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- 07: Latest Focused ‘Radiosugery’ Technology Featured in New Video
- 05: Friedman To Lead Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- 05: VUSN, Lady ‘Dores Team for Pink Out
- 05: Breast Cancer Focus of Seminar Series
- 04: Is Clinical Research Participation Right For You? Find Out at AWARE for All on February 20
- 29: New Target May Sever Cancer’s Access to Supplies
- 29: Exercise, Tea May Ease Breast Cancer Depression
- 27: Colon Cancer Symptom Management Webinar Available as an Archive
- 23: The “Wig Lady” is Making a Difference
- 23: Martell Foundation to Honor Bredesen, Frist, Brooks & Dunn, Simons at March 22 Gala
- 22: Study of Colorectal Cancer Imaging Techniques Bolstered
- 22: Zebrafish Swim Into Drug Development
- 15: New Pet Visitor Team Has Strong Vanderbilt Roots
- 15: VUMC Mourns Pediatric Hematology Icon Lukens
- 12: You Can Help Make Medical Advances Possible
- 08: Leadership Moves Enhance VUMC’s Research Enterprise
- 08: Nashville Symphony Brings Soothing Sounds to VICC
- 08: VUMC’s Fesik Lands Technology Innovation Award
- 05: January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
- 19: Our Greatest Hits Collection 2009
- 18: New Video Interview: Arteaga Shares Insights in Breast Cancer Research
- 14: You Survived Cancer: Now What?
- 08: Study Links Soy Foods to Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence and Death
- 07: SU2C Innovator Grants Fund Big, Bold Ideas
- 07: Survivors, team celebrate 5th anniversary of Clarksville treatment center
- 04: New Call Center Streamlines Access for Patients, Referring Providers
- 02: More on the Menu: Expanding the Selection of Cancer Therapies
- 23: Cervical Cancer Screening: VICC Explains Changes in Recommended Guidelines
- 20: Grants boost head and neck cancer research
- 18: Breast Cancer Screenings: Controversy & Science
- 18: A Perfect Fit: Cancer Medicines Get Personal(ized)
- 13: New Site Matches Volunteers With Research Studies
- 13: Annual VICC Bash Heads For The Beach
- 10: Laser Treatment Studied to Ease Lymphedema
- 10: Study to Focus on Lung Cancer Among Minorities
- 10: Federal Stimulus Funds Bolster Vanderbilt’s Research Enterprise
- 30: Drugs Join Forces to Overcome Lung Cancer Resistance
- 30: Personalized Medicine to Improve Outcomes
- 30: Horn Set to Explore Lung Cancer Therapies
- 30: Vanderbilt Teams Set New Records for Cancer Fundraising
- 30: Restaurants Team to Benefit VICC
- 27: Share Your Story: What Would a World With No Cancer Mean to You?
