This year’s prestigious Yale Drama Series Prize winner has some very local ties to Kentucky and the UK Markey Cancer Center. Leah Nanako Winkler was awarded the $100,000 David Charles Horn Prize for her play, “God Said This,” which explores the topic of mortality from various perspectives. Nanako Winkler, who penned the play while sitting […]
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Dr. Tim Mullett has a different perspective on cancer patients and treatment than most other physicians. As the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network medical director, he sees all too well the toll cancer takes on the Commonwealth. But, his experience goes deeper than that. As a lung cancer survivor, he’s been in […]
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The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and UK Healthcare announced today that St. Elizabeth Healthcare has joined the Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network, further expanding the coverage Markey and its affiliates are able to offer to Kentuckians throughout the Commonwealth. By becoming an affiliate of the UK Markey Cancer Center, St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s six […]
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Data from the research of University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that drugs used to treat leukemia could be repurposed for use in melanoma metastasis. The study, which was performed in the lab of Markey Women Strong grant recipient Dr. Rina Plattner, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutrition Sciences at […]
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On Tuesday, January 30th members of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation’s Markey Women Strong came together to listen to the story of renowned chef Ouita Michel and her commitment to a topic unfamiliar to many and understood by far fewer – neurogastronomy. In its most basic definition, neurogastronomy is the science of how […]
On Tuesday, January 30th, the 2018 Markey Women Strong lecture series will kick of with acclaimed chef Ouita Michel presenting the topic “Neurogastronomy: Food for Life,” which will offer insight into how one’s senses of taste and smell can be adversely affected by cancer treatment, as well as her very personal account of how she […]
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The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center officially unveiled its new inpatient floor on the 11th floor of the Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion A today. The new floor has a unit in each tower. Tower 100 houses the James and Gay Hardymon Patient Care Unit, a 31-bed unit for medical and surgical oncology patients. […]
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Kentucky holds the distinction of having the highest rates of cancer incidence and mortality in the nation. By making a donation to the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Markey Cancer Center, you are not only supporting those facing the greatest battle of their lives, but are also helping to […]
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A group of fourth grade students joined together to create a plan to raise money for breast cancer patients at the UK Markey Cancer Center for Breast Cancer Awareness Month this past October. The students, who attend Glenn Marshall Elementary School in Richmond, Ky., made and sold bracelets at their school and to family and […]
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The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is one of 22 cancer centers nationwide to receive funding to build and implement tobacco cessation treatment programs via the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (CCCI). In 2017, NCI launched the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative as part of the NCI Cancer Moonshot℠ program. Through this initiative, […]
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