Clinical
Read more on how Makayla Hall and Peyton Arthur, best friends, both diagnosed with the same form of leukemia just months apart in 2023 and met while undergoing chemotherapy at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR), a pediatric cancer care partner in affiliation with VCU Massey. ...
Research
“When I summarize data and try to draw insights, it feels like telling a story through statistics,” said Jerry John Rawlings Mensah, graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University's Public Health master's program, who plans to use his statistical storytelling talents to improve health literacy....
Research
M. Imad Damaj, Ph.D.s' research — recently published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity —is the first to suggest that a tumor-driving gene known as AEG-1 actively regulates the inflammation that causes chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a painful side effect of cancer treatments. ...
Research, Clinical
Patrick Nana-Sinkam, M.D. associate vice president of clinical and translational research at VCU Health, is currently involved in the implementation of the national Vanguard Study that will help determine if one blood test is reliable and effective in the early detection of cancer. ...
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