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How palliative care brings comfort to suffering patients, families
BY JIM HOWE A doctor hangs her head. A patient loses hope. Medicines haven’t worked. Surgery is not an option. Frustration, fright, even anger fills the air. Susan Shaw, nurse practitioner (PHOTO BY...
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Understanding clues to the seriousness of prostate cancer
Anatomical pathologist Gustavo de la Roza, MD, in his office reviewing prostate cancer slides. He is one of the “Best Doctors in America,” a peer-review honor that recognizes approximately 5 percent of...
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Special delivery: Upstate scientist seeks better way to deliver drugs to tumors
Juntao Luo, PhD, holds a model of a polymer nanoparticle in his Upstate laboratory. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM MUELLER) The most promising cancer drug can’t be effective if it cannot reach the cancer. Some...
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‘Cancer Care’ collects national magazine award
This is the 2015 Clarion Award from The Association for Women in Communications Cancer Care magazine received a national award from The Association for Women in Communications this weekend during the...
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Boeheims receive Upstate’s Distinguished Service award
James A. and Juli G. Boeheim Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Distinguished Service was given to James A. and Juli G. Boeheim....
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Will zinc be an element of future cancer treatment?
Stewart Loh, PhD (left), and Adam Blander in the lab where they are developing an experimental cancer drug that, in 10 years, may be used to repair a gene that is implicated in about half of all...
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Baldwin Fund receives award for exemplary support of biomedical research
Carol M. Baldwin Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Exemplary Support of Biomedical Research was given to Carol M. Baldwin Breast...
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The most prevalent cancers treated at Upstate: lung, breast, thyroid
The top 10 cancer diagnoses, by percentage, of adult patients treated at Upstate in one year. (SOURCE: UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) Prostate, breast, thyroid and lung cancers are the most commonly...
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Why you should take pain control seriously
Pain can be a significant part of the cancer experience for many patients, some of whom are reluctant to take prescription opioids. Some patients fear becoming addicted to medications such as morphine...
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How palliative care brings comfort to suffering patients, families
BY JIM HOWE A doctor hangs her head. A patient loses hope. Medicines haven’t worked. Surgery is not an option. Frustration, fright, even anger fills the air. Susan Shaw, nurse practitioner (PHOTO BY...
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She was willing to donate bone marrow to a stranger. Are you?
Donor Elizabeth Filkins with the man who received her bone marrow Elizabeth Filkins of Antwerp was inspired to join the National Marrow Donor database because a friend of a friend was battling cancer....
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Surgery, chemo battle preschooler’s kidney tumor
Ariana LaVaute (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAVAUTE FAMILY). Three-year-old Ariana LaVaute attended the Skaneateles Labor Day parade on Sept. 1, 2014, and then helped her father trim shrubs in their yard. A...
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O’Hara’s Teal There’s a Cure: Ovarian cancer walk/run honors Upstate nurse
The O’Hara family at the run/walk to raise money for ovarian cancer research. The annual run/walk that raises awareness for ovarian cancer changed its name to the Maureen T. O’Hara Teal There’s a Cure...
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10-year-old girl raises money to bring comfort to other pediatric cancer...
Alexa Bolton, 10, shows one of the fluffy character towels she distributes to pediatric cancer patients at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital through a fund she established. (PHOTO BY KATHLEEN PAICE...
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Recipe: Broccoli, Garlic and Lemon Penne
Broccoli, Garlic and Lemon Penne is an easy-to-prepare recipe from the American Cancer Society’s “Great American Eat-Right Cookbook.” The American Cancer Society’s “Great American Eat-Right Cookbook”...
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10 musts for cancer patients: What to consider after diagnosis
A popular guide called “The Cancer Patient’s Workbook: Everything You Need to Stay Organized and Informed” includes a page of advice from Mayo Clinic oncologist Edward T. Creagan, MD. We have condensed...
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Future doctors pal around with pediatric patients
Upstate students Gabriella Izzo and Joe DeMari flank Connor Licamele at Paige’s Butterfly Run. Izzo and DeMari are among the 17 first- and second-year medical and public health students chosen this...
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Why some cancer programs open themselves up to assessment
The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer awarded a three-year accreditation to the Upstate Cancer Center this year. Patients and their loved ones may not realize why health care...
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Up Close: A quick look at bone marrow transplant
Upstate has performed more than 800 bone marrow transplants since 1992. Upstate’s Bone Marrow Transplant Program treats patients whose bone marrow has been damaged or destroyed by chemotherapy,...
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Smoke-free policy cleared the air, set standards, improved health
Upstate University Hospital was the first health care facility in New York state to kick the smoking habit by banning cigarettes in 2005. The campus was also the first within the State University of...
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