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Center News & Funding, Research, Technology
Sep 21, 2023
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in American men, and even deadlier among African American men, who are diagnosed younger and at increased risk for the disease compared to white or Hispanic men. Risk also increases with age and in those with a family history of pro...
Center News & Funding, Research
Sep 18, 2023
As one of just two NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Virginia, VCU Massey Cancer Center is at the forefront of the nation’s cancer research efforts. Researchers at Massey conduct laboratory-based basic, population, and clinical and translational-focused research to advance improved appr...
Research
Sep 12, 2023
Through study findings published Friday in Cell Reports, a team of scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center discovered a previously unknown interaction between proteins that is responsible for supplying energy to tumor cells and could hold significant implications for the development of future treatme...
Center News & Funding, Research, Clinical
Sep 05, 2023
A team of clinical psychologists at VCU Massey Cancer Center received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to help treat insomnia among military members, veterans, their beneficiaries and the general public who have been diagnosed with brain cancer. Insomnia — a...
Center News & Funding, Clinical, Research
Aug 31, 2023
On September 1, Mariza Daras, M.D., will become the new chief of the division of neuro-oncology at VCU Massey Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology at VCU School of Medicine. Daras previously served as associate professor of neurology in the division of neuro-oncology at UC San Francisco, ...
Center News & Funding, Research
Aug 21, 2023
Two of Virginia Commonwealth University’s unique health research projects will serve as the foundation of a new centralized resource that aims to increase their visibility and usership – and that will promote expansion of such innovative work. Research registries are incredibly useful tools for rese...
Center News & Funding, Research, Prevention & Control
Aug 18, 2023
Breast, colorectal and lung cancers are significant public health burdens in the U.S., accounting for more than 688,000 newly-diagnosed cancers in 2023, with significant racial and ethnic disparities in disease incidence and mortality, according to the American Cancer Society. While previous researc...
Research, Center News & Funding
Aug 07, 2023
As a newly designated Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute, VCU Massey Cancer Center is a national leader in supporting the development of emerging researchers from high school to early professional careers, with an emphasis on diversifying the cancer workforce and attracting...
Research, Center News & Funding
Jul 27, 2023
The p53 protein — a protein that controls cell division and plays a key role in the prevention of tumor growth — is the most commonly mutated protein across all cancer types, found in more than half of all tumors. When p53 is mutated, it either loses its ability to block cancer progression or transf...
Research, Center News & Funding
Jul 24, 2023
As one of just two NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Virginia, VCU Massey Cancer Center is at the forefront of the nation’s cancer research efforts. Researchers at Massey conduct laboratory-based basic, population, and clinical and translational-focused research to advance improved appr...
Research, Clinical
Jul 12, 2023
New research out of VCU Massey Cancer Center indicates that many adolescent and young adult kidney cancer survivors are at a significantly elevated risk for heart issues. Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of health complications and death among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) diagnosed w...
Center News & Funding, Research
Jul 11, 2023
During VCU Massey Cancer Center’s Walter Lawrence Research Retreat on June 29-30, the cancer center launched a new series of annual awards acknowledging staff members, researchers and clinicians who consistently demonstrate an outstanding level of excellence in their work. There were four awards pr...
Research, Center News & Funding, Clinical
Jul 05, 2023
VCU Massey Cancer Center’s Walter Lawrence Research Retreat welcomed a standing-room-only crowd on Friday morning for a day of scientific presentations from Massey faculty and student-presented poster sessions. The evening before, the retreat kicked off with a cocktail reception, remarks from Mass...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research, Clinical
Jul 03, 2023
This article was first published on the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care's newsroom. Robert A. Winn, M.D. is the director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at VCU Massey Cancer Center and co-director of the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care, in which Massey serves as the National Program Office. Winn ...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research, Prevention & Control, Clinical, Adult Outpatient Pavilion, Diet & Nutrition, Technology
Jun 09, 2023
Leaders from Virginia Commonwealth University and across the commonwealth came together to celebrate VCU Massey Cancer Center’s comprehensive designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on Thursday, June 8. Robert A. Winn, M.D., Massey director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, was joined by ...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research, Prevention & Control
Jun 08, 2023
VCU Massey Cancer Center recently joined the ranks of an elite group of cancer centers across the United States after receiving its designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the nation’s principal authority on cancer research and training. This recognition ...
Research, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Center News & Funding, Prevention & Control
Jun 05, 2023
Luis Salazar’s cancer journey began when he was 28 years old and a ten-year veteran of the fire service. “I was first diagnosed at the end of 2018, early 2019, with testicular cancer,” Salazar recalled. “I had surgery and a few rounds of chemotherapy. Eighteen months later, they found a tumor on the...
Research, Clinical, Center News & Funding
Jun 02, 2023
As VCU Massey Cancer Center enters a new funding cycle for its Cancer Center Support Grant provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), along with a new designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, it is announcing two new transitions in key clinical research leadership positions at the cancer ...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research
Jun 01, 2023
VCU Massey Cancer Center has been designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the nation’s principal authority on cancer research and training. Massey’s receipt of the highest level of recognition from the NCI places it among an elite group of cancer centers infl...
Research
May 19, 2023
It’s rush hour right now in Priscilla Hwang’s lab. Actually, it’s rush hour almost all the time. Breast cancer cells roam this way and that, day and night, through the fluid-filled channels of tiny devices arranged inside incubators — the cells doing their damnedest to sow chaos, if only they could....
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.
Massey supports hundreds of top cancer specialists serving the needs of our patients. Massey’s medical team provides a wealth of expertise in cancer diagnosis, treatment, prevention and symptom management.