- 26: Be Patient With Loved Ones Making Tough Choices, Husband Tells Physicians
- 23: Fun Run and Walk-A-Thon to Benefit Cancer Center
- 23: Hamid Honored By Cancer Society
- 16: Interactive Program Tackles Myths Surrounding Cancer Clinical Trials
- 16: Microtubules Help Golgi Get Itself Together
- 16: Rickman Comes to VUMC as Director of Bronchoscopy
- 16: NIH Grant Bolsters Search For New Cancer Drugs
- 16: Taylor Awarded Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
- 14: Breast Center Marks National Mammography Day
- 12: Eddie George to Host Dunkin’ Donuts Fun Run & Walk-a-Thon
- 05: Video Uses Humor To Bust Myth About Breast Cancer
- 01: Never Smokers Lung Cancer Trial on TV
- 25: Light The Night Event Downtown on Oct. 1
- 25: Jessen Lands American Cancer Society Research Award
- 21: Cancer Investigator Moses Wins Research Award
- 18: Race for the Cure Set October 10
- 18: Lung Cancer Trial Goes Online for ‘Never Smokers’
- 16: Writing Workshop for Cancer Survivors Starts Oct. 7
- 11: VICC Expands Phase I Clinical Trials Program
- 11: Device to Give Peek into Protein Structures
- 04: VU Joins Effort To Develop New Cancer Therapies
- 31: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- 31: 2009 Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Events in Tennessee
- 29: Planet Cancer’s Heidi Adams to Keynote Survivor Conferences
- 26: Cancer Webcast Focuses on Personalized Medicine
- 14: Race for the Cure Kickoff Set for Aug. 25
- 10: St. Baldrick’s Foundation Awards $380,000 to Children’s Hospital Researchers
- 07: Couple’s Gift Bolsters Cancer Research
- 07: Zheng’s Cancer Research Lands MERIT Award
- 06: Strength In Numbers: Clinical Trial Volunteers Make Advances Possible
- 04: How a Survivorship Program Saves, Improves Lives
- 03: Race for the Cure Registration Is Up for Team Vanderbilt
- 31: VICC Earns Accreditation for Research Subjects Protection
- 31: Komen Grants Enhance Breast Health Initiatives
- 24: Researcher’s Work Gains Leukemia Society Support
- 17: VICC Advances in U.S. News Best Cancer Programs
- 15: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk Coming October 1st
- 14: Cancer Experts and Survivors Featured in July 28 Webcast
- 14: Foundation Concert Honors VICC Cancer Patient
- 13: Spotlight: Pancreatic Cancer
- 10: How Science is Working to Outpace Ever-Evolving Cancers
- 10: Researchers Build Bridges to Cancer Biomarkers
- 26: VICC Debuts New Radiosurgery Suite
- 26: VICC Research Highlighted at Annual Cancer Conference
- 26: Mammograms Available in Two Locations
- 19: Living in Full Bloom
- 19: Pietenpol Inducted into Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars
- 19: Vanderbilt Earns Accreditation with Commendation from Commission on Cancer
- 18: Vanderbilt Among Nation’s Elite for Childhood Cancer
- 17: Songs from the Heart Event Set June 26
- 16: Curing Cancer Is Within Our Grasp
- 12: WSMV-Channel 4 Reports on New Radiosurgery Technology
- 05: VICC Event to Honor Those Touched by Cancer
- 29: TV News Features Women’s Cancer Dream Team
- 29: Gene Signature Helps Predict Breast Cancer Prognosis
- 29: Renowned Cancer Drug Researcher Joins Vanderbilt
- 29: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Investigator Named to Cancer “Dream Team”
- 22: Breast Cancer Risk: What’s Age Got to Do With It?
- 18: Support Program Connects Cancer Patients, Survivors
- 11: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Opens New Chemotherapy Clinic
- 08: Radiation Oncology Leadership Changes
- 01: Chemotherapy Infusion Clinic Moving to New Space
- 01: Lithium May Help Radiation Target Cancer, Spare Healthy Tissue
