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...
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, 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...
Center News & Funding, Massey 50, Clinical
May 06, 2024
In 2024, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is enlisting the help of individuals who contributed to the foundation laid over the past 50 years. Through these interviews, Massey is able to preserve moments in time and recognize how far oncology has come since the beginning of the cancer center in...
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, Massey 50, Research
Mar 27, 2024
In 2024, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is celebrating 50 years of fueling innovation in cancer research, building community trust through partnership and training the next generation of cancer specialists to continue its legacy of patient- and community-centered care. Founded in 1974, Mass...
Research, Center News & Funding, Massey 50
Mar 27, 2024
Susan J. Mellette, M.D., arrived in Richmond in 1954 and began her career as a research fellow at what was then the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). Mellette, a 1947 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, had conducted both laboratory and clinical research and clinical train...
Center News & Funding, Massey 50
Feb 22, 2024
Watch video “It took my breath away,” Jill Thalhimer Campbell said, recalling the first time she heard triple negative breast cancer survivor Tara Daudani speak. It was 2020, 10 years after Campbell lost her own mother to the same disease. That very personal shared connection drew the two women to ...
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.