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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...
- Smoking Increases Risk Of Getting Lung Cancer By Up To 20%, But Add Other Carcinogens And It Can Go Up As Much As 300%
If you smoke, your risk of getting lung cancer is as much as 20 times greater than if you don't. But if you smoke and are exposed to other carcinogens such as radon, asbestos, arsenic or chromium, your risk could be 300 times greater, according to...
- U Of L Researchers Developing A Breath Test For Lung Cancer
Lung cancer victims often don't notice any symptoms before it's too late, and Kentucky suffers from the highest rate of the disease ? 3,500 deaths per year. Smoking, the leading cause of lung cancer, is the nation's highest among Kentucky...
- U Of L Researchers Develop Simple Cervical-cancer Blood Test That Could Be More Accurate And Cheaper Than Pap Smears
A simple blood test can tell whether a woman has cervical cancer and, if she does, "how far it's spread," writes Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal, reporting on research findings from the University of Louisville. The test "a heat profile from a...
- 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...
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UK, with magnet of National Cancer Institute designation, attracts 4 researchers and their $17 million in funding from U of L
"A month after the University of Kentucky announced it is home to the state?s first National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, an internationally recognized research team studying the role metabolism plays in cancer is leaving the University of Louisville for its chief in-state rival," Laura Ungar reports for The Courier-Journal. "The four researchers . . . will bring with them more than $17 million in federal funding over five years."
UK officials told Ungar they didn't recruit the researchers, and a U of L official said the school made "a significant counter-offer." But one of the researchers told Ungar that UK offered new equipment, new laboratory space and an opportunity to work with a wider group of collaborators.
"One area the scientists have been researching is lung cancer, which strikes and kills Kentuckians at the nation?s highest rate," Ungar writes. "Their work includes a newly funded project from the National Cancer Institute on biochemistry in lung cancer." (Read more)
UK officials told Ungar they didn't recruit the researchers, and a U of L official said the school made "a significant counter-offer." But one of the researchers told Ungar that UK offered new equipment, new laboratory space and an opportunity to work with a wider group of collaborators.
"One area the scientists have been researching is lung cancer, which strikes and kills Kentuckians at the nation?s highest rate," Ungar writes. "Their work includes a newly funded project from the National Cancer Institute on biochemistry in lung 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...
- Smoking Increases Risk Of Getting Lung Cancer By Up To 20%, But Add Other Carcinogens And It Can Go Up As Much As 300%
If you smoke, your risk of getting lung cancer is as much as 20 times greater than if you don't. But if you smoke and are exposed to other carcinogens such as radon, asbestos, arsenic or chromium, your risk could be 300 times greater, according to...
- U Of L Researchers Developing A Breath Test For Lung Cancer
Lung cancer victims often don't notice any symptoms before it's too late, and Kentucky suffers from the highest rate of the disease ? 3,500 deaths per year. Smoking, the leading cause of lung cancer, is the nation's highest among Kentucky...
- U Of L Researchers Develop Simple Cervical-cancer Blood Test That Could Be More Accurate And Cheaper Than Pap Smears
A simple blood test can tell whether a woman has cervical cancer and, if she does, "how far it's spread," writes Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal, reporting on research findings from the University of Louisville. The test "a heat profile from a...
- 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...