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October 26, 2020 Cancer’s Dangerous Renovations to Our Chromosomes Revealed

Cancer remodels the architecture of our chromosomes so the disease can take hold and spread, UVA researchers have revealed.

September 14, 2020 Cancer Discovery Reveals Key Process in Tumor Formation

A new discovery from the School of Medicine may open the door to a new approach to treating cancer: by disrupting a vital condensation process inside cancer cells.

August 20, 2020 Women Surgeons Earn Their Cut of NIH Funding – and Then Some

Women are underrepresented in the field of academic surgery, but women surgeons are earning a disproportionate share of research grants from the National Institutes of Health.

July 14, 2020 UVA IDs Gene Responsible for Deadly Glioblastoma

The discovery of the oncogene responsible for glioblastoma could be the brain tumor's Achilles' heel, one researcher says.

June 22, 2020 Focused Ultrasound Shows Promise Against Deadliest Brain Tumor

Focused ultrasound waves create tiny bubbles inside cancer cells, causing them to die.

June 2, 2020 Diet, Gut Microbes Affect Chemotherapy Outcomes

What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy – and likely many other medical treatments – because of ripple effects that begin in our gut, new research suggests.

March 30, 2020 UVA Finds Way to Improve Cancer Outcomes By Examining Patients’ Genes

Rsearchers have identified inherited variations in our genes that will help doctors select the best way to treat a patient's cancer.

February 14, 2020 Brain Tumor Discovery May Unlock New Treatments for Many Cancers

A supposedly simple childhood cancer proves unexpectedly sophisticated -- and that discovery may open the door to new treatments for many cancers.

September 26, 2019 Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Reveals How the Aggressive Cancer Fuels Its Growth

A new discovery about pancreatic cancer sheds light on how the cancer fuels its growth and may help explain how promising cancer drugs work – and for whom they will fail.

September 3, 2019 New Initiative Aims to Reduce Cervical Cancer in Southwest Va., Appalachia

UVA Cancer Center is part of a new five-year study seeking to reduce the disproportionately high rates of cervical cancer…