{"id":1699,"date":"2018-11-29T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T16:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bht\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2022-08-02T09:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:31:53","slug":"southwest-virginia-residents-sought-to-direct-regions-battle-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bht\/2018\/11\/29\/southwest-virginia-residents-sought-to-direct-regions-battle-against-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"October 4, 2018: Southwest Virginia Residents Sought to Direct Region\u2019s Battle Against Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"off-canvas-content\">\n<div class=\"inner-wrap\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"row single-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"small-12 large-8 columns\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-10 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-content vertical-spacing\">\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/uvahealth.com\/services\/cancer\">University of Virginia Cancer Center<\/a> initiative will empower Southwest Virginia residents to lead projects to better detect and prevent cancer in the region. The effort has earned $244,589 in funding from the Eugene Washington Engagement Award Program at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).<\/p>\n<p>With the funding in hand, the UVA Cancer Center Without Walls team is now seeking Southwest Virginia residents who will be trained to guide these cancer research projects.<\/p>\n<p>Their goal is to address two cancer disparities in the Appalachian counties of Southwest Virginia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the lack of early screening and detection<\/li>\n<li>high death rates (between 15 and 36 percent higher compared with urban non-Appalachian residents) caused by later detection and lack of access to treatment and support programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.uvahealth.com\/2018\/10\/04\/southwest-virginia-residents-direct-regions-battle-against-cancer\/\">READ MORE&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new University of Virginia Cancer Center initiative will empower Southwest Virginia residents to lead projects to better detect and prevent cancer in the region. 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