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Cancer Pain: Rehabilitation

One way to recover from cancer pain is with rehabilitation, specifically cancer rehabilitation medicine – a subspecialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Cancer Pain: Anesthesiology Options

One way to recover from cancer pain is through anesthesiology pain treatment through the Michigan Medicine Back & Pain Center.

The U-M Back & Pain Center offers a variety of different treatments for cancer pain. For example, a spinal cord stimulator implant, an intrathecal pump implant or a nerve block.

Pierce elected president of American Society of Clinical Oncology

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center member Lori Pierce, M.D., was elected president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Women with Breast Reconstructions Need Screening Mammography

The University of Michigan research team retrospectively examined 485 women with autologous breast reconstructions (after mastectomies due to breast cancer) who underwent screening mammography over 15 years. The findings suggest that in addition to surveillance, breast cancer patients who undergo mastectomies and autologous tissue reconstruction may benefit from mammography screening of their flaps.

Rogel Cancer Center Director Eric Fearon named AAAS fellow

Eric Fearon, M.D., Ph.D., was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Fearon is director of the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology. Several other Rogel Cancer Center members received this honor.

Rogel Cancer Center at the American Society of Hematology Annual Conference

Researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center will attend the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Conference Annual Meeting from Saturday, December 1 through Tuesday, December 4. Many of them plan to participate in poster sessions and oral presentations. A schedule is available to make it easy to know who is presenting, when, where and on what topic.

New Strategy to Improve Liver Cancer Screening

Liver cancer surveillance among high-risk individuals usually leads to earlier diagnoses and improved survival rates among patients. However, this requires several steps, including identification of high-risk patients, compliance with surveillance recommendations, and highly accurate and accessible imaging tools.

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