- 01: Vanderbilt University Licenses Cancer Cell Identifying Technology to DiaTech Oncology
- 01: Mundy Receives Award from Bone and Mineral Society
- 28: Minority Cancer Awareness and Young Adults with Cancer
- 24: Cancer Center Investigators in Spotlight at AACR Meet
- 24: Guengerich Lands Cancer Research Award
- 24: Free Cancer Screening May 1
- 24: Tennessee Blacks’ Death Rates of Cancer Explored
- 16: Cancer Center Retreat Slated for May 5
- 14: Survival Increased with Vaccine for Advanced Prostate Cancer
- 10: Testicular Cancer Awareness Initiative Takes Offbeat Approach
- 27: New Clinic Geared to Cancer Survivors
- 27: Get Ready to Run at Relay for Life
- 27: Award Honors Arteaga’s Breast Cancer Research
- 24: The Seventh Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer
- 24: Licorice Compound Offers New Colon Cancer Prevention Strategy
- 23: Hal Moses Has Spent Lifetime Fighting Cancer
- 13: Martell Foundation Honors VICC’s Moses
- 13: Cancer Advocates, Survivors Address the ‘Now What?’ Stage of Cancer
- 09: Now, Getting a Mammogram is as Easy as Going to the Mall
- 06: Breast Center Gets Ready for Move to One Hundred Oaks
- 06: Forum Takes On Care Providers’ Tough Questions
- 27: Wear Blue to Promote Colon Cancer Awareness
- 25: New Ayers Institute Website and Pilot Projects Program
- 23: Country Group Blackhawk Visits Vanderbilt
- 20: Gene Study Finds Breast Cancer ‘Hot Spot’
- 20: Cardiothoracic Surgical Team Tackles Patient’s Rare Sarcoma
- 19: Peanut Product Recall and Cancer Patients
- 13: New Laparoscopic Technique Uses Only One Incision
- 13: Breast Cancer Clinician, Researcher Joins Vanderbilt-Ingram
- 13: VICC’s Woods to Lead Oncology Nursing Group
- 09: Vanderbilt Investigators Identify Potential New Cancer Drug Compounds
- 06: Women’s Basketball Team Hosts Cancer Event
- 23: Additions Bolster Vanderbilt-Ingram Research Team
- 21: VICC Surgeon Discusses Senator Kennedy Brain Cancer
- 14: Diagnosing Skin Cancer Without Biopsy (Video)
- 09: Sosman Lands Award from American Cancer Society
- 18: VICC Member Daniel Liebler Elected AAAS Fellow
- 17: Robot Powers New Kidney Cancer Surgery at VICC
- 05: $7.5 Million Grant to Support New Imaging Program
- 05: Vanderbilt Breast Center Named Imaging Center of Excellence
- 01: VUMC Earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard Recognition
- 27: VICC’s Moses Named School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award Winner
- 24: National Research Council Honors VICC’s Moses
- 24: Foundation Lends Support to Yang’s Leukemia Research
- 17: ‘Fun Run’ to Raise Cancer Research Funds
- 17: Marnett’s Contributions to Chemical Toxicology Honored
- 03: Breast Cancer Research Gets $12 Million Boost from NCI
- 03: VICC Researchers Land Radiation Oncology Awards
- 03: Investigators Create New Method to Study Cell ‘Delivery Trucks’
- 01: VICC Sees Spike in Bilateral Mastectomies
- 24: Power in Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness at VU-Auburn Soccer Game
- 19: VICC’s Bates Lands Educator Award From Public Health Assoc.
- 19: Sobecki to Manage VICC’s Informatics Systems
- 19: Celebrity Tablescapes Event Set
- 19: Why One Dumb Tumor Is Smarter Than 100 Oncologists
- 15: New Tool to Speed Cancer Therapy Approval Available
- 07: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Events
- 05: Lack Of Funding Slowing Cancer Research, Say Doctors
- 05: Be Counted: ‘Stand Up To Cancer’ and Make It a National Priority
- 05: Rigid Surroundings May Help Promote Aggressive Cancers
- 02: Conversations about Colorectal Cancer: Sept. 20, 2008
- 29: Light the Night
- 25: Dense Breast Tissue Promotes Aggressive Cancers
- 25: Cell Phones and Brain Tumors: Should You Worry?
