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Kentucky has more adult smokers per capita than any other state in America, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with nearly 28 percent of residents saying they light up regularly. This unfortunate fact also places the commonwealth near...
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We are happy to announce a new round of Brown Cancer Center Pilot Projects and Post-Doctoral Fellowships available to Cancer Center members. Cancer Research Pilot Projects The Brown Cancer Center will fund up to eight one-year Cancer Research Pilot Projects...
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky has long been recognized as having a disproportionately high incidence of lung cancer. Mortality from lung cancer exceeds the deaths from breast, colorectal, prostate and pancreatic cancer combined. The relationship of cigarette smoking and lung cancer...
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The Louisville Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville are pleased to announce the 2007 granting opportunity. The Louisville Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast...
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(LOUISVILLE, KY) — The good news is that survival rates for childhood cancer in the United States have increased more than 70 percent, thanks to improved treatments. The not-so-good news is that many childhood cancer survivors are unaware of what...
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Louisville, Ky. – A team of researchers at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells can prevent lung cancer. Their findings, presented today at an international cancer symposium in Prague, Czech Republic,...
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Louisville, Ky. – A team of researchers at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center have discovered that a drug containing parts of the diphtheria toxin appears to prompt the immune system to recognize and kill cancer cells in patients with...
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UofL’s Brown Cancer Center went into this week’s bone marrow drive with the goal of signing up 30 students from U of L’s diverse student population. The goal of adding 22 Caucasian, six African-American and two multi-racial students to the...
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Stephen B. Pence’s Communications Office For Immediate Release October 31, 2006 Contact Jeanne Lausche Ryan Watts (502) 564-2611 FRANKFORT, Ky. – Lieutenant Governor Steve Pence visited University of Louisville today to speak to students about...
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(LOUISVILLE, KY) – To kick off National Marrow Awareness Month, the University of Louisville and the James Graham Brown Cancer Center are partnering to hold the first ever student bone marrow drive, “Be a Lifesaver.” On Wednesday, November 1, the...
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