Surgery News
Surgery News
KIRO7 News | by Deedee Sun | April 18, 2019 Doctors who are leaders in treating and researching colon and rectal cancers are discovering the age of their patients keeps going down. In the last 10 years, they’ve noticed more patients in their 30s, 20s and even teens getting diagnosed – something that used to…
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Dr. Sherene Shalhub, Associate Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, received the 2-year, $250K Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award for her research initiative titled “Engaging Patients with Type B Aortic Dissections as Partners in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research.” Her research project details those patients with type B aortic dissection (TBAD), who face…
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April 9, 2019 Dr. Bryce Robinson, Associate Professor, Division of Trauma, Burn & Critical Care Surgery, received the American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Health Policy Scholarship through Brandeis University. This scholarship will support Dr. Robinson to attend the one-week Executive Leadership Program for Health Policy and Management. The…
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UW Medicine | Newsroom | April 2, 2019 Results challenge the view that immunotherapies are unlikely to be effective against this deadly cancer, the researchers say. It’s possible to prod immune cells to attack and kill pancreatic cancer cells, according to a report from scientists at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Fred Hutchinson…
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