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Paper Calls on Oncologists to Help Patients Quit Smoking
Oncology centers should make tobacco treatment a fourth pillar of their care, according to a recent paper published in JAMA Network by UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore, UW Carbone Cancer Center Assistant Scientist Dr. Heather …
December 6, 2019UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Featured on Statewide Webinar for Wisconsin Cancer Council
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla (right) presented the November Networking Webinar for the Wisconsin Cancer Council. Her topic was Tobacco Treatment for Cancer Patients Who Smoke. She covered: Special strategies for working with cancer …
December 6, 2019Drs. Piper and Fiore Educate State Legislators on Vaping, Tobacco Purchasing Age
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore both offered insight on the research pertaining to two important current issues: Vaping and the legal age to purchase nicotine products. …
December 4, 2019New Grant at Madison VA will Reach Out to Veterans Who Smoke and Offer Help
The US Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a new $1 million grant to the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison to be the first ever to evaluate a chronic-care system designed to help …
December 4, 2019New Grant to Evaluate eReferral to the Quit Line
A new grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) will evaluate electronic referrals from primary-care clinics to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The grant, led by UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research …
December 4, 2019BREATHE 2: UW-CTRI Receives $14 Million Grant
UW-CTRI Receives $14M Grant from National Cancer Institute to Partner with Health Systems, Match Quit-Smoking Treatments to Individual Patients: UW-CTRI’s Fifth Straight Center Grant MADISON—In a first, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of …
November 19, 2019Study: How Genetic Markers May Impact Side Effects from Nicotine Replacement Therapy
The University of Wisconsin Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) recently published a study in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggesting that, while taking nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), specific genetic markers can cause more severe adverse …
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