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Dec 17, 2008
UVA Cancer Center and VCU Massey Cancer Center Each Awarded $1 Million Grant for Healthcare Outreach in Southside and Far Southwestern Virginia Regions
The Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission has awarded $1 million each to the University of Virginia Cancer Center and to the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center. The grants will fund new programs to provide and promote more advanced health care, cancer prevention and control, clinical trials, and health literacy and education services in tobacco-dependent counties in southside and far southwestern Virginia.  
Dec 4, 2008
 UVA Health System and The Health Wagon Providing Free Mammograms, Access to Follow-up Care for Underserved Women
December 5 Clinic in Clinchco Will Be Latest Step in UVA's Initiative To Create Sustainable Health Care Solutions in Far Southwest Virginia 
Nov 11, 2008 UVA Researcher Daniel Gioeli, Ph.D., Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Study Role of Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer
Scientists have long understood that male hormones, androgens and the androgen receptor, play key roles in the development of the prostate as well as prostate cancers. Without androgen, prostate cancer should stop growing or even shrink, as it needs the hormone to survive. However, that is not always the case. 
Oct 20, 2008  Breast-cancer survivors, supporters walk in Richmond
After Bea Ingram was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2006, her husband of 35 years and their three grown children put on pink shirts and joined the annual Making Strikes Against Breast Cancer walk. 
Oct 7, 2008  U.Va. Inventors Work to Advance Cancer Treatment Discovery Through New Start-Up Company
University of Virginia researchers Kevin R. Lynch and Timothy L. Macdonald have developed novel therapeutic compounds that could aid in the fight against cancer. 
Aug 21, 2008  Four UVA Melanoma Experts Secure $1.25 Million in Internationally Competitive Research Awards
The UVA Cancer Center is further strengthening its melanoma research program with the help of four separate investigator awards totaling $1.25 million.  
Aug 4, 2008  UVa Researchers Look To Cure Tumors Using Light
One key ingredient, an FDA approved compound called photofrin, is absorbed by cancer cells, and when exposed to light kills the cancer. 
July 23, 2008 

UVA Cancer Researcher First in Nation to Receive Premiere Research Grant from Bone and Cancer Foundation
Pierrick G. Fournier, Ph.D., a research instructor at the University of Virginia Health System, is the first recipient of the Bone and Cancer Foundation's Noa Schwartz Siris Research Award for his study, "T Cells in Bone Metastases and Role of the Bone Microenvironment." 

July 18, 2008 

UVA Program Awards $10 Million to University Investigators To Study Diseases Associated with Smoking
Nine researchers at the University of Virginia have been awarded a total of $10 million over three years from the UVA Tobacco Research Program to advance the study of diseases associated with smoking. The program was created in 2007 following a gift from Philip Morris USA (PM USA) to the University. 

