Wilmot Cancer Institute received a $7.7 million "Lead Academic Participating Site" (LAPS) grant from the National Cancer Institute. Congrats to PI Paul Barr, MD, and all of our faculty and staff who helped make this possible. Read more: https://bit.ly/49oKwPP

Exciting #ASCO26 news! Wilmot researchers will present a new study at the ASCO Annual Meeting that showed gentle Hatha and restorative yoga help alleviate four common challenges cancer survivors often face: anxiety, mood disturbances, insomnia, and fatigue. Read more: https://bit.ly/4uIYSTP

Wilmot Director Dr. Jonathan Friedberg recently spoke on a panel for the CMCA/NACCDO annual conference, this year in Toronto, alongside other directors & scientists. He discussed NCI designation, his career path, and how far we have come in the fight against cancer. #NACCDOCMCA2026

Congrats to Susan Dent, MD, director of our Cardio-Oncology Program, for playing a major role at 2025 Global Cardio Oncology Summit as president of International Cardio-Oncology Society (@icosociety.bsky.social). We're proud to have an international leader in the growing field of cardio-oncology!

We are excited to share that the 2025 Wilmot Warrior Weekend raised $780,744, a new record. Amazing! Thank you, supporters! These funds will benefit cancer research and survivorship care at Wilmot. 🔬 Save the date for 2026: Sept. 19-20 📅 #WilmotWarrior

We recently celebrated our 30th Annual Scientific Symposium, a great day of collaboration and science! The event brought together cancer researchers from throughout @urochester.bsky.social & @urmed.bsky.social. Also, congrats to Dr. Jonathan Friedberg, this year’s Davey Award recipient! 👏

Congrats to the team at Wilmot that recently published an article looking at managing side effects of endocrine therapy in early-stage breast cancer: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Helpful strategies include: exercise, acupuncture, support groups, and more.

Bowhead whales can live 200 years and rarely get age-related diseases like cancer. What can their biology teach us? @urochester.bsky.social researchers Vera Gorbunova, PhD, & Andrei Seluanov, PhD, are part of a team that published in @nature.com on this topic. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

With a collaborative approach and help from technology, the UR Medicine (@urmed.bsky.social) Primary Care network raised its lung cancer screening rates to 72% of eligible individuals getting screened - compared to a national average of only about 16%. (1/4)

The NCI-funded T32 Clinical and Translational Cancer Control Research Training Program at the @urochester.bsky.social and @wilmotcancer.bsky.social is seeking candidates for their upcoming group of post-doctoral fellows starting in summer 2026. Read more: mascc.org/position-uni... #SuppOnc

Want to learn about the potential value of circulating tumor DNA in Hodgkin #lymphoma? 🧬🩸 Make sure to watch our recent interview with Jonathan Friedberg of @wilmotcancer.bsky.social here: 🎥 👉 buff.ly/fZ3K2nD #HodgkinLymphoma #LYMsm #HemOnc #SOHO2025 #BloodSky #HemeSky #MedSky

Jonathan Friedberg (@wilmotcancer.bsky.social‬): “In isolation, we could probably deal with some of these things, but combined, I think it’s very, very challenging. All of those things together could be an existential threat.” https://cancerletter.com/podcastc/20250613_1/

The Directors: Candace Johnson and Jonathan Friedberg on living through uncertainty at NCI, payment woes Directors of two neighboring cancer centers (‪@roswellpark.bsky.social‬, @wilmotcancer.bsky.social) will face challenges, but “we’ll get through it” https://cancerletter.com/podcastc/20250613_1/

Why don’t bats get cancer? 🦇 Researchers at Wilmot Cancer Institute are exploring this question. What they have learned could help humans, too. Study in Nature Communications: urmc.info/24y #URochesterResearch www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/w...

Tamoxifen can cut the risk of invasive breast cancer for women with stage 0 disease, but fear of side effects stops many from taking it. Through the Pluta Breast Health Clinic at Wilmot, APPs are making a difference. #URochesterResearch

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