UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute (WCI) features an 86-bed cancer center with 11 outpatient locations throughout the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. Wilmot, a component of Strong Memorial Hospital, offers patients and their family’s comprehensive services including one of upstate New York’s largest blood and marrow transplant programs and the Rochester area’s only ACOS-accredited breast …
Westmead Hospital is the principal referral hospital for western Sydney, renowned for its comprehensive, highly specialised and complex services provided to its local community, statewide and nationally. Patients come to Westmead Hospital for speciality services such as major trauma, bone marrow transplant, renal transplant, pancreas (islet) cell transplant, neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, the Westmead Centre for …
Washington University School of Medicine was formed in 1891 by the union of the first two medical schools established west of the Mississippi River: the Missouri Medical College and the St. Louis Medical College. When the two were united as the Medical Department of Washington University, they combined their strengths in clinical teaching and research, …
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is a nationally prominent academic medical center in Winston-Salem, with an integrated health care network that incorporates hospitals, clinics, physician practices, diagnostic centers and other primary and specialty care facilities serving the residents of 24 counties in northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Comprehensive …
Vanderbilt Amyloid Multidisciplinary Program is focused on providing complete care for amyloidosis patients. Amyloidosis is a rare disease and can affect multiple organs. The team works with other clinical departments to ensure that patients receive the best care possible. Treatment Options provided: • Stem cell transplant (Stem cell transplants are also used to treat cancer, …
Amyloidosis is a complicated disorder that affects multiple body systems including an individual’s bone marrow, heart, kidneys, nervous system, lungs, skin and gastrointestinal (GI) system. To address the complexity of this disorder, University of Utah offers a multidisciplinary program where patients are evaluated by various amyloidosis specialists from different disciplines over a short period of …
The history of the Amyloidosis and Cancer Theranostics Program (ACTP) is rooted in the study of light chain (AL) amyloidosis and the development of novel agents for the study, detection and treatment of this disease. In recent years, the Program has both extended its horizons to encompass all amyloid-related disorders and some specific malignancies, and …
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. It forms the centerpiece of the University of Rochester’s health research, teaching and patient care missions. URMC was one of the first 12 academic medical centers to receive a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of …
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The University of North Carolina (UNC) Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Multiple Myeloma & Amyloidosis Program treats multiple myeloma, amyloidosis and other plasma cell-related disorders such as solitary plasmacytoma, POEMS syndrome, monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS), asymptomatic “smoldering” myeloma and Castleman’s disease. UNC’s Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis Program offers patients and referring physicians access to …
Amyloidosis is a rare protein deposition disease. It is caused by amyloid, an abnormal protein that can build up in body tissue or organs. When amyloid protein deposits increase, it interferes with function and may cause organ failure. Systemic amyloidosis is the most common. Although amyloidosis is not cancer, it may be associated with blood …
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