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Researcher Aims to Improve Effectiveness of Radiation Therapy for Cancer

By Guest PostMarch 7, 20112 commentsHealth, Scienceanticancer drugs, biology of tumor cells, cancer therapy, cancer treatment, characterize the tumors, chemotherapy, ct, diabetes, heart attacks, hypoxia, hypoxia induced pathways, hypoxic cells, localiz, malignant cells, methods for imaging tumors, microscopic tumors, mri, oxygen deficiency, oxygen deficiency in tissues, PET, pharmacology, radiation, sara rockwell, stroke, therapeutic radiology, yale

Sara Rockwell is a leader in her field. A professor of therapeutic radiology and pharmacology at the School of Medicine, Rockwell was among the first researchers to study the effects of oxygen deficiency on the response of malignant cells to radiation and anticancer drugs, and was among the first to consider the implications of this deficiency in microscopic tumors for the development of solid malignancies.

Rockwell, who is also associate dean for scientific affairs, joined the faculty of Yale School of Medicine in 1974, and teaches radiation biology, pharmacology, cancer biology, ethics and career development skills. She earned her bachelor’s degree in physics from Penn State University in 1965. She went on to earn her doctorate degree in biophysics from Stanford University in 1971. (more…)

Women Fight the Effects of Chemotherapy Long After Treatment Ends, MU Researchers Find

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2010Healthbody-image issues, breast cancer, breast cancer treatment, chemotherapy, depression, mental health, quality of life, rural areas, stephanie reid arndt, symptoms, university of missouri, urban areas, women

COLUMBIA, Mo. – For some women, the effects of breast cancer, the most common cancer affecting women, do not end when they leave the hospital. Now, researchers in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions have studied the lives of breast cancer patients following chemotherapy and found that their environments and available support systems help determine the quality of their lives.

“A lot of times people get mentally and emotionally ready to deal with chemotherapy and they receive a lot of support during that time,” said Stephanie Reid-Arndt, an assistant professor of health psychology in the School of Health Professions. “Then they go home and everyone feels like it’s over, but the patients still have worries and fears about the changes they’ve been through and what it means for the future.” (more…)

Mandi Schwartz Update: Tests Indicate Birth of New Immune System

By Guest PostOctober 18, 20101 commentGeneral, Healthacute myeloid leukemia, blood cells, bone marrow, cancer, carol, chemotherapy, heme, ice hockey center, immune system, kaylem prefontaine, mandi schwartz, red blood cells, saskatchewan, seattle, stem cell transplant, veno-occlusive disease, vod, white blood cells, wilcox, yale, yale hockey player

Mandi Schwartz. Image credit: Yale University

After spending six days in intensive care fighting her way through another life-threatening condition, Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz got some much-needed positive news in her battle with cancer on Friday.

Tests have confirmed that, 23 days after her stem cell transplant, engraftment — i.e., the birth of her new immune system — has taken place. This marks a major positive step, but challenges still remain for the Yale women’s ice hockey center. (more…)

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Researcher Aims to Improve Effectiveness of Radiation Therapy for Cancer

Women Fight the Effects of Chemotherapy Long After Treatment Ends, MU Researchers Find

Mandi Schwartz Update: Tests Indicate Birth of New Immune System