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- Lung Cancer Gets Much Less Research Funding Than Other Cancers, But Is Deadlier, Especially In Kentucky
Lung cancer takes more lives annually than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, but the disease "generally doesn't get the public attention or research dollars in proportion to its lethality," Arielle Densen, co-founder of Lung Cancer Free...
- Kentucky Gets A $7 Million Grant To Improve Survival Rates For Lung Cancer, In Which It Leads The Nation
The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and the Lung Cancer Alliance have joined in a unique project called Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer, Education, Awareness, Detection, Survivorship) Collaborative to assess new approaches for identifying...
- Ovarian Cancer Screening Is Critical In Detecting Tumors That Don't Show Up On Clinical Exams, And Increases Chance Of Survival
Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear joined some of the state's female legislators to highlight the importance of screening for ovarian cancer, which can be done for free through the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's ovarian...
- Markey Cancer Center At Uk Gets National Cancer Institute Designation, Opening Up New Treatment Options For Patients
The University of Kentucky annouced Friday that its Markey Cancer Center has earned a prestigious National Cancer Institute designation. With this designation, the center becomes one of 68 in the U.S., and the only one in Kentucky, with special access...
- Kentucky Continues To Lead Nation In Cancer Death Rate
Though cancer deaths rates are falling nationwide, Kentucky continues to rank worst in the country for its number of cancer deaths, The Courier-Journal's Laura Ungar has determined. (C-J graphic shows rates for the nation, Kentucky and Indiana, the...
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Markey Cancer Center at UK says its patients have higher survival rates than those treated elsewhere in Ky. and the nation
"Patients at the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center who have certain types of cancer have higher rates of survival than patients with the same cancers treated elsewhere in the state or even the nation according to new data released today," Business Lexington reports.
"Markey officials said the data shows that the center's patients have significantly better five-year survival rates than those Kentucky cancer patients who were treated elsewhere for brain, breast, liver, lung, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancer, as well as for stage IV colorectal cancer." (Read more)
"Markey officials said the data shows that the center's patients have significantly better five-year survival rates than those Kentucky cancer patients who were treated elsewhere for brain, breast, liver, lung, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancer, as well as for stage IV colorectal cancer." (Read more)
- Lung Cancer Gets Much Less Research Funding Than Other Cancers, But Is Deadlier, Especially In Kentucky
Lung cancer takes more lives annually than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, but the disease "generally doesn't get the public attention or research dollars in proportion to its lethality," Arielle Densen, co-founder of Lung Cancer Free...
- Kentucky Gets A $7 Million Grant To Improve Survival Rates For Lung Cancer, In Which It Leads The Nation
The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and the Lung Cancer Alliance have joined in a unique project called Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer, Education, Awareness, Detection, Survivorship) Collaborative to assess new approaches for identifying...
- Ovarian Cancer Screening Is Critical In Detecting Tumors That Don't Show Up On Clinical Exams, And Increases Chance Of Survival
Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear joined some of the state's female legislators to highlight the importance of screening for ovarian cancer, which can be done for free through the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's ovarian...
- Markey Cancer Center At Uk Gets National Cancer Institute Designation, Opening Up New Treatment Options For Patients
The University of Kentucky annouced Friday that its Markey Cancer Center has earned a prestigious National Cancer Institute designation. With this designation, the center becomes one of 68 in the U.S., and the only one in Kentucky, with special access...
- Kentucky Continues To Lead Nation In Cancer Death Rate
Though cancer deaths rates are falling nationwide, Kentucky continues to rank worst in the country for its number of cancer deaths, The Courier-Journal's Laura Ungar has determined. (C-J graphic shows rates for the nation, Kentucky and Indiana, the...