- 21: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- 21: Young Cancer Survivor ‘Gives Back’ as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- 20: Race for the Cure, Oct. 4
- 20: Applegate and Other High-Risk Women Act Fast Against Cancer
- 19: VICC Uses Web to Stand Up To Cancer
- 15: Webcast to Probe Cell Phone Safety
- 15: VICC Patient Advocate to Advise NCI Group
- 15: Price Named to New CEO Position
- 07: Recruiting Cancer Survivors/Caregivers for New Patient Support Program
- 07: Cancer: An Inside View
- 04: Concerns Over Cell-Phone/Cancer Links Are Scientifically Inconclusive
- 04: Cancer Center Readies New Outpatient Space
- 04: GI Cancer Clinical Trials Receive Boost
- 29: Spotting Ovarian Cancer Earlier Goal of New Imaging Technique
- 29: Shortage of Cancer Drugs Impacts Iraqi Children With Leukemia
- 29: Act Now, Live Longer: Get a Colonoscopy
- 29: Act Now, Live Longer: Quit Smoking
- 29: Act Now, Live Longer: Get a Mammogram
- 16: Navigating Cancer Care: From the Very Diagnosis, Asking Questions Is Key
- 15: Found in Translation: Deliberate Approach Transforms Discovery Into Treatment Advances
- 14: The Cancer Belt: Beneath the Veneer of Southern Hospitality Lurks a Silent Killer
- 11: Good Grades: Vanderbilt on “Honor Roll” of U.S. News Elite Hospitals with #15 Ranking, VICC Moves Up to #14
- 11: Pulling Cancer’s Roots
- 27: Vanderbilt Shines at National Cancer Meet
- 16: President Names VICC’s Jennifer Pietenpol to National Cancer Advisory Board
- 16: Trio Tabbed As ‘Women To Watch’ In Medicine
- 16: Cancer Information Meet Set, June 21
- 16: Conference to Focus on Cancer Program Planning, June 19-20
- 11: End-of-life Patients Need Big Picture
- 09: CanConnect: New Online Cancer Community for Middle Tennessee
- 06: Rothenberg Named Among Nation’s Top Cancer Caregivers
- 05: View From ASCO: Cancer Advances Made in Baby Steps
- 30: Event to Celebrate Cancer Survivors
- 19: State Needs to Put Money Where Tobacco Problem Is
- 09: New Web Site Aims to Boost Clinical Trial Recruitment
- 02: Rehab Oncology Gives Life Back
- 01: News2-WKRN Reports on VICC Efforts to Help Patients Deal With the High Cost of Gasoline
- 18: Breast Cancer Advocate Helps Feds Review Proposals
- 18: Study Examines Good, Bad Sides of Anti-cancer Agents
- 09: Stigma, Lack of Money Hurt Lung Cancer Fight
- 04: Colonoscopy Disparities Persist
- 28: Cancer Patients Become Advocates For Research
- 28: Study Seeks to Halt Cancer’s Wandering Ways
- 27: Kick Butts Can Involve Kids In Fight Against Smoking
- 26: Racial Disparities Persist for Colonoscopy Screenings
- 25: Quick Facts Following Up on Channel 2 Special, Medical Advances and Cancer Innovations
- 24: VICC’s New Director Profiled In The Tennessean
- 21: Student’s Journey Highlights Need for Bone Marrow Donors
- 20: Study Hopes to Provide Answers to Chemo Fog
- 20: Vanderbilt-Ingram Named Blue Distinction Center
- 18: Cancer Innovations and Hope Focus of “Medical Advances” TV Series
- 17: Study Tracks Link Between Cancer, Vegetables
- 17: Vanderbilt-Ingram Researchers Find Clue to Cancer Drug Allergies
- 11: US Stands To Lose a Generation of Young Researchers
- 29: March Is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- 29: VICC’s Rothenberg Named One of Nation’s Top Cancer Caregivers
- 26: Protein Shines Light On Cancer Response
- 22: Putting a Focus on Women and Cancer
- 22: Hiebert to Lead VICC Basic Science Efforts
- 21: Cancer Still a Stigmatized Disease In Communities of Color
- 08: Immune System Helps Cancer Protein Switch Teams
- 04: Creative Writing Explored As Therapy For Lymphedema
- 01: Basketball Going To the Line For Breast Cancer Research
- 01: Two Meetings To Focus On Pediatric Cancer Treatment
- 29: Cancer Patient to Doctor: If You Were in My Shoes…
- 28: Obesity Tied to Esophageal Cancer
- 25: Grad Student’s Passion for Life, Science Recalled
- 25: Noted Thoracic Surgeon Joins Faculty
