Loreen Herwaldt, MD, will lead a team of researchers in a collaborative study funded through a Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) pilot grant. The team will audit the patient experience during the breast cancer diagnostic period, from the initial screening mammogram through initial treatment following a positive diagnosis, whether treatment is surgery or chemotherapy. In […]
Anything but oncology From a young age, Nicole Fleege, MD’s family told her she could be anything she wanted to be. She oscillated between dreams of being a doctor, a lawyer, or a veterinarian. However, when it came to deciding whether she wanted a career in medicine, she was hesitant. “I took a detour from […]
Friday, February 9, 2024 Eckstein Medical Research Building (EMRB) Click here to RSVP! Keynote Speaker Dr. Mark Burkard, MD, PhD Professor and Mary and Rob Gooze Chair Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care Department of Medicine School of Medicine and Public Health University of Wisconsin Funding Opportunity The symposium committee […]
Sneha Phadke, DO, clinical assistant professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and Ellen van der Plas, PhD, assistant professor of Psychiatry received a grant from the Breast Cancer Research Group within the UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC). Phadke and van der Plas’s project aims to identify factors influencing the quality of […]
Treatment options for patients with Stage 4 breast cancer have, in recent years, been largely centered around a combination of radiation and chemotherapy, while surgery has increasingly been seen as a less effective and more intrusive intervention. That effectiveness is getting a new examination because of a recent discovery by, in part, three researchers at […]