Patient Testimonials
Winship at Emory
Summary: Winship Cancer Institute is the only National Cancer Institute designated cancer treatment center in Georgia. Watch how the cancer care team uses cutting edge technology to give cancer patients the hope and care they need.
Cholangiocarcinoma Bile Duct Cancer
Summary: The Emory Transplant Center offers a new protocol to treat bile duct cancer, an aggressive disease that tends to spread locally. When combining radiation and chemotherapy with a liver transplant, this protocol ensures that all of the cancer is removed during surgery and offers hope to patients diagnosed with this historically lethal disease.
Gene Silencing in Cancer
Summary: DNA methylation causes good cancer fighting genes to be suppressed or "silenced". Soy products can help to unsilence the good genes and suppress the cancer. Researchers at Emory are currently researching this link.
Individualized Treatments for Lung Cancer
Summary: The Lung Cancer Program at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is shaping the future of cancer care by creating individualized treatments. Emory doctors are researching the genetic mutations that drive cancer. By understanding the fundamental biology of the tumors, doctors can create individualized treatments that treat each patient according to specific biology of their cancer.
Magnetically Expandable Prosthesis
Summary: The Emory Musculoskeletal Oncology and Limb Reconstruction Center is a world-class center treating a variety of conditions, including benign and malignant tumors of the extremities and spine and the placement of expandable implants that use magnets to treat sarcoma of the bone and soft tissue.
Revolutionary Breast Imaging Technology
Summary: Dedicated breast CT is a new imaging technology that allows doctors to view the breast in 3D. This technology, which eliminates the need to compress the breast, has the potential to improve detection of dangerous lesions and decrease the number of false positives.
Prostate Cancer & The Calypso GPS System
Summary: The Calypso GPS system provides precise, real-time tracking of the prostate during radiation treatment. The prostate can move during radiation treatment, which means that a tumor might not receive the correct dose of radiation. Moreover, some radiation might hit healthy organs, causing unwanted side effects. With the Calypso GPS system, radiation can be continually targeted at the prostate.
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Treating Prostate Cancer
Summary: Surgeons at Emory Urology continue to advance the treatment of prostate cancer via the use of the da Vinci robot in minimally invasive surgery. The da Vinci robot allows Emory surgeons to use the laparoscopic approach for reconstructive surgery, urinary incontinence, and prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancer surgery.
