Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP, FASCO, is the center’s new deputy director, associate director for clinical research and head of the section of medical oncology within the Division of Hematology/Oncology.
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Mark B. Williams, PhD, has devoted the past decade to developing a new scanner that he hopes will give women and their physicians better diagnostic information.
Transoral robotic surgery allows surgeons to operate through the mouth rather than splitting the jawbone.
UVA Cancer Center is growing its Stem Cell Transplant Program and pioneering new approaches to treat AML and other hematological malignancies.
With the launch of the Geriatric Oncology Clinic, Erika Ramsdale, MD, aims to guide specialists in selecting the best cancer treatment for aging patients.
UVA is recruiting highly skilled clinicians and active research scientists who are dedicated to discovering and utilizing enhanced diagnostic tools and advanced treatments for thoracic malignancies.
An experimental approach to treating breast cancer being tested at UVA allows doctors to administer significantly higher doses of cancer-killing radiation where it’s needed at the same time as tumor removal.
With a recent $10 million NIH program project grant, UVA top minds are working to reveal the potential of nanotechnology to treat cancer. Get a breakdown of how these tiny particles enhance drug delivery and learn how UVA is putting them to use.
UVA has established the Comprehensive Lung Cancer Screening Program to identify those patients at elevated risk, diagnose lung cancer in its earliest stages and provide therapy when the disease is most treatable.
UVA is among the "100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs" according to Becker’s Hospital Review.