It seems like every day on the news we are hearing about new possible symptoms of COVID-19. Last week health care providers announced that they are seeing sudden strokes in patients who are between the ages of 30-50, who are otherwise healthy adults, other than their COVID-19 diagnosis. Patients that had a stroke and were
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My dogs, Maggie, Linus, and Huckleberry, have been ENORMOUS supports for me during quarantine. Not only do they provide me with companionship and unconditional love, but they also soothe and comfort me in those moments I’m feeling particularly pessimistic about our current state of affairs AND they get me outside and moving on our regular
La información se revisará y actualizará diariamente. Se publicó por primera vez el 3 de marzo 2020. Merry Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO es la jefa interina de la División de Hematología y Oncología de la Universidad de Florida (UF), profesora adjunta de la Facultad de Medicina de la UF, y directora adjunta de asuntos médicos en UF
Esta información se actualiza a menudo. Se publicó por primera vez el 20 de marzo 2020. Estimado amigo: La American Society of Clinical Oncology (Sociedad Estadounidense de Oncología Clínica) y la National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS, Coalición Nacional para la Sobrevivencia del Cáncer) están trabajando juntas para proporcionar información acerca de cómo el coronavirus
Alan Parker and his team at an event in November 2019. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many of our scientists have been using the techniques and approaches developed over decades of cancer research to understand and defeat the virus. While beating cancer remains our priority, we will not be able to fully focus on our
Prostate cancer cell. Credit: LRI EM Unit Cancer blood test trialled in 10,000 women A blood test that looks for tumour DNA shed by cancer cells has been trialled for the first time in a group of 10,000 women who had no known cancer history. If the test revealed a positive result, the women would then be given
Cancer screening: An illustrated story A Stanford medical student uses images from pathology to tell a story about the medical ethics of screening for prostate cancer. Author Mandy EricksonPublished on February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 As a fourth-year medical student and pathology fellow, Nick Love, PhD, grew enchanted by corpora amylacea, small masses within the
Stanford technology helps advance CRISPR-based cancer therapy A team led by Howard Chang has contributed key technology to enable new experimental cancer therapy that uses CRISPR to edit immune cells. Author Hanae ArmitagePublished on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Since the discovery of powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9, scientists and physicians have awaited the day it
Improving cancer prognoses: A radio show A Stanford oncologist discusses how to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment, including using predictive modeling, liquid biopsies and immunotherapy. Author Jennifer HuberPublished on February 28, 2020February 27, 2020 “Looking in the patients’ eyes and having a conversation” has motivated Stanford oncologist Ash Alizadeh, MD, PhD, to improve the way
Cracking cancer’s code: Stanford Medicine magazine reports on treatments and developments Learn about chemo brain and what’s new in cancer treatment, research and education in Stanford Medicine magazine’s new issue highlighting the disease. Author Rosanne SpectorPublished on April 13, 2020April 21, 2020 What causes chemo brain? How can a smart toilet help detect cancer? And
Five years later: Lucy Kalanithi on loss, grief and love Stanford physician Lucy Kalanithi opens up about loss, grief and love for her neurosurgeon husband, Paul, five years after his death from lung cancer. Author Paul CostelloPublished on April 20, 2020April 22, 2020 Paul Kalanithi, MD, the Stanford Medicine neurosurgeon who wrote When Breath Becomes
Walk with me: Patients and med students bond, learn from each other in course In the Stanford Medicine course Walk with Me, students are paired with patients to learn about life with a chronic or serious illness. Author Mandy EricksonPublished on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 As I was chatting with patient volunteer Michael Furze
New cancer treatment that tracks and zaps tumors is coming to Stanford Medicine Stanford Medicine will be the first to use a new technology that aims to heighten precision of radiation therapy in cancer patients. Author Hanae ArmitagePublished on April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 A new technology aims to make tumors their own worst enemy
Combating chemo brain: Researchers zero in on causes and treatment A Stanford neurologist and her colleagues are zeroing in on identifying causes and treatments for chemo brain. Author Ruthann RichterPublished on April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 When I interviewed cancer survivor Sarah Liu, 53, at a Berkeley coffee shop, she seemed remarkably together — well-spoken
Outsmarting cancer: Innovative treatments and diagnostics offer new hope Stanford researchers are devising new ways to tackle cancer through better, more sophisticated diagnostics and treatments. Author Hanae ArmitagePublished on April 30, 2020April 29, 2020 Researchers at Stanford Medicine are thinking up new ways to tackle one of the world’s most daunting diseases: cancer. My colleague