Yale Cancer Center Research
by Yale Cancer Center
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Description
The Yale Cancer Center has a long history of quality patient care, ground-breaking cancer research and cancer prevention, control and survivorship. This series from the Yale Cancer Center offers informative commentary from University faculty and researchers on the newest treatments available and early detection in the fight against cancer.
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Skin Cancer: Awareness and Prevention | David Leffell, Yale Deputy Dean for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Surgery Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery, Professor of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, speaks on the awarenes and prevention of skin cancer. | 8/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ovarian Cancer: Detection and Treatment | Thomas Rutherford, Associate Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, delivers part of the Yale Cancer Center Healthline Series. | 8/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life After Cancer | Dr. Ruth McCorkle, the Florence Wald Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Center for Excellence in Chronic Illness Care, and Dr. Tish Knobf, the American Cancer Society Professor of Oncology Nursing, speak about life after cancer. | 8/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Novel Treatments for Breast Cancer | Dr. Lyndsay N. Harris, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Yale Cancer Center’s Breast Cancer Program discusses novel treatments for breast cancer. Recorded for the Yale Cancer Center Healthline. | 8/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: How Diet Can Prevent Cancer | Susan Mayne, Yale Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine Nutrition and Cancer Prevention, talks about nutrition and cancer prevention and how diet can prevent cancer. This talk is part of the Yale Cancer Center Healthline Series. | 8/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colon Cancer: Recent Developments in Treatment and Prevention | Edward Chu, Chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, delivers part of the Yale Cancer Center Healthline Series. | 8/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(In Mandarin) Researching Epidemiology of Pancreatic and Endometrial Cancers | Dr. Yu speaks (in Mandarin) about his research on the epidemiological factors that lead to the development of pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, and endometrial cancer. He is working with international collaborators, including colleagues at Shanghai University. | 8/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fertility after Cancer Treatment | Dr. Kenneth D. Miller, Director of Survivorship Program, interviews Dr. Pasquale Patrizio about fertility after cancer treatment. | 11/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Next Frontier in Cancer Treatment | With the opening of the Smilow Cancer Hospital and extensive new research facilities, Yale is poised to make major strides in cancer treatment. Dr. Thomas Lynch, who heads Smilow and the Yale Cancer Center, discusses how research and patient care each play a role in developing new treatments that will address the most deadly forms of cancer. | 4/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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More Clinical Trials Needed | Promising lab research is too slow to be converted into clinical innovation for patients with cancer. Yale Cancer Center Director Thomas Lynch talks about his plans to dramatically expand clinical research in cancer and the special emphasis that Yale is putting on tailoring treatments to individual patients. The Cancer Center will draw on the resources of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation to speed discoveries from Yale's vast basic science facilities to the new Smilow Cancer Hospital. | 7/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sun Safety and Skin Cancer Screenings | Yale Dermatology Faculty members discuss sun safety and their participation in skin cancer safety day at the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament. | 8/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cancer Research to Patient Care: Dr. Francine Foss | Dr. Francine Foss, director of the Lymphoma, Leukemia and Myeloma Program at Yale, and Yale Cancer Center member, discusses advances in treatment that are increasing cancer cure rates while causing fewer distressing symptoms than traditional chemotherapy. | 12/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Episodes |
