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New endowed chair
Meyers named Williamson Chair
Oct. 26,
2009 --
Bryan F. Meyers has been named the Patrick and Joy Williamson Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine.
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TOS surgery saves pitchers' careers
Ribs lost, careers saved: WUSM surgeon gets athletes back on the field
July 16,
2008 --
Colorado Rockies All-Star pitcher Aaron Cook always has a spare rib for good luck. It's not part of his pregame meal. The rib came out of his own body and sits in his locker. Cook suffered from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS), a condition in which the space between the collarbone and the uppermost rib gets cramped, pinching nerves, veins or arteries. Rather than cut his career short, he turned to WUSM surgeon Robert Thompson, one of the few doctors in the country using a surgical procedure that gets athletes back on the field.
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A model for success
First lung transplants in mice lay groundwork for preventing rejection in humans
July 11,
2007 -- Lung transplants have been performed successfully for more than 20 years in humans but never before in mice - until now. Surgeons at the School of Medicine have developed the first mouse model of lung transplantation, and they're hoping it will help explain why the success of the procedure in humans lags far behind other solid organ transplants.
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Smoking after lung cancer
More than one third of lung cancer patients resume smoking after surgery
Dec. 22,
2006 -- Smoking is a powerful addiction. A study at the School of Medicine shows that even after lung cancer surgery, some patients return to smoking within a year.
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Staying in the game
VATS procedure vanquishes lung cancer less invasively
Nov. 1,
2006 --
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Thanks to video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer, you can deal Joye Neudecker a new hand to play. Neudecker, 83, had always played sports, exercised and been an avid bridge player, but she was a lifelong smoker. Her doctor referred her to Washington University thoracic surgeon Bryan Meyers at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and he found a small, early stage carcinoma in the lower lobe of her right lung.
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New lung surgery option
Emphysema patients benefit from one-sided lung reduction
April 4,
2006 --
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In many cases of advanced emphysema, reducing the size of the lungs surgically has been shown to improve both survival and quality of life. But some emphysema patients can't tolerate this bilateral operation. Now a study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania Health System has shown that unilateral, or one-sided, lung volume reduction surgery has significant benefits, offering help to those who are not candidates for the bilateral surgery. More...
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Blocking tumor growth
Vitamin A analog is a potential lung cancer preventative with few side effects
Jan. 17,
2006 -- The ideal substance to prevent cancer would block tumor growth without causing unpleasant or dangerous side effects. Researchers at the School of Medicine now report that a compound related to vitamin A shows promise in preventing or slowing tumor growth in mice prone to lung cancer. The compound, called bexarotene, doesn't cause the severe skin irritations that have limited the use of other vitamin A derivatives in cancer therapies.
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