July 16, 2008  UVA Scientist Stuart S. Berr, Ph.D., Awarded $2 Million Grant From the NIH for Cyclotron to Expand Imaging Research
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, led by University of Virginia Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineer Stuart S. Berr, Ph.D., has received a $2 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the purchase of a cyclotron to expand imaging research at UVA. 
July 10, 2008  UVA Health System Specialties Honored by U.S. News & World Report
Seven medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System (including cancer) are ranked in the 19th annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals" from U.S. News & World Report. 
June 18, 2008  FDA Warns of Fake Cancer Treamtents Available Online
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products sold online that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer. They are not agency-approved drugs. 
June 17, 2008  Triple Negative Breast Cancer is Rare, but Fast-Moving
The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. this year. About 15% of those patients will have a rare, fast-moving form of the disease, called Triple Negative. 
June 14, 2008  Women's Four Miler Training Begins With a Bang
About 1,000 women hit the track Saturday morning at UVa to begin training for a race that doesn't even take place until Labor Day weekend. 
June 11, 2008  Dr. Benjamin W. Purow Receives Early Career Physician-Scientist Award from Howard Hughes Medical Institute 
One of the biggest challenges for new tenure-track faculty at medical schools is securing initial funding for their research. For University of Virginia Neuro-Oncologist Benjamin W. Purow, M.D., that challenge has been met.
May 28, 2008  Softball Event Aims to Strike Out Cancer on June 1
Local politicians, media personalities and University of Virginia Cancer Center employees will square off at McIntire Park's softball fields to support ongoing, innovative research at the UVA Cancer Center. 
May 23, 2008  Take part in 'Quest' to fight childhood cancer
Richmonders can join Connor's Heroes and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in the "Quest" to cure childhood cancer by participating in a combined day of unique and fun events. 
April 9, 2008  University of Virginia Health System Breaking Ground April 12 for $74 Million Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center
Before losing her own battle against pancreatic cancer in October 2001, Virginia State Senator Emily Couric invited the University of Virginia community to envision a very special medical facility - a cancer center dedicated to meeting the individual needs of each patient and to treating the whole person, not just the disease. 
April 2, 2008  UVa Doctors: Heartburn Can Cause Cancer 
Doctors say cancer of the esophagus is the fastest growing malignancy in America. The key to avoiding disease could be as simple as making some basic changes to your diet.
March 13, 2008  New Study Sheds Light on Why Patients in Some States Have More Allergic Reactions to Widely-Used Cancer Drug
When treated with the widely-used cancer drug, cetuximab, patients in several states - mostly in the Southeast - were experiencing allergic reactions more frequently and more severely than those living elsewhere. 
March 12, 2008 

UVA Health System Wins Distinction for Its Care of Patients
with Complex and Rare Cancers 
As part of efforts to raise the overall quality of healthcare in America, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has expanded its Blue Distinction® designation, and named UVA Cancer Center as one of the 80-plus Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers. 

Feb 28, 2008 

Recurrent Brain Cancer Responds to New Treatment
Researchers at the University of Virginia and several other leading brain tumor centers nationwide have discovered that a compound has shown the ability to effectively treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in some patients. 

Feb 18, 2008 Chemist and Microbiologist Honored with Distinguished Scientist Award Lester Andrews and Ian Macara are acknowledged for their extensive contributions in physical chemistry and cellular regulation.  
Feb 1, 2008 

UVA Unveils Cancer Center Plans to the Public (includes video)
Friday night was a special night at the UVA women's basketball game. Both UVA coach Debbie Ryan and N.C. State coach Kay Yow have survived cancer. That's why UVA Health System chose that game as the first general public presentation of the drawings for the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center. 

Jan 30, 2008  UVA Cancer Center Honored by Coaches
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association has started a Think Pink initiative focused on breast cancer awareness. At the UVA Women's Basketball Game against N.C. State (February 1, 2008) UVA Coach Debbie Ryan will recognize Coach Yow and the Kay Yow WBCA Cancer Fund.  
Jan 24, 2008  Breast Cancer Tools: MRIs Used More Often for Early Detection, Especially for Women at Higher Risk
Doctors are doing more magnetic resonance images, or MRIs, of the breast to look for cancer, and as expected are finding more suspicious areas that require follow-up. 
Jan 23, 2008  UVA Health System Researchers Unravel Mystery of Cell Division: May Have Implications for Controlling Cancer Cells
Experts in mitosis (cell division) at the University of Virginia Health System have made discoveries that explain how one protein - the kinase Aurora B - could have such a large role in guiding and policing the process of cell division. 
Jan 20, 2008  The Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lymphoma
For several years, researchers have noted a strong link between RA and lymphoma, a connection that should not go unnoticed by patients with this inflammatory joint disease  
Jan 15, 2008  $50,000 Given for Cancer Efforts 
The American Cancer Society presented a $50,000 check to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to help finance screening more women for breast and cervical cancer.
Jan 9, 2008  Martha Jefferson HealthWise-January 9th
January marks cervical cancer screening month and health care workers are spreading the word about the importance of receiving a PAP test. 
Jan 4, 2008  Cancer Patient Leaves Money to Group
Woman who died gives $100,000 to Richmond Chapter