As summer winds down and back-to-school season begins, we are excited to share fresh perspectives and resources created with young adults in mind. August is Appendix Cancer Awareness Month, a meaningful time to highlight education, early recognition, and support for those impacted by appendix cancer. In this issue, you will find updates and details on upcoming events designed to inform, empower, and strengthen connections across our community. Here’s to starting the season with hope, confidence, and a renewed commitment to health and wellness. Remember, you are not walking this path alone.
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Upcoming Seminars & Events |
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Middle Tennessee Camp Bluebird is a 3-day, 2-night retreat for adult cancer patients focused on support, education, and encouragement for life during and after cancer. Held September 18–20, at Camp Widjiwagan in Nashville, the weekend includes group connection, guidance on lifestyle adjustments and non-medical needs, medically related education (nutrition, exercise, side effects), and relaxing activities like crafts, games, fishing, Tai Chi, and live music. Register here.
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Join the 5th Annual Clip In 4 the Cure, a team cycling event supporting cancer research and patient care at VICC and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Ride with top Nashville instructors on Saturday, October 3, at Geodis Park, featuring live DJs, vendors, and giveaways. Every dollar raised helps fuel lifesaving cancer initiatives. Register here.
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Featured Story : Fertility Preservation |
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When Dani Lorson was 25 and touring as a lead dancer with “Sesame Street Live,” she noticed she was not bouncing back after shows the way she used to. A quick stop at a walk-in clinic led to an unexpected diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, turning her dream job into the start of a long and challenging chapter. Dani’s journey includes years of treatment, relapse, stem cell transplants, and tough choices, along with the support of a dedicated care team and family. Her story is ultimately a powerful reminder of resilience, hope, and what’s possible after cancer. Read the full feature for the remarkable details of how she kept moving forward here.
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VICC’s REACH for Cancer Survivorship Program offers unique services for cancer survivors of all ages and cancer types, regardless of where they were treated. The program provides comprehensive follow-up care and personalized Cancer Survivorship Care Plans to address physical, emotional, and practical needs, whether you're doing well or need additional support. Learn more.
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Financial counseling. VICC's financial counselors can answer questions about insurance billing, balances, and payment options, explain financial assistance and payment plans, and help you apply for community and government support programs. Call our financial counselors at (615) 322-5988 or (615) 322-8154.
- Music Therapy is now available at VICC in the infusion clinic and inpatient areas, led by a board-certified music therapist as part of personalized, evidence-based care. Sessions can help with pain, anxiety, relaxation, mobility, emotional coping, and stress for both patients and caregivers, and may include listening, singing, instruments, or songwriting with no experience needed. Ask your provider for a referral.
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Book Corner: The Emperor of All Maladies |
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Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies is a profoundly humane “biography” of cancer, tracing its five-thousand-year history from early accounts to the modern quest to understand and treat the disease. Blending cellular biology, history, and storytelling, Mukherjee captures the discoveries, missteps, and hard-won breakthroughs, along with the patients and clinicians at the center of them. Riveting and illuminating, it offers both clarity and hope for anyone looking to better understand cancer and where treatment is headed.
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Latest Cancer Research Highlights |
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| Study reveals how SOX9 may unlock gastric cancer development
The cancer-associated transcription factor was found to be a critical factor in the progression of spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia. Read here.
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Vanderbilt Health receives $3.4 million grant to advance breast cancer imaging
MR cytometry is a magnetic resonance imaging technology pioneered by Vanderbilt Health investigators that provides information about tumor microstructure which cannot be obtained from conventional MRI. Read here.
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