Yale Cancer Center (YCC) is one of only 56 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation and the only such center in Connecticut. Cancer treatment for patients is available at Smilow Cancer Hospital through 13 multidisciplinary teams and at 15 Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Centers in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Comprehensive cancer centers play a vital role in the advancement of the NCI’s goal of reducing morbidity and mortality from cancer through scientific research, cancer prevention, and innovative cancer treatment.
Dr. Chagpar Discusses Benefit of Primary Tumor Surgery in Breast Cancer
May 3rd 2018Anees B. Chagpar, MD, FACS, associate professor, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, assistant director, Global Oncology, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the potential benefit of primary tumor surgery for patients with breast cancer.
Dr. Yu on the Importance of a Genetic Counselor in Prostate Cancer
April 14th 2018James B. Yu, MD, associate professor, therapeutic oncology, director, Prostate and Genitourinary Cancer Radiotherapy Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the importance of a genetic counselor in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.
Dr. Chagpar on Surgery of the Primary Tumor in Metastatic Breast Cancer
April 12th 2018Anees B. Chagpar, MD, FACS, associate professor, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, assistant director, Global Oncology, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses surgery of the primary tumor in the metastatic setting of breast cancer.
Dr. Goldberg on Sequencing Following Treatment With Osimertinib in NSCLC
April 12th 2018Sarah B. Goldberg, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, discusses sequencing after therapy with osimertinib (Tagrisso) in EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Dr. Santin on Rationale for Trastuzumab in Uterine Serous Carcinoma
March 30th 2018Alessandro D. Santin, MD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, discusses the rationale for trastuzumab (Herceptin) in the treatment of patients with uterine serous carcinoma.
Dr. Kluger on Systemic Management of Melanoma With Brain Metastases
January 25th 2018Harriet Kluger, MD, professor of medicine, associate cancer center director for education and training, deputy section chief, Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the progression of treatment for patients with melanoma who have brain metastases.
Gift to Speed Discoveries to Patients
Inspired by the long tradition of innovation at Yale University, particularly in the life sciences, The Blavatnik Family Foundation has donated $10 million to Yale University to promote and to accelerate the development, application, and commercialization of breakthrough research in the life sciences.
Going Viral: Using a Deadly Disease to Kill Ovarian Cancer
In some cases, the Lassa virus starts with a fever and general weakness, moving toward headache, muscle pain, possible facial swelling, deafness, and worse. About 15 percent of patients hospitalized with severe cases die.
Early Tests Show Nivolumab Triples Life Expectancy in Patients With Lung Cancer
An early round of clinical testing shows that users of nivolumab (Opdivo), a drug sanctioned for treatment of small-cell lung cancer, more than tripled their five-year survival rate beyond the statistical average.
Dr. Petrylak on FDA Approval of Pembrolizumab in Bladder Cancer
May 18th 2017Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Urology, co-director, Signal Transduction Research Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the treatment of patients with bladder cancer.