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Wells Messersmith, MD, Distinguished Faculty Honoree
The Distinguished Faculty Professionalism Award recognizes faculty who consistently demonstrate exemplary professional behaviors, providing service to the community, demonstrating dedication to lifelong learning, and who contribute to the teaching, service, and administrative activities of their department and the CU School of Medicine.
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How Dr. Lieu's Research Helps Fuel His Clinical Care
When asked about his philosophy in caring for patients, Dr. Lieu describes three pillars: Providing compassionate care, cutting edge care, and multidisciplinary care. And always understand that the patient is your responsibility.
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Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump in Colon Cancer Treatment
Available primarily at specialized cancer centers, the HAI pump has been a lifesaver for some, but not all patients with colorectal cancer that spreads to the liver and researchers are still working to understand who will benefit most from the treatment.
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Launch of Innovative Program to Support Working Cancer Patients
Dr. Messersmith acknowledges the physical and emotional challenges caused by cancer are only exacerbated by financial stress when patients are unable to work which is why the WeCanWork project has such great potential.
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Latest Advances in Sarcoma Treatment & Patient Care
Because Sarcoma is a rare and unique disease, Dr. Wilky discusses the importance of partnering with researchers and clinicians across different disciplines to ensure patients receive a customized treatment plan and specialized care.
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Increasing Diversity Enrollment in Clinical Trials
Diverse clinical-trial participation means better science, different groups of people may respond to a given medication in different ways including efficacy and side effects. When certain populations are underrepresented in medical research, the result can be further health disparities.
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Hope Has a Face, Celebrating Lung Cancer Survivors
On May 11, survivors of lung cancer for five years or more gathered on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus with clinicians, researchers, and staff members in the CU Thoracic Oncology Program to celebrate with other survivors.
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What Ancestry Can Reveal About Breast Cancer Risk
All women need to pay attention to their risk factors for breast cancer and ovarian cancer, but women of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish ancestry should be especially vigilant as their risk for having a genetic variant is increased, predisposing them to developing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.