Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50
Sep 16, 2024
On Aug. 28, Michael Rao, Ph.D., VCU president and chair of VCU Health System Authority, looked across a crowded conference room and applauded VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center’s five decades of positive impact upon cancer outcomes and disparities in the Commonwealth and beyond. “This is our 50t...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Clinical, Research, Prevention & Control
Aug 05, 2024
A retired firefighter takes on the battle of a lifetime with the support of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, reminding others that there’s hope “even in your darkest moments.” Greg Leitz is no stranger to battling adverse circumstances. He fought hundreds of fires during his 20-year tenure wi...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, Clinical, Prevention & Control, Technology
Jul 24, 2024
VCU Health is rolling out an innovative solution to common problems across healthcare systems – wait times and access to timely care. This solution just happens to have 18 wheels and state-of-the-art technology. A new 50-foot trailer will travel between three VCU Health and VCU Massey Comprehensive ...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, Center News & Funding, Prevention & Control
Jul 09, 2024
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center took its community-centered approach to research and clinical care to the ESSENCE Festival of Culture (ESSENCE Fest), held July 4-7 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Widely recognized as the largest African American culture and music event in the United States, ESSENC...
Research, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Jul 02, 2024
Standing before a crowded room of clinicians, scientists, students and community members at the Science Museum of Virginia, Patricia Ganz, M.D., underlined how symptom management and quality of life sprouted lasting roots in the continuum of cancer treatment four decades ago. “Symptoms were always p...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control, Clinical
Jun 21, 2024
Christine Wilson described what life with cancer was like in the not-so-distant past — the years prior to the 1970s — when a diagnosis often silenced patients. “The notion of advocacy did not exist at that point. The notion was that cancer was an incurable disease,” said Wilson, the vice presiden...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Clinical, Research, Prevention & Control
Jun 14, 2024
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center placed its reputation as an international leader for cutting-edge cancer care and clinical research on display at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 31 - June 4. The clinical oncology conference brought togeth...
Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Center News & Funding
Jun 10, 2024
More than two dozen faith leaders and representatives from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center bowed their heads as Rev. Rachel Pierce, M.A., offered a blessing over food and extended it to the group for continued fellowship. Pierce, the faith liaison and engagement coordinator at Massey, said th...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control, Diet & Nutrition
May 28, 2024
This year, three community-led initiatives are utilizing funding from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center to expand their efforts to improve health outcomes for Virginians. In March, Massey announced the following organizations have been awarded $5,000 seed grants: Community Transformers Fo...
Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50, Research
May 24, 2024
The Cancer Champions program at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center gives survivors and caregivers an opportunity to work alongside researchers. Founded in 2021 and rooted in earlier community-engaged research efforts, Cancer Champions are at the center of Massey’s community engagement in researc...
Center News & Funding, Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50
May 21, 2024
Amy McDaniel Williams, vice chair of the VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board and a dedicated donor, epitomizes resilience and determination. In 2007, she watched her father battle lymphoma, and she emerged from a sedentary lifestyle to an athlete’s lifestyle. Her first race was the...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research
May 21, 2024
Cancer survivors, advocates, congressional representatives, and other supporters packed a briefing room at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 15 to learn about cancer equity advances made in recent years. Robert A. Winn, M.D., director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at VCU Massey...
Center News & Funding, Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity
May 21, 2024
On May 14, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center leaders and community partners joined Del. Delores McQuinn (D-81) at the Virginia Capitol as Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) signed into law HB 238 Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening. “I know that cancer touches lives, colorecta...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50
May 15, 2024
Juanita Lawrence scanned the crowd while her grandchild climbed through one of the inflatable play areas at the Comprehensive Carnival, a free community event held by VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. Lawrence was one of more than 1,000 community members who turned out to celebrate Massey's ac...
Prevention & Control, Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity
May 06, 2024
“I feel like a speck of dust in comparison to the size of the problems we face,” said Lisa Richardson, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, during the 2024 Health District Directors’ Summit on May 1. “I don’t know the a...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Apr 23, 2024
On Thursday, April 18, leaders from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center convened with other physicians, researchers and advocates for the White House Minority Health Forum. Robert A. Winn, M.D., director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at Massey, took part in a panel discussion titled “Access to Ca...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research, Massey 50
Apr 16, 2024
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center again made a splash as a worldwide leader in cancer care, research and education during the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego on April 5-10. The international conference recorded a record number of registrants thi...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50
Apr 04, 2024
In 2023, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center achieved the highest level of recognition from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Massey plans to celebrate this achievement with a free, family-friendly carnival on Saturday, April 20 from noon - 3 p.m. ...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research
Mar 18, 2024
Robert A. Winn, M.D., gestured to the crowd in front of him and asked three women in attendance from the Chickahominy Indian Tribe to stand up for recognition. “I have chased academic excellence my whole life. I am to the point that I am chasing academic relevance,” said Winn, the director and Lipma...
Clinical, Adult Outpatient Pavilion, Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Mar 08, 2024
The regular session of the Virginia General Assembly (GA) adjourned on March 9 in Richmond, but contributions made during it will make a lasting impact on patients at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. On Feb. 22, more than a dozen pages from the Virginia House of Delegates visited Massey to d...
Treatments in clinical trials may be more effective or have fewer side effects than the treatments that are currently available. With more than 200 studies for multiple types of cancers and cancer prevention, Massey supports a wide array of clinical trials.
Massey supports hundreds of top cancer specialists serving the needs of our patients. Massey’s medical team provides a wealth of expertise in cancer diagnosis, treatment, prevention and symptom management.