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November 18, 2021

Chic Awearness gala to support ovarian cancer research set for Dec. 6

Chic Awearness, a fashion show and fundraiser for ovarian cancer research, returns as an in-person event from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 6.

By Tom Wilemon
November 4, 2021

Koerkenmeier named VICC associate nursing officer

By Tom Wilemon
November 2, 2021

Shifts in neuroendocrine cancer clinical trial design

Clinical trials that focus on specific types of neuroendocrine neoplasms — heterogeneous tumors that can occur anywhere in the body — will be more likely to enhance drug development for these tumors, Vanderbilt physicians assert.

By Leigh MacMillan
October 28, 2021

Reid receives NRG Oncology early-stage investigator award

Vanderbilt’s Sonya Reid, MD, MPH, is a recipient of an NRG Oncology Underserved Minority Scholars Award.

By Tom Wilemon
October 28, 2021

VICC’s Mayer departing to take new role with AstraZeneca

Ingrid Mayer, MD, MSCI, is departing Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a new role as an executive with AstraZeneca.

By Tom Wilemon
October 21, 2021

Study to evaluate how environment impacts cancer risk

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is leading an ambitious project to assess the impact of environmental exposures on cancer risk for people living in Southern states.

By Tom Wilemon
October 14, 2021

Photoimmunotherapy offered in clinical trial for recurrent head and neck cancer

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is recruiting patients for a clinical trial using photoimmunotherapy for recurrent head and neck cancer.
By Tom Wilemon
October 12, 2021

Marnett stepping down as dean of VUSM Basic Sciences

Lawrence Marnett, PhD, who has served as dean of Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine Basic Sciences since its creation in 2016, will step down as dean effective June 30, 2022.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 30, 2021

Study shows how a protein coding gene confers breast cancer susceptibility during DNA transcription

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center research is providing new insights into how genetic variants convey breast cancer susceptibility by altering the transcription factor proteins that convert DNA strands into RNA.
By Tom Wilemon
September 24, 2021

Funding renewed for Meharry, TSU, Vanderbilt-Ingram partnership on cancer disparities

The Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center/Tennessee State University Partnership has received renewed funding from the NCI to continue long-standing collaborations to eliminate cancer health disparities.
By Tom Wilemon
September 23, 2021

Clinical trial tests ATR inhibitor in difficult-to-treat cancers

By Doug Campbell
September 23, 2021

Eng named co-chair of NCI clinical trials steering committee

Vanderbilt's Cathy Eng, MD, has been elected co-chair of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Gastrointestinal Cancer Steering Committee.
By Tom Wilemon
September 16, 2021

Structural variants in breast cancer risk genes

Vanderbilt epidemiologists conducted in-depth whole genome sequencing of breast cancer risk genes in Black women, who die at higher rates and have more aggressive disease, to discover mutations that may improve testing and treatment selection.
By Leigh MacMillan
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