- 18: A ‘Neu’ Interaction in Breast Cancer Explored
- 17: Pietenpol Named Director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- 14: Music City Mardi Gras Feb. 29 to Benefit Lisa Ross Parker Foundation
- 11: January Is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
- 09: Inspirational Calendar Features African American Breast Cancer Survivors
- 02: 5+ Years Later: Long-term Cancer Survivorship Group
- 21: Matrisian Appointed to NCI Translational Research Post
- 14: Vanderbilt-Ingram Ranks Seventh In NCI Awards
- 12: BlackHawk Serenades the Cancer Clinic
- 12: Detecting Breast Cancer Depends On the Doctor
- 07: Young Cancer Patient’s Story Inspires Film
- 07: How Do You Slow Down Cancer? Nobel Laureate Reflects On The Simple Questions
- 30: “Biography” Will Shine Spotlight on VICC and Care of Terminally Ill Patients
- 29: AACR Features Vanderbilt’s Cancer Disparities Work Among Underserved Minorities
- 19: Country In The Rockies Gets Ready To Roll
- 16: Lung Cancer Attention Lags
- 12: Research of Surgery Resident Lauded
- 12: Special Resolution Honoring Benjamin F. Byrd Jr.
- 12: Johnson Lands Award For Clinical Research
- 02: Mayer Lands Breast Cancer Research Grant
- 31: November Is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- 26: SPORE Renewal Sparks Lung Cancer Research
- 26: Cancer Center Embarks On Campaign To Raise $10 Million
- 25: Childhood Cancer Treatment and Brain Development
- 25: Cancer Center Leader Honored
- 25: Review Clears Silicone Breast Implants of Serious Health Risks
- 24: Hispanic Health In Nashville 2007
- 19: Dave Lands Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award for Leukemia Work
- 15: Smoking Linked to Rise in Tennessee Cancer Deaths
- 02: Breast Cancer Survivor Receives 2007 Commodore Award
- 01: Factor’s Role In Head and Neck Cancer Studied
- 21: Investigators Track Chemo’s Impact On Heart Function
- 14: Qi Gong Helps Breast Cancer Survivors
- 14: HPV’s Link to Head and Neck Cancer Investigated
- 10: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers Launch Ovarian Cancer Study: Urine Test for Early Detection is Goal
- 27: Cancer Research Funding Key Issue Presidential Candidates Must Address
- 22: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- 20: VUMC First in State to Test New, Less Invasive Prostate Cancer Therapy
- 17: Huff Brings Expertise to Vanderbilt Breast Center
- 17: Lance Armstrong Shines Political Spotlight on “The Cancer Question”
- 17: Campaign Boosts Arteaga’s Breast Cancer Research
July, 2007 and earlier
- Colorectal Cancer Research Surges at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Living in Full Bloom: A Celebration of Cancer Survivorship
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers Present Findings, Receive Awards at National Meeting
- Desperate Housewives’ Season Finale Sheds Light on Lymphomas: learn more about this type of cancer
- Options for Prostate Surgery
- Berlin Tapped to Lead Clinical Trials Shared Resource
- DuBois Chosen to Lead America’s Largest Cancer Research Organization
- Targeted Therapies Take Aim at Cancer
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Becomes Member of Prestigious Cancer Alliance
- Call for Increase in M.R.I. Scans for Breast Cancer
- VICC Creates New Registry to Track a Serious, Inherited Form of Colorectal Cancer: First of Its Kind in State
- March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Clinic Space Expanding To Meet Needs Of Patients
- Clinical Trials Crucial Weapon in Cancer War
- Pietenpol Talks About New Cancer Center Role
- VICC Poised to Help Lead Fight Against Cancer
- CNN: Tuskegee’s Ghosts: Fear Hinders Black Marrow Donation
- Vanderbilt BMT Nurses Honored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Williams Addresses Health Problems Among African Americans
- Pietenpol Named Interim Director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Is Progress Against Cancer Shared By All?
