Nicole Fawcett
Director of Communications, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer
Fawcett leads a team of communicators who produce targeted, innovative communication for the Rogel Cancer Center’s research and clinical enterprises. Prior to Michigan Medicine, Fawcett was a reporter at the Detroit News and editor for a web-based community for people with disabilities.
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Physicians Don’t Always Recognize Patients’ Radiation Therapy Side Effects
A new study finds that significant side effects were under-recognized in both younger patients and Black patients being treated for breast cancer.
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Feeling Stressed or Down in a World with COVID? Try This Writing Tool
A new tool uses expressive writing to help cancer patients, others cope with life challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘The Immense Burden of Cancer is Not Shouldered Equally’
The disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on Black Americans may worsen existing racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care, and make health equity harder to achieve.
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New Connections Reveal How Cancer Evades the Immune System
A new study shows tumor cells eat up a key amino acid, depriving immune cells of it, which prevents them from fighting off cancer.
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Gender a Key Factor in Who Holds Endowed Chair Honors in Medicine
Women professors of medicine were significantly less likely than men to hold an endowed chair position, even when factoring in qualifications and experience.
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Leveraging Prostate Cancer Research Against COVID-19
Is there a connection between COVID-19 and cancer? Researchers at Michigan Medicine looking to prostate cancer research in the fight against coronavirus.
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Some Physicians Are Ordering Thyroid Tests for Unsupported Reasons
While most thyroid ultrasound orders are warranted, researchers say guidelines could be clearer to help reduce over diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
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Cancer vs. COVID: When a Pandemic Upended Cancer Care
A Rogel Cancer Center team created a guide to help providers navigate difficult conversations due to the coronavirus.
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How Should Hospitals Ask Patients for Donations?
Hospital fundraising provides critical resources, but a new study looks to ensure it’s done effectively and ethically.
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Is COVID-19 Widening the Gender Gap in Academic Medicine?
A new study finds fewer women publishing COVID-related papers, especially in early days of pandemic.
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New Analytic Tool Designed to Help Guide Precision Cancer Research and Treatment
A new precision medicine analytics tool called TransPRECISE developed to help oncologists with cancer treatment and research.
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Individuals Must Stand Up Against Gender Bias in Medicine
A new perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine outlines the importance of standing up and intervening in instances of gender bias and sexual harassment as an ethical obligation.
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The Global Incidence of Cervical Cancer is a ‘Tragedy’
Cervical cancer is considered preventable in its early stages, but without breaking down barriers to prevention, women in certain countries remain at high risk.
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How Hereditary Genetic Testing Results Impact Breast Cancer Treatment
Breast cancer patients who test positive for an inherited genetic mutation, such as having the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, may be receiving treatment based on future cancer risk, rather than guideline approved treatments for their diagnosed cancers, study finds.
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Annual Over Biennial Mammograms Linked to Less Advanced Breast Cancer
Mammograms, an essential part of breast cancer screening, could increase overall health outcomes if performed annually according to a new study.
