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FEATURE
THE MARY BABB RANDOLPH CANCER CENTER AT WVU:
ENHANCING OUTCOMES THROUGH TEAMWORK, TECHNOLOGY
AND ACCESSIBILITY 6
By partnering with regional physicians, W VU Healthcare helps West Virginia patients
with cancer benefit from clinical trials, state-of-the-art radiation technologies and
robotic surgery. The Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center's multidisciplinary focus
ensures each case receives specialty support.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: ONCOLOGY
RESEARCH POINTS TO TEST FOR EARLY DETECTION
OF CANCER RECURRENCE 10
There may be new hope for the 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.
The cMethDNA assay could aid development of a blood test that will permit early
detection of breast cancer recurrence, as well as provide early indications of how a
patient is responding to a given therapy.
FINDING COMMON GROUND IN THE FDA'S CERVICAL
SCREENING DECISION 12
The FDA's approval of the Roche cobas HPV Test as a primary screening tool for
cervical cancer has generated debate about the potential for unnecessary or harmful
follow-up testing.
MAMMOGRAPHY ON THE MOVE 13
Historically, many West Virginia women faced geographic and financial barriers
to breast cancer screening. W VU Healthcare's Betty Puskar Breast Care Center is
changing that by bringing mammography to many counties in the state through the
Bonnie Wells Wilson Mobile Mammography Program.
DEPARTMENTS
TECHNOLOGY 4
THAT'S NEWS 5
ON CALL 14
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