On Sunday, February 19 members of the Frankfort Country Club (FCC) Rally for the Cure presented a check in the amount of $50,000 to the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation at the UK Women’s Basketball game against Florida. The money will be passed to the UK Markey Cancer Center to be used for breast […]
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A report published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association stated that, based on a 2014 study performed by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, of the ten counties with the highest cancer death rates in the United States, six of them were located in […]
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Researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have found that a drug commonly used to treat patients with malaria may be helpful in treating those with metastatic cancer. Carried out in the lab of Dr. Vivek M. Rangnekar, the Alfred Cohen-endowed chair of Oncology Research at the UK Markey Cancer Center, Rangekar, along […]
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The beginning of the year is a great time to make resolutions to live a healthier, happier and more productive life. While many of these resolutions, especially for women, will revolve around weight loss, another should be regular heal checks, especially for preventable cancers. One of the most common preventable cancers in women is cervical […]
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Barry Warner didn’t think it was anything to worry about first. A little pain in his jaw and his appetite wasn’t what it used to be. But when he realized he physically couldn’t take a bite of a cheeseburger one day, he knew it was something more than nothing. The diagnosis was advanced stage throat […]
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The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center recently launched its own Molecular Tumor Board, an approach to cancer care that uses genetic analysis to help oncologists choose cancer therapies tailored to each patient’s individual needs. The Molecular Tumor Board is the latest precision medicine initiative to come online at Markey. “Oncology is now more genetic-based, whereas before […]
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An article written by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation President and CEO, Michael Delzotti was recently selected as the winner of the 2016 Association of Hospital Philanthropy (AHP) Healthcare Philanthropy Journal Award. The article, titled “Overcoming barriers to physician engagement: Five keys for developing an effective referral-based philanthropy system,” was published earlier this year […]
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Oncologist Dr. Edward Romond spent his career at UK treating and studying breast cancer, even leading major Phase 3 clinical trials on the breast cancer drug trastuzumab in the early 2000s. Commonly known as Herceptin, this drug became a standard of care for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. Though […]
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On September 23, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation once again teamed up with Hagyard Equine Medical Institute to present The Betsy Gala and Grand Prix at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena. This year’s event raised roughly $100,000 to go toward breast cancer research at the UK Markey Cancer Foundation. This year’s event […]
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University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center doctors Edward H. Romond, Aju Mathew and Kathleen L. O’Connor will be honored and supported at Bourbon & Jazz for the Cure on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 6:30pm at the Frankfort Country Club. Presented by the Frankfort Country Club Rally for the Cure, Inc., the “party with a purpose” will […]
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