UVA rated in top 5 percent nationally for breastfeeding care
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A federal survey ranked UVA Medical Center in the top 5 percent of hospitals nationally for its support of breastfeeding.
Search Results for UVA Cancer Center
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Cancer discovery: Compounds found to block key cancer driver
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Researchers have identified promising compounds to inhibit a key driver of many forms of the disease, including lung, prostate, colon, bladder and pancreatic cancer.
UVA neurosurgery, spine programs receive national award
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Becker’s Hospital Review has honored the University of Virginia Department of Neurosurgery and the UVA Spine Center at UVA Medical Center on its 2014 list of 100 hospitals with great neurosurgery and spine programs.
UVA School of Medicine study: Tampons show promise in ovarian cancer screening
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A pilot study led by a University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher suggests that tampons could help detect ovarian cancer.
UVA neurosurgeon leads partnership for safer high-tech surgery
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In an initiative coordinated by UVA neurological surgeon Jason Sheehan, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Society for Radiation Oncology are developing a first-of-its-kind patient registry in order to establish national benchmarks for stereotactic radiosurgery.
Battling breast cancer: UVA pioneers image-guided, high-dose approach
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An experimental approach to treating breast cancer being tested at the University of Virginia Health System allows doctors to administer significantly higher doses of cancer-killing radiation where it’s needed.
Seven UVA specialties recognized in U.S. News ‘Best Hospitals’ guide
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U.S. News cited the following UVA Health System programs for being among the top 25 percent in their respective specialties:
V Foundation, Virginia Wine Partnership to fund cancer research
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Virginia will partner with The V Foundation for Cancer Research to host “Virginia Vine: The Commonwealth Crushes Cancer,” a weekend event to be held in April 2015 at Trump Winery and other locations in Charlottesville.
UVA receives $3 million NCI grant to expand tissue sample collection
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The UVA Health System has been awarded more than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to support and expand a critically important program that makes tissue samples available for research.
UVA: Expanding access to bone marrow transplants
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The UVA Cancer Center’s Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program has been designated as a National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)/Be The Match® transplant center and now has access to the Be The Match Registry®, the world’s largest and most diverse bone marrow donor registry.
