Research & Innovation, Center News & Funding
A group of scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed a new genetic code that acts like a cancer ringleader, recruiting and deploying a gang of tumor cells to incite a biological turf war by invading healthy organs and overpowering the normal cells. ...
Research & Innovation
Researchers at VCU Massey have developed a new computational tool called Vesalius, which could help clinicians understand the complex relationships between cancer cells and their surrounding cells, leading to potential discoveries regarding the development of hard-to-treat cancers. ...
Prevention
Samantha Haswell, R.D., an integrative health dietitian and outpatient oncology dietitian at Massey, leads nutrition and cooking classes called In Cancer Care, Food is Medicine, which provide reliable, research-based nutritional information, kitchen tools and fresh food....
Clinical Care
Massey is making history as the first and only authorized center in Virginia to offer tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy. This cutting-edge, one-time treatment for advanced melanoma uses a patient's own immune cells, amplified and enhanced, to target and attack their disease....
Treatments in clinical trials may be more effective or have fewer side effects than the treatments that are currently available. With more than 200 studies for multiple types of cancers and cancer prevention, Massey supports a wide array of clinical trials.
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