Liver Cancer
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BME study shows software helps surgeons find liver tumors, avoid blood vessels
Michael Miga (John Russell / Vanderbilt) The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood vessels by inches between the time they’re discovered on a CT scan and when the patient is lying on an operating room table. Surgeons can swab the exposed liver lightly… Read MoreJul. 17, 2017
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Vanderbilt researcher’s look at fatty liver disease hits home with dad’s diagnosis
Jamey Young, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Vanderbilt University. Some people may be overweight their whole lives and never suffer from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease’s most deadly effects – diabetes, cirrhosis, liver cancer and organ failure. Jamey Young, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular… Read MoreJun. 9, 2015