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Susan Wesmiller, PhD, RN

Susan Wesmiller

Contact Information

microscope Cancer Risk, Outcomes, and Prevention
Pin UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5051 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Summary

The focus of my research is the genetics of postoperative symptoms. Specifically, I am studying the association of several genes and postoperative and post-discharge nausea and vomiting in women following surgery for breast and ovarian cancer. We would like to be able to understand why some women do not respond to antiemetic medications, and to predict who is at greatest risk.