
UVA Cancer Center joins national research network seeking more personalized treatments
UVA Cancer Center is now one of six U.S. cancer centers in a national cancer research network that aims to develop more personalized treatments for cancer.

UVA Cancer Center is now one of six U.S. cancer centers in a national cancer research network that aims to develop more personalized treatments for cancer.

Becker’s Hospital Review has named the University of Virginia Cancer Center at UVA Medical Center to its 2014 list of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs.

Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, will become director of the University of Virginia Cancer Center, F. Palmer Weber-Smithfield Foods Professor of Oncology Research and Professor of Medicine on Aug. 15, 2013.

UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center is undergoing construction to install a new linear accelerator, technology commonly used in the treatment of cancer.

UVA Health and the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation have launched the world’s first center dedicated specifically to advancing a focused ultrasound and cancer immunotherapy treatment approach.

University of Virginia Cancer Center has joined the other 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in endorsing a goal of eliminating human papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers through vaccinations and screenings to treat cervical pre-cancers.

For meeting or exceeding 36 national quality care standards, University of Virginia Cancer Center has earned a three-year accreditation with commendation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons.
An Augusta County woman has filed a $5.5 million lawsuit against a UVA School of Medicine professor alleging he carried out what the suit terms to have been “non-standard third round of radiation” for breast cancer.

If you are looking for a safe space to dispose of unwanted prescriptions, UVA is offering an easy way to drive through and drop them off.
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists are tapping the power of AI to enhance and accelerate treatment for glioblastoma.