Cancer makes dangerous renovations to our chromosomes, UVA finds
Share
Cancer remodels the architecture of our chromosomes so the disease can take hold and spread, researchers at the University of Virginia have revealed.
Search Results for cancer
Share
UVA improves care for cancers that have spread to the brain
Share
Ambitious efforts at UVA Cancer Center to improve care delivered to patients with cancer that has spread to the brain have yielded important insights and tools that can benefit other hospitals, a new publication reports.
VCU Massey Cancer Center challenges Virginians to take a stand against health disparities
Share
Did you know that African American women are 42 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, or that African American men are 50 percent more likely to die from colorectal cancer than white men?
Cancer centers address impact of COVID-19 pandemic on prevention, treatment
Share
A consortium of 17 cancer centers in the United States, including UVA Cancer Center, have come together to better understand the consequences of the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in delaying cancer detection, care and prevention.
Cancer discovery at UVA reveals key process in tumor formation
Share
A discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine may open the door to an entirely new approach to treating cancer: by disrupting a vital condensation process inside cancer cells.
VDFP implements cancer reduction efforts for Virginia firefighters
Share
The Virginia Department of Fire Programs announced updates to its Live Fire Training Policy that includes the prohibition of the use of oriented strand board containing PMDI.
Cell imaging, mathematical modeling to understand cancer progression
Share
Cell division is a fundamental process that organisms need to reproduce, grow, and make repairs.
What are the side effects of colon cancer?
Share
Colon cancer is a more common type of cancer that many people are becoming diagnosed with.
Brain cancer: Scientists ID gene responsible for deadly glioblastoma
Share
Scientists have identified an oncogene (a cancer-causing gene) responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor.
Virginia Tech cancer researcher Carla Finkielstein to join Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Share
Carla Finkielstein, a cancer researcher and an associate professor of biological sciences in Virginia Tech’s College of Science, will join the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on July 1.
