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The ripple effect: What to know when your prostate cancer is hereditary
Gloria Morris, MD, PhD (photo by Jim Howe) Upstate medical oncologist Gloria Morris, MD, PhD, who specializes in cancer risk assessment and genetic testing for hereditary cancers, answers six important...
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Cancer Care magazine wins national award
Upstate’s Cancer Care magazine has received a 2019 Clarion Award, a national honor from the Association for Women in Communications. Cancer Care was named “Best Overall External Magazine” in the...
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Pint-sized patient: Glimpses of a girl who fought cancer — and won
Kaylee Marshfield in a ball pit in February 2019, celebrating her seventh birthday. It was a happy occasion, unlike her sixth birthday, when she was diagnosed with cancer. PHOTOS BY MARANIE STAAB/TEXT...
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Making a change: She succeeded in quitting after a cancer diagnosis
After more than 30 years as a smoker, Peggy Strong quit. November 2019 marks her second year as a non-smoker. (photos by Susan Kahn) This is one of a series of articles focusing on lung cancer. When...
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Exploring a protein’s role in lung cancer
M. Saeed Sheikh, MD, PhD (photo by Richard Whelsky) This is one of a series of articles focusing on lung cancer. BY AMBER SMITH Work underway at Upstate is focused on a novel protein in lung cancer...
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Putting the brakes on lung cancer
Ying Huang, MD, PhD (photo by Richard Whelsky) Finding clues to the cause of lung adenocarcinoma This is one of a series of articles focusing on lung cancer. BY AMBER SMITH Scientists have long...
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Teamwork: For 20 years, multidisciplinary approach boosts lung cancer...
The TOP (lung cancer) team includes, from left: Jeffrey Bogart, MD, radiation oncology; Terri Harrington, RN; Carolyn Walczyk, tobacco treatment counselor; Ernest Scalzetti, MD, radiology (seated);...
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Noah, a young cancer patient, thinks he’s famous
Noah Axtell, standing by a poster showing him with Upstate pediatric cancer specialist Irene Cherrick, MD. (provided photo) The kids and the doctors you see on Upstate Medical University banners and...
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Living his life: He worked treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma into his...
John Hrbac, center, with his pediatric oncologist, Jodi Sima, MD, left, and his surgeon, Tamer Ahmed, MD. (photos by Susan Kahn) BY AMBER SMITH John Hrbac is a junior at George Washington University....
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Subtle symptoms: Her ovarian cancer required surgery and chemotherapy
A two-year survivor of stage 3 ovarian cancer, Aimee Derbyshire is thankful for her family and friends, her Eastwood neighborhood and the care she received from Mary Cunningham, MD, and her staff....
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Recipes: Kale, Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Salad; Pumpkin Spice...
Kale, Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Salad Ingredients 1 large butternut squash (about 3 pounds), peeled, cut into 3/4-inch cubes 1/4 cup olive oil, divided 5 cloves garlic 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1/4...
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Firefighters share an extra bond: Kidney donor was glad to help his longtime...
Dave Warren, left, donated one of his kidneys to fellow firefighter and longtime friend Steve Preston, right. (photo by Robert Mescavage) BY JIM HOWE It’s a dramatic story of sickness, friendship,...
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In older patients, early skin biopsy may be warranted
Sharon Brangman, MD Kerry Whiting, MD Amit Dhamoon, MD, PhD BY AMBER SMITH Angiosarcoma is a cancer that spreads easily from the cells where it originates, in the lining of the blood vessels and...
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Science Is Art Is Science: Shining a light on cancer
The background photo shows Joseph Jacob, MD, demonstrating Blue Light Cystoscopy. The insets show cancer cells made more visible by the process. (Background photo by Susan Kahn. Inset photos courtesy...
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Should you consider a clinical trial if you have cancer?
Clinical trials are research studies that people volunteer to join to evaluate new drugs, devices, or procedures. Most of the standard treatments used to treat cancer today were tested and shown to be...
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Earrings, anyone? Breast cancer patient finds generosity brightens the journey
Jacqueline Rose with a basket of earrings (photo by Debbie Rexine) BY SUSAN KEETER It was her bald head and the dingy, stick-straight hair that grew back after chemotherapy that got Jacqueline Rose...
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Officer Rosie: Preschooler undergoes treatment for rare cancer
Rosie Snowdon was sworn in as an honorary Baldwinsville police officer. (photos by Lauren Long/The Post-Standard) BY AMBER SMITH When Rosie Snowdon grows up, she want to be a police officer. The...
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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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