Bruce Elder ends congressional campaign: Fighting cancer
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Democrat Bruce Elder announced today he is ending his campaign for U.S. Congress in the Sixth District due to being diagnosed with cancer.
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UVa. study: Can children’s cancer test produce false positives?
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A test used to detect a type of cancer in children may produce false positives because it is based on a faulty assumption, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined.
Offering more treatment options for pediatric cancer patients
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University of Virginia Cancer Center and UVA Children’s Hospital will soon offer additional treatment options to pediatric cancer patients through a new early-stage clinical trials program.
Rowdy Roddy Piper music project to help cancer charities
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Huffington Post has an article on Rowdy Roddy Piper partnering with Alan Snoddy and The Queen St Band – an all-star group including members of The E Street Band, Sam Roberts Band and The Trews – to raise money for cancer charities. Piper and The Queen St Band recorded a music CD, “Off the Top…
High school basketball event to raise money for American Cancer Society
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The Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout will take place on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Rockbridge County High School, with proceeds from ticket sales to the seven-game event going to the American Cancer Society. Admission to the VHSL-sanctioned event is $10 for an all-day pass with children 10 and under free.
UVa. Cancer Center earns national accreditation for quality care
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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.
Community Bingo in memory of young cancer victim
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A Community Bingo in memory of 8-year-old cancer victim Norah June Mastrandea is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2, at Stuarts Draft Elementary School.
Breast cancer treatment combines surgery, radiation therapy
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University of Virginia Cancer Center is among the first centers in the U.S. to offer a new breast cancer treatment that aims to reduce treatment time to a single day instead of several weeks.
Waynesboro YMCA, Augusta Health, American Cancer Society team up on cancer study
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What if you could prevent even one family from hearing the words “you have cancer”? Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS3), a national study by the American Cancer Society to better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer—and so eliminate it as a major health concern—will be hosted locally in September by Augusta Health and the Waynesboro YMCA.
Augusta Health cancer program earns ACR accreditation
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Augusta Health has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Radiation oncology (radiation therapy) is the careful use of high-energy radiation to treat cancer. A radiation oncologist may use radiation to cure cancer or to relieve a cancer patient’s pain.
