“My first reaction was shock, then fear that it wouldn’t be curable. But I refused to just give up. I chose hope, and I began researching treatment options that would give me the best chance to beat this disease,” recalls Falhaber, then 55. By November, he connected with a community-based oncologist and underwent a two-drug […]
Bob Kehm helped kick off UC Health Research Week 2012 on Tuesday at University Hospital with a story that merged coincidence with collaboration and hope. The coincidence involved the 62-year-old West Chester man’s best buddy, “Jake,” a 165-pound Newfoundland and therapy dog that Mr. Kehm had trained for duty. The collaboration involved Mr. Kehm’s multidisciplinary […]
West Chester resident Beth Sininger says Dec. 14, 2010, was the worst day of her life. At age 52, she received the shocking news that her lingering stomach pain was actually stage 3 pancreatic cancer. “I thought maybe I had a bad case of acid reflux. Never in my wildest dreams did I think my […]
UC’s Frank McCormack, MD, was honored for one of the “Top 10” clinical research projects in the country and received a Clinical Research Forum Clinical Research Achievement Award at the forum’s annual meeting and awards dinner April 18, 2012, in Washington, D.C. The award is given to projects that exemplify scientific innovation that results from […]
