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Cancer News - 2007 Archives |
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| Dec 18, 2007 | Math Modeling in UVa Research Lab May Lead To Customized Treatments for Cancer, Other Major Illnesses Edward C. Stites and fellow researchers at UVa recently developed and validated a mathematical model to understand why some mutations in a protein, known as Ras, cause cancer. |
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| Dec 14, 2007 |
Many Doctors at U.Va. Make The National 'Best Doctors' List |
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| Dec 1, 2007 |
Doctors Discuss Latest Research on Cancer |
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| Nov 30, 2007 | Graveyard Shift Linked to Cancer Night work tied to lower levels of a hormone that can prevent tumors from developing |
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| Nov 22, 2007 | Medical Schools Join Forces The University of Virginia School of Medicine and Eastern Virginia Medical School have formed a partnership that is expected to boost federal research funding, expand clinical trials for experimental drugs and lead to medical research breakthroughs. |
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| Nov 15, 2007 |
Personal Path to Recovery |
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| Nov 13, 2007 | UVA Health System Team Gives Away 21 Million ... Calories A team of people who treat cancer patients at the UVA Cancer Center has just passed a landmark. They have given away 21 million calories in the form of free nutritional supplements over the past three years. |
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| Oct 15, 2007 | Cancer Death Rates Decreasing More and more people are surviving the feared and often fatal diseases this according to the National Institutes of Health, but there is one specific fight against cancer making more headway than others. |
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| Oct 10, 2007 |
U.Va. Researchers Know More About How Our Cells Respond to UV Rays that Can Cause Damage |
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| July 23, 2007 | Breakthrough Approach Matches Tumor Profiles to Best Possible Anticancer Treatments Approach Ushers in Era of Personalized Medicine and Rapid Cancer Drug Discovery |
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| July 13, 2007 | Cancer Care Among UVa Specialties Honored by U.S. News and World Report Seven medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are listed in the 18th annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals" from U.S. News & World Report. UVa Cancer Care ranked 27th. The rankings appear in the magazine's July 16 issue. |
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| June 22, 2007 | Is Gleevec the Answer to Leukemia Treatment Side Effects? NBC 29 in Charlottesville aired this report, featuring Dr. John Densmore from the UVA Division of Hematology-Oncology, which discusses the promise of Gleevec ifor future development of new and effective cancer drugs. |
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| June 19, 2007 | Pink Ribbon Polo Cup: Patients and Friends Stress Importance of Cancer Research The Pink Ribbon Polo Cup, the breast cancer fundraiser expected to net tens of thousands of dollars, took place at the King Family Vineyards in Crozet on June 16th. |
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| June 16, 2007 | Training Begins for Breast Cancer Four-Miler WCAV in Charlottesville reports that hundreds of women participating in the four-mile run for breast cancer met for their first training run on June 16. The Four Mile run will take place September 1. |
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| June 13, 2007 |
"Community Conversations on Cancer" were broadcast on KISS-FM, 92.7, in May 2007. Dr. Wendi El-Amin, Director, UVa Cancer Center Health Disparities Initiative, and DJ Cle Logan, a member of the Cancer Center's Community Advisory Board on Health Disparities, interviewed experts about breast, prostate, colon and gynecological cancers, and clinical trials. You can hear these 5 conversations by clicking below: 1) Prostate Cancer: Randy Jones, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, UVa School of Nursing 2) Gynecological Cancer: Peyton Taylor, MD, Medical Director, UVa Cancer Center 3) Clinical Trials: Margo Michaels, MPH, Executive Director, Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials 4) Breast Cancer: Linda Rose, Manager, UVa Breast Care Program 5) Colorectal Cancer: Katie Snyder, RN, Manager, UVa Digestive Health Center of Excellence |
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| May 17, 2007 | UVa Cancer Center Wins Hard-to-Get Commendation UVa Health System's commitment to providing new levels of excellence in treating patients with cancer has yielded a coveted Three-Year Approval with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACOS). |
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| April 25, 2007 | MicroRNAs Can Be Tumor Suppresors University of Virginia researchers have discovered that microRNAs, a form of genetic material, can function as tumor suppressors in laboratory studies. |
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| March 15, 2007 | Taxpayers Can Now Designate Donations For Cancer Research In Virginia Citizens who want to provide more support to funding cancer research in Virginia may now do so on their 2006 income tax forms. |
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| March 3, 2007 | UVa Cancer Team Wins Competitive Award to Find Prostate Cancer Treatment UVa Cancer Center Director Michael Weber, Ph.D., and his team of researchers have won a $100,000 grant to further their work toward a treatment for prostate cancer. |
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