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Shocking news in ’64: Smoking causes lung cancer
Cigarettes were prominently displayed at the gift shop of the former Community-General Hospital, circa 1970. Pictured are hospital volunteers Peg Roth and Jayne Hayes. From the Health Sciences Library,...
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Baldwin ‘Humanitarian Award’ goes to geneticist
Braddock Genetic counselor Bonnie R. Braddock will receive the Humanitarian Award from the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund of CNY Saturday at the annual gala, held at the Turning Stone...
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Upstate Cancer Center will help boost survivorship, American Cancer Society...
HealthLink on Air host, Linda Cohen with John Seffrin, MD, the chief executive office of the American Cancer Society. John Seffrin, MD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, was in...
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Information, inspiration in Upstate Health spring issue
In this issue of Upstate Health: * Read about the expansion of Upstate’s sleep center, the only one in this region with services that accommodate children as young as infants. * Meet a former trauma...
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Here’s how to obtain a free colon cancer screening kit
Kinney Drugs offers free kits for colon cancer screening that will be analyzed at Upstate laboratories. People 50 and older can visit the drug store chain — with multiple locations throughout the...
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Christine LaFave battles breast cancer with strength
Breast cancer warrior Christine LaFave, right, participated in a fashion show in April to raise awareness of breast cancer. Her creative outlet is fashion, and she writes a blog where she shares...
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July: A great month for ribbon-cuttings and new buildings
Estella Nolta, the first patient at Upstate University Hospital, cut the ribbon to the new building on July 20, 1964. She is flanked by Upstate President Carlyle “Jake” Jacobsen PhD on the left and...
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Nature theme provides refuge during cancer care
When you set out to design a cancer center, “there is a level of hopefulness that you want to communicate,” says architect Saul Jabbawy. “Where does hope come from? Hope comes from being in a great...
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Growing a 4-season healing garden for the cancer center
Trees and plants were installed in June in the healing garden. Photo by William Mueller. Patients receiving infusions gaze through windows at the foliage of a four-season garden growing on the roof of...
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Sculpture, artwork in cancer center reflect outdoors
The artist, Ellen Steinfeld with her sculpture, which was installed July 9. Photo by Susan Kahn. Sculptor Ellen Steinfeld was focused on creating something that would be welcoming and uplifting,...
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New Vero machine targets tumors with precision
Upstate is one of only three institutions in the United States to offer the Vero, a 9-ton ring of sophisticated cancer weaponry that allows radiation oncologists to pinpoint tumors and deliver...
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New publication shares mission of Upstate Cancer Center: Caring for patients,...
Welcome to Cancer Care, the premiere issue of a quarterly publication dedicated to cancer patients, families and friends, caregivers, researchers, donors and everyone else touched by cancer. This issue...
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Zach is ready to play ball again after cancer treatment
Zach Ellingson has monthly appointments with his oncologist, Karol Kerr, MD. At the age of 8, Zach Ellingson had heard of cancer. It was a disease that other people got. “Thinking about it now,” he...
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Plan now for ‘E-Race Cancer’ half marathon and 5K
A half marathon and 5K on Sept. 13 in Baldwinsville is designed to raise money for integrative medicine at the Upstate Cancer Center. It’s called “E-Race Cancer.” The race is sponsored by RBC Wealth...
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Numbers help tell the story of the Upstate Cancer Center
17.4 million dollars were raised through the Foundation for Upstate — drawn from 18,449 gifts and pledges — to help build the $74 million Upstate Cancer Center. 140 villages, towns or cities in New...
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Which surgery provides best long-term outcome for kidney cancer?
Gennady Bratslavsky, MD, leads the department of urology. Used to be, when surgery was recommended for kidney cancer, surgeons would remove an entire kidney. Now research shows patients fare better 10...
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Ridlon wildflower painting hangs in hospital lobby
Artist Jim Ridlon with his work, “Goldenrod and Wild Asters.” Photo by Rich Whelsky. Wildflowers adorn the lobby of Upstate University Hospital downtown, in a painting called “Goldenrod and Wild...
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Answers to questions about living with cancer
Q: “I’m not depressed but I just want to be left alone, so what can I do about friends who keep trying to include me in their social plans?” A: “The first thing would be to tell them,” advises Aliya...
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Battling cancer and saving kids at the Waters Center
William Waters MD (upper left, with bow tie) and colleagues, circa 1964. Ten years ago, Upstate’s Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders was named in his memory. Richard Sills MD was a high...
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Revitalizing through reading as you recover from illness, injury
Book suggestions from Mary Laverty, a librarian in the Family Resource Center of the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. Sometimes you need a story that makes you laugh Preschool “Pete the Cat and...
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