- Music City Mardi Gras Feb. 20 to Benefit Lisa Ross Parker Foundation
- Searching for Strength After Twins Go Five Rounds with Pediatric Cancer
- January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Receives Grant to Study Tumor Environment
- Radiation Oncology Residents Earn Research Awards
- Director To Return To Home State For Post At MD Anderson
- $1 Million Grant Establishes Drug Discovery Center at Vanderbilt
- Benjamin F. Byrd, Founding Board Member & Nashville Cancer Pioneer Dies
- Post Katrina, Investigator Resurrects His Cancer Research with an Endowed Chair
- NIH Grant to Train Faculty in Clinical Cancer Research Opens Door for New Recruits
- Study Disputes Cell Phone-Cancer Link
- Vandy Women Swap Gold for Pink
- Meharry/Vanderbilt-Ingram Partnership Awarded $14 Million Grant For Cancer Study
- Lung Cancer Expert at Vanderbilt-Ingram $450,000 Grant for Lung Cancer Research
- Vanderbilt-Ingram & AstraZeneca Form Master Agreement to Streamline Research Collaborations
- Fans Urged to Wear Pink as Vandy Women Dedicate Dec. 3 Game To Breast Cancer Awareness
- Model Aids Pancreatic Cancer Research
- VUMC is First in Middle Tennessee to Earn Designation as Magnet Hospital
- Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic Opens
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Joins Community Effort to Stamp Out Smoking
- Melanoma Research Team Gets Boost with Grant
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Members to Present Research at Annual ASTRO Meeting
- November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- FDA Approves New Drug for Lung Cancer:Vanderbilt-Ingram Led Clinical Trial that Helped Show Drug’s Promise
- Tennessee Joins the Celebration on the Hill 2006
- Vanderbilt Study: Obesity May Hamper Prostate Cancer Detection
- Access to Innovative Treatment: VICC Brings Clinical Trials to Communities in the Region
- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Matrisian Honored for Excellence in Cancer Metastasis
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Joins National Proteomics Network
- Why Isn’t Cancer Mentioned in This Year’s Election? Letter to the Tennessean
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- We’re Beating Cancer, So Why Stall Funding for Research? VICC Director Comments in The Tennessean
- New Qigong Class Offered for Renewal, Restoration for Breast Cancer Survivors
- The stealthy spread of cancer: VICC researcher comments in New York Times
- Grant Bolsters Struggle Against Common Cancers
- Living in Full Bloom: A Celebration of Cancer Survivorship
- New Qigong Class Offered for Renewal, Restoration for Breast Cancer Survivors
- Country Artist Jamie O’Neal and Vanderbilt’s Dr. Howard Jones to Help Nashville Women ‘Make the Connection’ Between HPV and Cervical Cancer
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Highlights Best of Best from ASCO at its 3rd Annual Oncology Review Symposium
- US News Taps Vanderbilt-Ingram as One of Best in Cancer Care
- We Invite You Into Our Patients’ Lives
- Protect Yourself Against Skin Cancer
- First Adult Cancer Patient in Nashville to Receive Stem Cell Transplant from Umbilical Cord Blood at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- FDA Approves First Ever Vaccine to Prevent Cervical Cancer
- David Johnson Publishes on the Rising Cost of Cancer Drugs
- Survivorship Issues Take Center Stage at Annual Meeting of Cancer Experts
- Experts from Vanderbilt-Ingram to Have Voice at ASCO National Meeting
- Treatment Shines Light on Skin Lesions
- Vanderbilt Breast Center Offers More Options For Women at High Cancer Risk
- Vanderbilt Breast Center Announces New Clinic Offering Patients Single-visit Care
- Big & Rich Dedicate Infusion Room In Katie Darnell’s Memory
