Center News & Funding, Research, Prevention & Control, Clinical, Technology
Sep 27, 2024
About half of women who are 40 or older in the United States have dense breast tissue. This type of tissue not only puts them at higher risk of developing breast cancer – it also makes it harder for clinicians to detect it in mammograms. In September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released ...
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...
Prevention & Control, Research
Jul 25, 2024
Those living in disadvantaged neighborhoods have significantly higher activity of stress-related genes, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open, which could contribute to higher rates of aggressive prostate cancer in African American men. The study was co-led by VCU Massey Comprehen...
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...
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, 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...
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...
Clinical, Research, Prevention & Control, Center News & Funding
Apr 17, 2024
Through a collaborative, grant-funded partnership between three cancer centers along the East Coast, a community-driven initiative is underway to increase access to lung cancer screenings, chip away at existing health disparities and set a nationwide precedent for moving toward lung health equity fo...
Clinical, Research, Prevention & Control
Feb 27, 2024
New research out of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and VCU Health Pauley Heart Center indicates that survivors of childhood cancer are at a significantly higher risk of death following a major cardiovascular event — including heart failure, heart attack or stroke — than the general public. ...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control
Feb 13, 2024
On Jan. 25, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center's office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) hosted the largest Allies in Health for Underserved Groups (AHUG) meeting to date at the Petersburg Public Library. Led by Tina Fonteneau, 40 individuals attended the meeting, representing 34 organ...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control
Feb 09, 2024
As fans flocked to Las Vegas, Nevada ahead of Super Bowl LVIII, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and National Football League (NFL) were also there, leveraging interest in the big game to address prostate cancer disparities. On Tuesday Feb. 6, the NFL and ACS hosted “Crucial Catch LIVE,” a panel d...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research, Clinical, Prevention & Control
Jan 19, 2024
Program note - February 5, 2024: Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D.'s appearance on the February 16 Facts & Faith Fridays virtual session will be rescheduled, date to be announced. On Friday, February 16, 2024, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, will join VCU Masse...
Center News & Funding, Clinical, Research, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control, Adult Outpatient Pavilion
Dec 21, 2023
This year, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center clinicians, researchers and staff once again dedicated their efforts to delivering innovative, patient-centered care informed by cutting-edge research and community conversations. Here are some of the top stories highlighting those efforts in 2023: M...
Center News & Funding, Clinical, Research, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control
Dec 06, 2023
Amid a golden age for medical research, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned the most prestigious designation in oncology. What happens next will shape the future of cancer science. Of all the institutions that determine how the U.S. approaches cancer research and care, few are as influ...
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.