Researchers closer to understanding how certain cancers resist treatment
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An international team has discovered that an abnormal amount of chromosomes may be why certain cancers resist medical treatment.
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VCU hosts Twitter chat with oral cancer expert on Wednesday
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Jaisri Thoppay will answer questions about oral cancer during a VCU Health Twitter chat on April 6 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Financial burdens affect health, quality of life for cancer survivors
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Cancer survivors with financial difficulties have a higher risk of depressed mood and psychological distress.
UVA teacher, alumna shares process of healing from breast cancer
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While grinding out three months of chemotherapy for breast cancer, Charlotte Matthews spent a lot of the time doing what she had devoted her life to: she wrote.
UVA Cancer Center: HPV vaccine critical for cancer prevention
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UVA Cancer Center has joined the 68 other National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in releasing a statement supporting vaccination against human papillomavirus to help prevent HPV-related cancers.
Prostate cancer discovery may make it easier to kill cancer cells
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A newly discovered connection between two common prostate cancer treatments may soon make prostate cancer cells easier to destroy.
Golf tournament benefits Breast Cancer Fund at Augusta Health
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Proceeds from the Jeff Earhart Memorial Golf Tournament will be directed to the Breast Cancer Fund at Augusta Health
Ace Hardware in Stuarts Draft raises money for Augusta Health Cancer Center Bridge Fund
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Robin MacDonald, assistant manager of the Stuarts Draft Ace Hardware, presents a check for $1,266 to Tami Radecke, Executive Director of the Augusta Health Foundation. Robin and the associates at Stuarts Draft Ace Hardware held a special fundraiser to benefit cancer patients receiving support through the Augusta Health Cancer Center Bridge Fund.
Virginia Tech scientists find way to to make resistant brain cancer cells sensitive to treatment
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Scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and clinicians from Carilion Clinic have discovered how to sensitize drug-resistant human glioblastoma cells to chemotherapy.
New treatment for deadliest brain cancer available at UVA
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A device that represents a rare advance against glioblastoma – the deadliest form of brain cancer – is now available to newly diagnosed patients after successful testing at the University of Virginia Health System and more than 80 other sites around the world.
