Kathryn Schmitz, José Zevallos named interim director, interim deputy director at UPMC Hillman

Report shows UPMC Hillman’s nearly $4B economic impact in Pennsylvania

A recent report showed that UPMC Hillman Cancer Center generated $3.98 billion in total economic impact in Pennsylvania through its clinical, research, and educational missions in 2023.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

In Brief

Kathryn Schmitz receives 2024 Lifetime Impact Award from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition

Kathryn H. Schmitz, an exercise oncology researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, has been selected by the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to receive a 2024 Lifetime Impact Award.

September 20, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

Clinical Roundup

Electronic prompt for surgeons may reduce breast cancer overtreatment

University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center researchers have developed a novel prompt, or ‘nudge,’ embedded in the electronic health record that flags, for treating surgeons, older patients with early-stage breast cancer who may be at risk for unnecessary lymph node surgery.

July 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.29

Clinical Trials & Tribulations

A new standard in cancer care: Integrated screening, stepped collaborative care for common and distressing symptoms

Over 18 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States and approximately 50% report clinical levels of depression and/or anxiety, pain, and/or fatigue. xxx:more

April 05, 2024

Vol.50 No.14

By Jennifer A. Steel

Cancer History Project Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Population scientist Monica Baskin is the “Jackie Robinson” of cancer center deputy directors

As a new deputy director at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Monica Baskin has assumed a level of responsibility that is unusual, if not unprecedented, for a population scientist at an NCI-designated cancer center.

March 08, 2024

Vol.50 No.10

By Robert A. Winn, Paul Goldberg and Alexandria Carolan

In Brief

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Horizon starts cancer care expansion

People in Mercer and Lawrence counties will soon have enhanced access to cancer care as UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Horizon-Shenango Valley initiates an expansion to add a second linear accelerator.

February 23, 2024

Vol.50 No.08