Research Priorities - Cancer
  • Article
  • Mar 18 2019

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is hosting OncLive’s State of the Science Summit with a focus on neuroendocrine tumors on Saturday, April 20, 2019.

  • Video
  • Feb 25 2019

A University of Kentucky study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows a direct link between the adoption of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and the impact of colon cancer on Kentuckians.

  • Article
  • Feb 5 2019

As a pathologist at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Charles Lutz helps patients behind the scenes, matching patients who need both solid organ and bone marrow transplants with appropriate donors. But when he was diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer in 2011, Lutz found himself on the other side of the table.

  • Article
  • Jan 15 2019

In a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, a team of University of Kentucky researchers have discovered specific protein interactions that may help cells resist ultraviolet (UV) damage and carcinogenesis.

  • Article
  • Nov 27 2018

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher Daret St. Clair, Ph.D., has been named the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient from the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM).

  • Podcast
  • Nov 26 2018

After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students.

  • Article
  • Nov 12 2018

A new Nature Communications study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that an enzyme known as Prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunit alpha-1 (P4HA1) is a potential therapeutic target for triple negative breast cancer.

  • Blog
  • Nov 6 2018

Kentucky faces the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States. Researchers at the University of Kentucky aim to reduce these numbers by half. We believe that’s what Kentucky can do.

  • Article
  • Nov 2 2018

A $1 million grant from the United Health Foundation will enable the University of Kentucky’s College of Dentistry to launch its “Eradicate Oral Cancer in Eastern Kentucky” project.

  • Video
  • Nov 1 2018

A University of Kentucky study just published in Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that annual ultrasound screening of at-risk asymptomatic women increases the survival rates of women with type I and type II epithelial ovarian cancer.