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Battling breast cancer by knocking on doors
She Matters advocate Martha Chavis-Bonner helps her neighbor, Edward Moody, sign his wife up for a mammogram at the Patricia J. Numann Center for Breast, Endocrine and Plastic Surgery at the Upstate...
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Are you at risk for oral cancer?
Protect yourself — Oral cancer frequently begins as a painless lesion in your mouth. Therefore, experts recommend you carefully examine your mouth on a regular basis for red or white spots, lumps or...
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How cancer care may be affected by depression, anxiety
A study by the Cancer Aging Research Group, which includes Upstate’s Ajeet Gajra, MD, examined the relationship between age, anxiety and depression in older adults with cancer. Some facts: More than...
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Music adds to the healing environment
Pianist Sydney Fina, 14, and the North Syracuse Junior High School performed at the Upstate Cancer Center in December. If you would like to perform, volunteers can apply to perform at the Upstate...
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Facts about four gynecologic cancers
Although all involve organs of the female genital tract, each of these four gynecologic cancers have unique symptoms and treatments, says Rinki Agarwal, MD, an Upstate gynecologic oncologist. An early...
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Two patients wrote books about their cancer experiences
Author David Lankes, PhD, center, with his oncology nurses, from left to right, Carolyn Stafford, Heidi See, Cyndy Carr and Kevin O’Keefe. Professor sought to be boring Excerpt“Here is the hardest...
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14 questions to ask about clinical trials
The National Cancer Institute says the answers to these questions can help you decide whether to participate in a clinical trial. Ask your health care provider: Why is this trial being done? Why do the...
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Chemotherapy — or not? For older patients with advanced lung cancer, the...
Non small cell lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Almost half (47 percent) of patients with lung cancer are age 70 or older. While the incidence of and death...
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How to get your mind off a cancer diagnosis long enough to get a good night’s...
Kaushal Nanavati, MD Q & A with Kaushal Nanavati, MD “Most people who are depressed or anxious are troubled about a past that we cannot go back to change or a future that may not even come to...
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Volunteers dispense comfort in cancer center
Linda Bigsby distributes drinks and snacks in the infusion area of the Upstate Cancer Center. Adults interested in volunteering in the center can call 1-315-464-5180. Volunteers are needed daytime from...
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Cancer as a child means she keeps vigilant watch as an adult
Heather Gangemi, 32, of North Syracuse survived Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which was diagnosed when she was 14. She spoke at the ribbon cutting for the new Upstate Cancer Center in July. She worries about...
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6 ways to avoid nausea during cancer treatment
Good nutrition is an important component of cancer care, helping patients maintain strength and weight so they can better handle their treatments. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may cause...
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Spring issue of Upstate Health magazine available now
Elizabeth Reddy, MD, is on the cover of the Spring 2015 Upstate Health magazine, related to a story about preventing the spread of HIV with a pill. This is something of which researchers were just...
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Why don’t we ever hear about heart cancer?
Robert Dunton, MD “It’s not something we see very often,” said Robert Dunton, MD, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Upstate University Hospital. He went on to provide this answer: Benign tumors of the...
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Their work to solve kidney disease may also answer cancer questions
Sirotkin Carroll These green ovals (in the image below) are fission yeast, organisms that scientists Vladimir Sirotkin, PhD, and Robert Carroll, a PhD candidate, in the Department of Cell and...
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How to choose the right sunscreen
Ramsay Farah, MD You can buy sunscreens with SPFs higher than 30, but you don’t need a higher sun protection factor to protect your skin from the sun and ultraviolet radiation, according to Ramsay...
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Newly approved drug boosts pediatric cancer survival rates
Jack is being treated with a newly approved medication that has shown to boost survival rates by 50 percent. This medication — Unituxin — was available to Upstate pediatric patients during the clinical...
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Why physical therapy may be part of cancer care
Cassi Terpening, DPT, in the therapy gym at Upstate’s Institute for Human Performance. Some appointments may be held at the Upstate Cancer Center. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM MUELLER) Cancer and its treatments...
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Missing gene tied to lethal prostate cancer
Leszek Kotula, MD, PhD, associate professor of urology and molecular biology, in his Upstate laboratory. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM MUELLER) Men diagnosed with prostate cancer who lack a particular gene called...
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Tips for understanding melanoma
Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer and the leading cause of death from skin disease, killing an estimated 10,000 people in the United States each year. Melanomas often resemble...
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