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Taking Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma "Personally"
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (473 reads)


CLEVELAND -- Researchers at University Hospitals of Cleveland's Ireland Cancer Center have begun the third phase of testing a new vaccine for low-grade lymphoma patients that 'personalizes' the therapy by using the genetic material obtained from the patient's own tumor to stimulate his or her immune system to fight this malignant disease. The study is designed to determine whether this novel treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is more effective than the standard therapy alone.


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UHC Pain Researchers Win Grant to Reach More Patients
Monday, June 14, 2004 (796 reads)


CLEVELAND --  The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation has awarded $983,000 to physicians specializing in pain management at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University for a project that will help primary care physicians strengthen their abilities to care for patients in chronic pain. This novel approach to medical education focuses primary care medicine on a health problem that disables 23 million people at a cost to society of $90 billion annually.


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