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Want to support Paige’s fund for kids with cancer but reluctant to run a race?
These coaches are helping people who are new to running train for Paige’s Butterfly Run, which will be held on June 4. Training for the run begins March 26. Paige Arnold. The run was founded in her...
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She’s his lifesaver: Her bone marrow cured his leukemia
Donor Andrea Chroston gets a thank-you kiss from marrow recipient Greg Siwinski. BY AMBER SMITH Greg Siwinski and his family looked forward to hosting a woman from Hildesheim, Germany, last October...
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Without symptoms: How a CT scan found a hidden lung cancer
Glen Wells of Central Square volunteers at Upstate University Hospital one day a week. (PHOTO BY RICHARD WHELSKY) Glen Wells was a smoker most of his life, and cancer runs in his family. So in 2013...
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She tells everyone: Read your medical records
Radiation oncologist Seung Shin Hahn, MD, talks with his patient Dorette Thompson. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM MUELLER) BY AMBER SMITH As the world marked the turn of the millennium on Dec. 31, 1999, Dorette...
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A trusted guide through cancer treatment: the nurse navigator
BY JIM HOWE Cancer patients can feel overwhelmed as they face not just their disease, but a bewildering array of appointments, treatments and insurance forms. Many are looking for one person who can...
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A quick, easy look at what’s offered through upstate.edu/cancer
The Upstate Cancer Center’s Web page provides a wealth of information — about care and prevention, where to call for an appointment, upcoming events and explanations of different kinds of cancer. This...
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A behind-the-scenes look at cancer care: Medical providers pool their...
Jason Wallen, MD (right) is medical director of Upstate’s Thoracic Oncology Program. Members of the team meet each week to review cases. (PHOTO BY SUSAN KAHN) BY AMBER SMITH Just before 2 p.m. every...
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Almost home: Guest house welcomes adult patients, their families
Sarah’s Guest House, just a few minutes’ drive from any hospital in Syracuse, welcomes adult patients and their families from a wide area of Central and Northern New York who come here for treatments...
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One of the best: Upstate oncology program makes lift of top 100
The TrueBeam linear accelerator is one of the radiation treatment options available in the Upstate Cancer Center. Upstate University Hospital has a great oncology program. That’s according to...
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Every man’s at risk: Expert gives an overview of prostate cancer, ‘watchful...
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland between a male’s bladder and penis and just in front of the rectum. Who is at risk? “If you’re a man and you live long enough, you will develop prostate cancer,”...
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Can she outsmart a gene? Young scientist strives to influence prostate cancer...
Once prostate cancer spreads, treatment usually includes hormones known as androgen deprivation therapy. “This shuts down testosterone production, which is effective for a while but associated with big...
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Hands-on relief: Reiki can prompt relaxation along the road to recovery
Bob Crandall provides Reiki for Bailey Colvin, a patient at the Upstate Cancer Center. (PHOTOS BY DEBORAH REXINE) BY JIM HOWE Among the ways cancer patients at Upstate cope with the stress and pain...
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17 years later, a grateful patient gives back
Colin LaReaux (left), Shawn Kruger (middle), Brooke Hoffman (right) and many of their fundraising group deliver a $7,200 check to the Golisano Children’s Hospital to help entertain children undergoing...
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Screening kits help catch colon polyps
More than 2,500 colon cancer screening kits were distributed in the first two years that Upstate Medical University partnered with Kinney Drugs to provide the kits for free during March, Colon Cancer...
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‘Secondary’ cancer: See a surgeon before starting chemotherapy for ‘liver mets’
Dilip Kittur, MD (left), and Ajay Jain, MD, perform up to 40 liver surgeries a year, making Upstate a high-volume center. BY AMBER SMITH Medical progress in the last decade or so has improved the...
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Should you see an oncologist? If you have a cancer diagnosis, the answer is...
Ajeet Gajra, MD, says medical oncologists play a variety of roles in cancer treatment. (PHOTO BY SUSAN KAHN) BY AMBER SMITH In modern American health care, it’s your primary care doctor who oversees...
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Cancer’s accomplice: Targeting a protein to treat kidney cancer
The research team from Upstate includes, from left, Mehdi Mollapour, PhD, an assistant professor of urology and biochemistry and molecular biology; Diana Dunn, a graduate student; and Mark Woodford, a...
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‘It’s treatable’: Lung cancer responds to gamma knife, chemotherapy
Exterior view of the gamma knife, a device that is designed to deliver high doses of radiation to targeted areas of the brain without damaging surrounding tissue. The patient lies on the couch, which...
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Strings of support at a tough time
Beads of Courage supports children and families who are coping with serious illness, including cancer. The beads, which are collected on chains or necklaces, are meant to inspire resilience, each...
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Quality nutrition comes from easy, adaptable plant-based recipes
Upstate registered dietitian nutritionist Maria Erdman speaking at a cooking demonstration at Syracuse University’s Falk College. She guided students there who prepared plant-based recipes for cancer...
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