University of Virginia Cancer Center explained

Established:1984
Head Label:Director
Head:Thomas P. Loughran Jr.[1]
City:Charlottesville
State:Virginia
Website:https://med.virginia.edu/cancer-research/

University of Virginia Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center affiliated with the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the UVA Health System.[2] [3] [4]

Focused on research and education, UVA Cancer Center has more than 185 member faculty researchers supported by more than $82 million in annual funding. The center also conducts regional outreach to improve awareness of cancer risks and access to screening and treatment.[5]

UVA Cancer Center is one of 54 comprehensive centers designated by the NCI, and the first in Virginia.[6]

History

The University of Virginia Cancer Center was founded in 1984 and has been NCI-designated since 1987.[7] This status is reviewed every five years.[8] Its comprehensive designation became effective February 1, 2022.[9]

The center's director, Thomas P. Loughran Jr., discovered and is considered a leading expert in large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia. He succeeded Michael J. Weber, who stepped down in 2013 after twelve years of service.[10]

UVA Cancer Center is funded as a partner in the federal Cancer Moonshot.[11] The initiative is led by the Biden administration and in 2022 set new goals of reducing the cancer death rate by half within 25 years while improving the lives of people with cancer and survivors.[12]

UVA Cancer Center is accredited by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT).[13] It is a leader in treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome and an MDS Foundation Center of Excellence.[14]

Research

The UVA Cancer Center's member researchers represent UVA's schools of Medicine, Nursing, Engineering and Applied Science, Education, Data Science, and the College of Arts and Sciences. Its primary research is divided into four collaborative, transdisciplinary programs:[15]

The UVA Cancer Center is a leader in research and treatment of rare blood cancers and in research and development of focused ultrasound for cancer treatment. The center is affiliated with UVA's Translational Orphan Blood Cancer Research Initiative, which pursues new therapies for rare cancers that lack the funding afforded more common cancers, and with the School of Medicine's Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center.[16] [17]

UVA Cancer Center's research findings include:

UVA Cancer Center operates the LGL Leukemia Registry, the only national database and specimen bank from patients of the disease.[24] It is a member of the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN), a group of 16 institutions, as well as the Cooperative Human Tissue Network and the Applied Proteogenomics Organizational Learning and Outcomes (APOLLO) network.

Patients who receive cancer treatment at UVA can participate in its Partners in Discovery program by consenting to donate tumor tissue from surgeries and information about their health and treatment. Analyses of these specimens and other data is anonymously entered into the nationwide databases to support research, to further the development of personalized medicine, and to expedite access to clinical trials.[25]

Locations

The UVA Cancer Center is based at UVA Health. Outpatient treatment is provided at the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center (ECCCC) in Charlottesville and at satellite clinics in Albemarle and Augusta counties and in Culpeper, Virginia.[26] The ECCCC is a 150,000 square-foot facility built at a cost of $74 million.[27] It was dedicated in 2011 and named for state senator Emily Couric, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2001.[28]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UVA Cancer Center appoints new director Company News Virginia Business. www.virginiabusiness.com. 21 May 2013 .
  2. Web site: 2021-08-27 . UVA Earns Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation . 2023-01-18 . UVA Today . en.
  3. Web site: UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center . 2023-01-18 . UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center . en-US.
  4. Web site: Cancer Center: Innovative Cancer Care UVA Health . 2023-01-18 . uvahealth.com.
  5. Web site: About Us . 2023-01-18 . UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2012-08-13 . Find an NCI-Designated Cancer Center - NCI . 2023-01-18 . www.cancer.gov . en.
  7. Web site: University of Virginia Cancer Center - National Cancer Institute . Cancer.gov . 2012-07-26 . 2016-12-12.
  8. Web site: Virginia State House Appropriations Committee on Higher Education.
  9. Web site: 2021-11-19 . Tom Loughran tells us how he got UVA over the hump to comprehensive designation . 2023-01-18 . The Cancer Letter . en-US.
  10. News: Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, appointed director of UVA Cancer Center. 2013-05-20. UVA Health Newsroom. 2017-12-13. en-US.
  11. Web site: 2017-01-25 . Giant Leap Against Cancer: UVA a Lead Institution in 'Cancer Moonshot' . 2023-01-18 . UVA Today . en.
  12. Web site: Cancer Moonshot . 2023-01-18 . The White House . en-US.
  13. Web site: FACT Accredited Institutions . 2023-01-18.
  14. Web site: MDS Centers of Excellence MDS Foundation . 2023-01-18 . en-US.
  15. Web site: Research Programs . 2023-01-18 . UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2022-08-04 . UVA Cancer Center Receives $5.75 Million to Battle Rare Blood Cancers . 2023-01-20 . UVA Health Newsroom . en-US.
  17. Web site: About . 2023-01-20 . Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center . en-US.
  18. Web site: Jackson . Christina . 2020-07-15 . Scientists Pinpoint Onocogene that Drives Deadly Brain Cancer . 2023-01-20 . GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News . en-US.
  19. Web site: 2022-02-24 . Surprise Discovery Suggests New Treatment for Small-Cell Lung Cancer . 2023-01-20 . UVA Health Newsroom . en-US.
  20. Web site: PM . The ASCO Post Staff Posted: 9/28/2022 1:05:00 PM Last Updated: 9/28/2022 1:17:43 . Unhealthy Gut May Set the Stage for Breast Cancer to Spread, Preclinical Research Reveals - The ASCO Post . 2023-01-20 . ascopost.com . en.
  21. Web site: 2017-11-20 . UVA Researchers Discover a New Target for 'Triple-Negative' Breast Cancer . 2023-01-20 . UVA Today . en.
  22. Web site: Minorities face longer wait times for vital lung cancer treatment, study finds . 2023-01-20 . ScienceDaily . en.
  23. Ta . Huy Q. . Whitworth . Hilary . Yin . Yi . Conaway . Mark . Frierson . Henry F. . Campbell . Moray J. . Raj . Ganesh V. . Gioeli . Daniel . 2019-06-28 . Discovery of a novel long noncoding RNA overlapping the LCK gene that regulates prostate cancer cell growth . Molecular Cancer . 18 . 1 . 113 . 10.1186/s12943-019-1039-6 . 1476-4598 . 6598369 . 31253147 . free .
  24. Web site: LGL Leukemia Registry UVA Health . 2023-01-20 . uvahealth.com.
  25. Web site: Partners in Discovery . 2023-01-20 . UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center . en-US.
  26. "UVA Community Oncology Network" Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  27. Web site: UVA Health System Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center - Gilbane . 2016-12-12 . Gilbaneco.com.
  28. Web site: 2011-02-28 . Katie Couric Helps Dedicate Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center . 2023-01-20 . UVA Today . en.

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