Research Priorities - Cancer
  • Podcast
  • Aug 2 2016

Fifteen years ago Douglas Andres and his team produced data that showed mutations in an on-off switch called RIT1 are a novel driver for human lung cancer.

  • Podcast
  • Jun 1 2016

Jenna Hatcher is taking preventive health care into the emergency department, “because for many Kentuckians that’s where they find their medical home."

  • Video
  • Aug 10 2015

John D'Orazio studies hormonal pathways that protect the skin from sun damage and repair DNA.

  • Video
  • Jan 23 2015

A new metabolomics study suggests targeting a key enzyme may lead to novel drug development for lung cancer.

  • Video
  • Aug 14 2014

The grant funds UK Rural Cancer Prevention Center's work on screening and prevention of colorectal cancer.

  • Video
  • Jul 11 2014

On July 10, 2014, UK announced a project in Eastern Kentucky to promote a new at-home cancer screening test.

  • Video
  • Jul 30 2013

Dr. Susanne Arnold is studying potential environmental reasons for high lung cancer rates in Eastern KY.

  • Video
  • Jul 12 2013

In July 2013, Markey Cancer Center joined an elite group of centers with NCI Designation.

  • Video
  • May 21 2013

Phoebe Glazer is making light-activated, ruthenium-based molecules that will kill only cancerous cells.

  • Video
  • Mar 21 2013

Peter Zhou found that triple-negative breast cancer cells are missing a key enzyme.