October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and SBU Hospital Cancer Center and the Town of Brookhaven teamed up to "Turn the Town Pink" for the entire month. This flash mob dance was the first of many efforts to #GoPink and raise awareness to breast health, including the importance of self-exams as well as clinical exams. Various events are planned for the remainder of the month, including a "Seawolves Tackle Breast Cancer Football Game" on Saturday, October 11 at Kenneth P. LaValle stadium.
Dr. Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, an assistant professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, has uncovered a previously unidentified mechanism through which a prominent protein in cells, STAT3, affects cancerous tumor formation.
The pain resulting from neuralgia is often debilitating, but Dr. William Moore, a thoracic interventional radiologist at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is implementing a new way to freeze...
