Prescription medications are frequently used in treating cancer, and Winship’s specialty pharmacies offer pharmaceutical drugs and highly trained pharmacists to help ensure the drugs work as effectively as possible. In fact, people with cancer treated by Winship are 25% more likely to take their medications as prescribed when they obtain them from Winship’s in-house pharmacies than if they fill them at a big-box external pharmacy.
A multi-institutional, retrospective study from Winship member and senior author Anant Madabhushi, PhD, was featured in The ASCO Post, Fierce Biotech, Medical Xpress and other outlets. The research team discovered a new artificial intelligence (AI)-derived biomarker that uses routine imaging scans to help predict which patients with lung cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
In a video for Medscape, Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, director of the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship, discusses several significant breast cancer advances presented at the recent San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
A cervical cancer screening, such as a Pap or human papillomavirus (HPV) test, may not be high on your to-do list, but here are five reasons why it’s time to get yours scheduled.
Emory University and Emory Healthcare’s social media guidance is intended to foster safe, responsible expression on social media that is consistent with institutional policies. Log in to the Winship intranet to find current social media policies and tips on how to make best use of professional social networking platforms.
Co-chaired by Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, and Jane Meisel, MD, the Best of SABCS® South, will be held at the Emory Conference Center Hotel on Feb. 25. The program, organized in partnership with GASCO Oncology, will highlight the most impactful science and education from the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium,
S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, of Mayo Clinic, will present “Paradigm Changes in Myeloma" at the 8th annual Surinder K. Puri Memorial Lecture in Winship’s Kauffman Auditorium on Feb. 10.
Request for information: Proposed simplified review framework for NIH research project grant applications
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking public input on a proposed revised framework for evaluating and scoring peer review criteria for NIH research project grant applications.
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About Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University The coordinating center for cancer research, education and care throughout Emory University and Emory Healthcare, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is Georgia’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, a prestigious distinction given only to the top 3% of cancer centers nationwide for conducting cancer research, and providing training, that is transforming cancer care, prevention, detection and survivorship.