MORGANTOWN — WVU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries and several players visited with patients and staff of the WVU Cancer Institute’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center on […]
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WVU Cancer Institute performs West Virginia’s first pancreatic islet cell autotransplant
In a landmark achievement for pancreatic care in West Virginia, WVU Cancer Institute surgeons successfully performed the state’s first total pancreatectomy with pancreatic islet cell auto-transplant (TPIAT) […]
New report highlights racial and social barriers to cancer care, offers call to action to address disparities
MORGANTOWN – While significant progress is being made in the prevention and treatment of cancer, socioeconomic and racial/ethnic barriers mean not everyone has adequate access to care. […]
McQuain Trust gives WVU Medicine $50 million to begin work to create new cancer hospital in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – The Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust has planted a $50 million seed that will grow into a $500 million Hazel Ruby McQuain Comprehensive Cancer Hospital, […]
Cancer institute marks Pink and Pearl Day
WVU MEDICINE The WVU Cancer Institute joined organizations across the state to celebrate West Virginia’s inaugural Pink and Pearl Day Friday. Pink and Pearl Day, the keystone […]
LUCAS holds lung cancer screening in Rowlesburg
WVU MEDICINE LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, visited Rowlesburg Friday, offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. A service of WVU […]
Surgeons perform state’s first liver explant for tumor resection and liver autotransplant
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Surgeons at WVU Medicine performed the state’s first liver explant for tumor resection and liver autotransplant — a rare procedure that requires a multi-disciplinary team of […]
Breast cancer awareness not just for October
Despite COVID, area hospitals offer variety of programs By Erin CleavengerNewsroom@DominionPost.com October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual international campaign to promote awareness about the impact […]
Equipment donation to WVU Cancer Institute provides non-opioid pain relief
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Cancer Institute is exploring a non-opioid alternative to relieve chronic pain caused by cancer treatments thanks to a generous equipment donation from The […]
Oncologists are changing how liver metastases are treated
Newsroom@DominionPost.com As recently as 20 years ago, the outlook for patients whose colon or other cancers had metastasized, or spread, to the liver was bleak. Many general […]
