Those living in disadvantaged neighborhoods have significantly higher activity of stress-related genes, research suggests, which could contribute to higher rates of aggressive prostate cancer in African American men.
New research out of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center—published this month in Drug Resistance Updates—revealed a previously unknown biological process through which breast tumor cells develop resistance to standard treatment. It could open the door for cancer scientists to further target this vulnerability and create more effective therapies for disease.
Anthony Faber, a professor in the Philips Institute for Oral Health Research at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry and Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received four grants totaling more than $6.3 million to aid in the development of new targeted therapies for neuroblastoma and synovial sarcoma.
VCU Massey Cancer Center has changed its name to VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center in recognition of its recent comprehensive status from NCI (The Cancer Letter, May 31, 2023).