Pathfinder, the KCP’s popular guide to cancer-related services and resources for 25 years, is now online and will be featured during a live KET call-in show on cancer at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 1. The show will air at the culmination of the three-part series beginning March 30, “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.” About…
Markey Cancer Research Day highlights work of faculty, staff and students
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center will host its annual Markey Cancer Center Research Day from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Monday, April 15. Markey Cancer Research Day is an annual event celebrating the advances of cancer research on the University of Kentucky campus. Held at the UK Singletary Center for the Arts,…
Cancer innovation ‘really helps patients’
New lung ultrasound can assess cancer without surgery Harriet Byers, R.N., has been a nurse for 35 years, but she still gets excited when a new procedure comes along to benefit patients. The endoscopic bronchial ultrasound, now offered at Western Baptist Hospital, provides a precise lung cancer diagnosis without surgery. Before this new technology, doctors…