Kahn) BY AMBER SMITH In the weeks before nurse...
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Softening the blow of chemotherapy
BY AMBER SMITH Some types of chemotherapy deplete bone marrow stem cells that are responsible for the body’s daily production of blood cells. That is debilitating for many patients, who may become so...
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3 facts about endometrial cancer
How to catch it early, be cured, reduce your risk BY AMBER SMITH Any vaginal bleeding after menopause — even if it’s only once, and even if it’s only a little bit — is abnormal. It doesn’t always...
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Global outreach: She volunteers to improve pediatric cancer care
Brooke Fraser with a cancer patient in Kenya. (provided photo) BY AMBER SMITH Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer all over the world. Whether it’s diagnosed and how it’s treated help determine...
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Lung cancer diagnosis offered many lessons to this research technician
Wanda Coombs works in a laboratory in Upstate’s Weiskotten Hall. (photo by Robert Mescavage) BY AMBER SMITH Wanda Coombs went for her annual medical exam in January 2016. “I wasn’t even going to tell...
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What’s the biology of your cancer?
Pathologist Jeffrey Ross, MD, who has expertise in genomic profiling, consults with other Upstate doctors and leads a monthly meeting in which he reviews and teaches about the ongoing care of...
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Helping families cope with a child’s grave illness
Mark MacDougall, Kara Fund president, is shown with Arianha Williams at the “Thriving Together: Starring Kids With Sickle Cell Family Event,” which included informational and fun activities and was...
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A peek inside the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital
Nine-month-old Maryangeliz Rodriguez, of Syracuse met Snow White and Cinderella during her brother Michael’s appointment at Upstate’s Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders. The Disney...
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Up Close: A device to connect veins
The device that is used to connect two veins is shown above in close-up and below. (photos by William Mueller) Microvascular surgery involves transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another,...
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