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August 6, 2014

Low selenium and lung cancer

Vanderbilt researchers have found that selenium deficiency may contribute to the racial disparity in lung cancer incidence.

By Yan Su
July 31, 2014

VICC investigators land Komen breast cancer research grants

Two Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have received multi-year breast cancer research grants from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 31, 2014

Courage Unmasked supports head and neck cancer patients

Charlie Haller had never smoked or used chewing tobacco and wasn’t a heavy drinker, so the 41-year-old Lyles, Tennessee, man wasn’t thinking about cancer when a mass developed on the side of his neck.

By VUMC News and Communications
Asian woman and daughter laughing
July 24, 2014

Gene study focuses on breast cancer in East Asian women

A new study in East Asian women has identified three genetic changes linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. The research, led by Vanderbilt University investigators, was published online this week in Nature Genetics.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 17, 2014

Lovly’s research bolstered by lung cancer foundation

The LUNGevity Foundation has awarded a 2014 Career Development Award for Translational Research to Christine Lovly, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 17, 2014

VICC’s Abramson lands breast cancer clinical research award

Vandana Abramson, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine and a breast cancer specialist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has received the Advanced Clinical Research Award in Breast Cancer from the Conquer Cancer Foundation (CCF).

By VUMC News and Communications
July 10, 2014

Pietenpol named to IOM Cancer Policy Forum

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology and director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been named an at-large member of the National Cancer Policy Forum, an advisory group of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 2, 2014

Tennessee-based congressional staff spend day at Vanderbilt

Tennessee-based congressional staff members spent the day on campus June 25 to learn firsthand about Vanderbilt services and resources.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 19, 2014

Vanderbilt recognized again for cancer prevention activities

By VUMC News and Communications
June 19, 2014

VICC researchers in spotlight at national cancer conference

New Vanderbilt research suggests patients with advanced melanoma — the most deadly form of skin cancer — could safely benefit from a combination of immunotherapy and targeted therapies aimed at specific gene mutations.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 29, 2014

My Cancer Genome launches new mobile app

My Cancer Genome, an online precision cancer medicine tool developed by researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has unveiled an updated free mobile app that provides even more information about genetic alterations in various types of cancer and the therapies available to treat those alterations.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 22, 2014

Personalized care, gene testing highlighted at VICC retreat

Using enhanced gene mutation testing to provide precision therapy for cancer patients was one of the themes at the annual Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) scientific retreat, held May 15 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 22, 2014

Cellular forces aid tumor invasion

The contractile machinery inside tumor cells increases invasive properties, suggesting it might be a good target to inhibit cancer cell spread.
By VUMC News and Communications
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