Markey Cancer Center

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Markey STRONG Scholars Program empowers next generation of cancer researchers

Dec 6, 2023, 7:24 AM

Offered by Markey Cancer Center, the Markey STRONG Scholars Program gives students from underrepresented groups opportunities to get hands-on experience in a supportive learning environment.

Markey research highlights need for education to combat cancer in Appalachia

Nov 29, 2023, 7:45 AM

Two recent studies led by UK Markey Cancer Center researcher Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D., provide insight on the connection between education levels and cancer rates in Appalachian Kentucky.

2 Markey cancer researchers win V Foundation awards

Oct 27, 2023, 7:20 AM

Ka-wing Fong, Ph.D., and Eric Rellinger, M.D., were named V Scholars by the V Foundation for Cancer Research and will each receive $600,000 to fund their individual cancer research projects.

Markey researchers develop new resource to aid in cancer surveillance at US cancer centers

Oct 24, 2023, 8:28 AM

A recent article published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention documents Cancer InFocus' development.

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UK’s Kolesar 1 of 9 innovators selected for NIH-funded entrepreneurship program

Oct 17, 2023, 7:16 AM

One of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s leading researchers has been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Regional Entrepreneurship Development (I-RED) Program.

Markey’s ACTION program gets $2 million grant renewal from NCI

Oct 3, 2023, 7:18 AM

Launched in 2016, ACTION is a cancer education and training program aimed at high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky.

Precision medicine, Markey collaboration delivers hope to Bowling Green patient

Sep 22, 2023, 6:58 AM

Collaborations with community hospitals across Kentucky give cancer patients access to the latest treatments and clinical trials closer to home.

Markey Cancer Center attains NCI's highest status as a Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sep 15, 2023, 7:12 AM

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announced today that it has earned a National Cancer Institute “Comprehensive” Cancer Center designation, the highest level of recognition awarded by the NCI.

Inherited Cancers in Children and Young Adults: Communities and Researchers Working Together

Sep 23, 2023, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

In Kentucky, roughly one in every ten young cancer patients has inherited a genetic reason to put them at an increased cancer risk. These young patients, their families and their caregivers have physical, emotional and financial needs that differ from others whose lives are upended by a cancer diagnosis. At the UK Markey Cancer Center, we understand many things about cancer, and we're learning more every day - from people just like you.

Markey study examines Kentucky cancer survivors’ increased risk of cancer incidence

Aug 22, 2023, 7:16 AM

While cancer survivors have an increased risk of developing cancer in the future, that risk is notably higher in Kentucky and Appalachian Kentucky, according to a new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study.

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