Research Priorities - Cancer
  • Podcast
  • Nov 9 2017

Kip Guy shares his research on neglected diseases, his goals as dean of the College of Pharmacy, and how pharmacy researchers are addressing the opioid epidemic.

  • Article
  • Nov 2 2017

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has joined the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network® (ORIEN), a personalized medicine consortium that allows its members to exchange data and push forward evidence-based cancer care to patients.

  • Article
  • Oct 6 2017

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researcher Jessica Blackburn has earned a prestigious National Institutes of Health's New Innovator Award, a grant totaling $1.5 million over five years to fund pediatric cancer research.

  • Video
  • Oct 4 2017

What the Kentucky Extension Homemakers began four decades ago continues to make a profound difference in the lives of women across the Commonwealth.

  • Article
  • Sep 29 2017

Many cancer survivors experience devastating cognitive impairment following chemotherapy. Researchers at UK are trying to identify strategies to relieve these symptoms.

  • Article
  • Sep 28 2017

In a new phase III trial report, recurrence and survival rates for women with stage I-II high-risk endometrial cancer were not superior following vaginal cuff brachytherapy & chemotherapy when compared with pelvic radiation therapy.

  • Video
  • Aug 24 2017

Kip Guy, Pharmacy Dean, is discovering and developing new drugs for neglected diseases.

  • Article
  • Aug 4 2017

A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that when therapy-sensitive cancer cells die, they release a "killer peptide" that can eliminate therapy-resistant cells.

  • Blog
  • May 18 2017

Research Building 2 (RB2) is a precious resource and a vehicle for UK to reduce the health disparities that most impact Kentucky.

  • Video
  • Apr 17 2017

UK announces $11.2 million NIH grant for cancer and metabolism center that supports research by junior faculty.