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- 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: Calls to Cancer Information Program On Rise
- 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
- 25: U54 Cancer Partnership Retreat Set
- 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
